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bron (2023)

21 September 2023. bron (2023) is a new orchestral work by Rozalie Hirs, commissioned by the NTR Zaterdagmatinee and Stichting Vrienden van de Matinee. bron (2023) is dedicated to the memory of György Ligeti. Its world premiere takes place during the NTR Zaterdagmatinee at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, on 16 December […]

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adonis blue (2023)

17 May 2023. adonis blue (2023) is a new string quartet composed by Rozalie Hirs, commissioned by the Ruysdael Quartet. The new work owes its title to the adonis blue, a butterfly species (Latin: Lysandra bellargus; English: Adonis blue; French: le Bel-Argus, l’Azuré bleu céleste, l’Argus bleu céleste, l’Argus bleu […]

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bee sage (2023)

7 May 2023. bee sage (2023) is a new composition by Rozalie Hirs for cello and (contra) bass clarinet. The new duo was composed at the kind request of cellist Katharina Gross and bass clarinetist Fie Schouten. The first performances by Gross and Schouten of bee sage (2023) are scheduled […]

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ecologica (2023)

“It is her most daring and possibly most personal collection to date, in the sense that the poet’s voice sounds more pervasively forceful than ever” (Helena Van Praet, Poëziekrant)

“The best-kept secret of Dutch poetry. Rozalie Hirs writes poems like no one else does. Lyrical, musical, intuitive and very precise.” (Joost Baars, De Dolfijn)

“That way the words of Hirs, who is also active as a composer, are like music: the chords flow into one another rhythmically, quite oblivious of the boundaries of a sentence.” (Jeroen Dera, De Standaard)

“Hirs has managed to fashion a very urgent contemporary problem, climate change, into a lyrical stream of words. Doing so, she connects the magic of poetry to the biting irony of protest.” (Helena Van Praet, Poëziekrant)

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nY #50 – poetry publication

23 February 2023. Today the Flemish journal of literature, criticism & entertainment nY published its fiftieth issue #50 with contributions by Nadia de Vries, Raoni Muzho Saleh, Sofie Verdoodt, Basja Boer, Michael Tedja, David Lillington, Assunta Abdel Azim, Mohamed, Babs Bakels, Fabienne Rachmadiev, Staci Bu Shea, Flora Valeska Woudstra, Linda […]

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press photographs

Press photgraphs of Rozalie Hirs by Sara Anke Morris, Bianca Sistermans, Marco Borggreve, Richard Ayres, Patrick Post|Hollandse Hoogte, Philip Mechanics. All rights reserved by the photographers ©1998-2018.