On 3 September 2026, Bloomsbury Academic (Bloomsbury Group, London) releases Feeling-Thinking or Embodied Cognition in the Poetry of Rozalie Hirs and Anne Carson, a new book by Belgian scholar Helena Van Praet (see photo), FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellow in Dutch and Comparative Literature at Ghent University.
Category: radio, livestream, printed media
interview, reading – taalstaat, npo radio 1
On Saturday 8 August 2026 at 11:15 CET, Rozalie Hirs appears as a guest on De Taalstaat, a programme on NPO Radio 1. Ronald Giphart interviews the poet about her latest collection vragen naar het begin (Querido, 2026), and she reads several poems from the book. Programme editor: Jeroen van […]
come sempre (2025) – new music for two voices (cd) susan narucki & kirsten ashley wiest
1 August 2026. Today marks the release of New Music for Two Voices (2026), an album by soprano Susan Narucki and coloratura soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest featuring works by Pascal Dusapin, Marti Epstein, Kaija Saariaho, and Rozalie Hirs, among others. The album includes Hirs’ work come sempre, composed especially for […]
interview, poetry publication – poëziekrant, ghent, belgium
4 July 2026. In its Watou-themed issue, Poëziekrant (Ghent) publishes the interview Creative with Cheese by Anneleen de Coux. She speaks with Blobotone (Judith van der Elst & Frouke Wiarda) and Rozalie Hirs about their collaboration for the exhibition Sonic Cheese and the taste of the future: Capturing the atmospheric […]
poetry publication – yes, the void
11 June 2026. Today, Yes, the Void published the poem “eerste lichtsprong” from Rozalie Hirs’s newly published poetry collection vragen naar het begin, released by Querido. Enjoy reading!
zoals een spiegel zichzelf niet spiegelt – review marc van oostendorp, neerlandistiek
5 July 2026. Today, the remarkable review zoals een spiegel zichzelf niet spiegelt by Marc van Oostendorp was published on the website of Neerlandistiek. In it, he discusses Rozalie Hirs’ new poetry collection vragen naar het begin (Amsterdam: Querido, 2026). He opens the review with: “Vragen naar het begin by […]
poetry publication – neerlandistiek
On 15 June 2026, the two poems “zet de tijd” and “het bevlogene van de boerenzwaluw” from Rozalie Hirs’s new collection vragen naar het begin were published on Neerlandistiek. The poems were also included in that day’s mailing to subscribers of the Laurens Jansz Coster newsletter. Edited by Raymond Noë. […]
eerste lichtsprong – poetry publication – yes, the void
June 11, 2026. Today, the Dutch poetry and arts magazine Yes, the Void features ‘eerste lichtsprong,’ a poem from vragen naar het begin, the newly published poetry collection by Rozalie Hirs, now available from Uitgeverij Querido. Enjoy the poem!
horizonte: rozalie hirs, bayrischer rundfunk
On 14 May 2026 at 23:03, the Bavarian public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk will air a new episode of the radio series Horizonte. This edition features an in-depth portrait of composer and poet Rozalie Hirs, curated by radio producer and music journalist Florian Heurich. The programme includes the following works by […]
listening-reading – review bas van putten, de groene amsterdammer
9 April 2026. Today saw the publication of Bas van Putten’s review “Listening-Reading” in De Groene (print & online) of the recent album Rosehart (2026) by Rozalie Hirs. The photo (online) is by Roger Cremers. Van Putten writes, among other things: “You hear showers of stars, magic scenes in fairytale […]
rhythm of meaning – spanish interview victor vimos, arruaje de pájaros, mexico
3 March 2026. Today, the Spanish-language interview ‘El ritmo del significado’ by Víctor Vimos with Rozalie Hirs was published in the Mexican poetry magazine Carruaje de Pájaros. The interview includes a selection of poems from Hirs’ ecologica (Vleugels, 2023), translated into Spanish by Micaela Van Muylem. Two months ago, the […]
rhythm of meaning – spanish interview victor vimos, transtierros
17 January 2026. Today, the Spanish-language interview EL RITMO DEL SIGNIFICADO by Víctor Vimos with Rozalie Hirs was published on Transterrios. The interview also includes a selection of poems from Hirs’ ecologica (Vleugels, 2023), translated into Spanish by Micaela Van Muylem. Enjoy reading!
avatar (2022) – een os op het dak, concertzender
On 4 January 2026 at 5:00 PM, a new episode of Een os op het dak, curated by Thea Derks (pictured above), is broadcast on the Concertzender. This afternoon features works by Anna Arkushyna, Sofia Goebaidoelina, Klaas de Vries, and Rozalie Hirs. program Anna Arkushyna – So they grow like […]
infinity stairs (2025) – the 25 best dutch albums of 2025, nrc
17 December 2025. Today, NRC has announced their selection of 25 best Dutch albums of the year 2025. The album Infinity Stairs by Rozalie Hirs is in the top 10! The list was compiled based on the top picks of NRC reviewers Marnix Bilderbeek, Hester Carvalho, Jonasz Dekkers, Joost Galema, […]
mirror mirror on the water – article helena van praet, routledge
17 December 2025. Today, the article Mirror, Mirror on the Water: Water Imaginaries of and by Women in Contemporary English- and Dutch-Language Poetry by Helena Van Praet was published in the journal Women’s Studies – An interdisciplinary journal, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. ISSN: 0049-7878 (Print) 1547-7045 (Online). In this […]
poetry publication – poëziekrant, ghent, belgium
15 December 2025. Today, the new issue 2025/6 of the literary magazine Poëziekrant, published by Poëziecentrum, Ghent, is released. It features the interview by Frauke Pauwels ‘I engage in conversation with language’ with Swedish poet Ida Börjel, a dossier on ‘Poetry and New Media’, several reviews, and new poems by […]
contemporary poetry studies and cognition – essay by helena van praet
30 November 2025. Today, the essay Contemporary Poetry Studies and Cognition by Helena Van Praet was published in Cahier voor Literatuurwetenschap Volume 16 (2025), by the Flemish Association for General and Comparative Literature Studies, Ghent University, Belgium. The full article is available here. In her new article, Van Praet writes: […]
rosehart – review aart van der wal, opus klassiek
27 November 2025. Today Opus Klassiek published a wonderful review [in Dutch] by Aart van der Wal of Rosehart, the new album by Rozalie Hirs. Below is its English translation. Aart van der Wal: Rozalie Hirs – Rosehart Last month I wrote about Infinity Stairs – solo and chamber works, […]
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article 10 [prismes], article 7 [ways to climb a mountain] – concertzender
On Wednesday, 26 November 2025 at 20:00 CET, Mark van de Voort presents a broadcast on the Concertzender around the theme “microtonal music,” featuring music by Rozalie Hirs, Fredrik Rasten, Donnacha Dennehy, and Chiyoko Szlavnics. Works by Rozalie Hirs include article 10 [prismes] (2021) and article 7 [ways to climb […]
article 10 [prismes] (2021) – concertzender radio
On Sunday 2 November 2025, Thea Derks presents a new episode of her programme De Os op het Dak broadcast on the digital radio channel Concertzender. Part of the broadcast today features the composition article 10 [prismes] (2021) by Rozalie Hirs, performed by Marie Ythier (cello). The piece was commissioned […]
infinity stairs (cd, 2025) – review aart van der wal, opus klassiek
15 October 2025. Today, a wonderful review by Aart van der Wal on Hirs’ album Infinity Stairs (2025) appeared in the Dutch online magazine Opus Klassiek. Read the English translation of the article here: Aart van der Wal: Infinity Stairs In May 2018, Siebe Riedstra discussed a number of works […]
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article 5 [delphin, gekrümmte zeit] (2008, rev. 2022) – radio mona lisa, concertzender
On 28 September 2025, at 6:00 PM, Patricia Werner Leanse presents the Mona Lisa program on Concertzender. The broadcast features works by Helen Walker (UK, 1963), Sofia Gubaidulina (Russia, 1931–2025), Rozalie Hirs (Netherlands, 1965), Ellie Wilson (UK, 1977), Hildegard von Bingen, Sarah Kirkland Snider (USA, 1973), and Vítězslava Kaprálová (Czech […]
infinity stairs (cd, 2025) – vpro vrije geluiden, radio 4
On Sunday 14 September 2025 at 23:00 CET, Anne-Maartje Lemereis (pictured above, photo by Wouter Vellekoop) hosts a new edition of VPRO Vrije Geluiden on NPO Klassiek (Radio 4). This episode features, among other highlights, the portrait album Infinity Stairs (2025) by Rozalie Hirs. More details to follow. Vrije Geluiden […]
infinity stairs (cd, 2025) – concertzender
On Sunday, 14 September 2025, at 18:00 CET, Patricia Werner Leanse presents the program Mona Lisa on Concertzender, featuring works by composers Clara Schumann, Dobrinka Tabakova, and Rozalie Hirs. The program includes the title track from Hirs’ portrait album Infinity Stairs (2025). Enjoy! Date: 2025-09-14 Time: 18:00 CET Location: Radio […]
infinity stairs (cd, 2025) – passaggio late night, radio 4
From Monday 8 to Friday 12 September 2025, Rozalie Hirs’ new album Infinity Stairs (2025) is featured as Album of the Week (Hollandse Nieuwe) on Passaggio Late Night, NPO Klassiek (Radio 4), hosted by Lex Bohlmeijer and Pieter van Nes. Each evening, one of the works from the album is […]
elementary particles (2022) – passaggio late night, Radio 4al
On Thursday 11 September 2025, Lex Bohlmeijer reads the poem ‘elementary particles’ (2022) by Rozalie Hirs, selected from her ninth poetry collection dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Querido, 2024), on his radio show Passaggio Late Night (NPO Klassiek), Radio 4, Hilversum, The Netherlands. The photo above shows the tracks of elementary particles, recorded […]
the ferryman (1995) – passaggio late night, radio 4
On Tuesday 9 September 2025, Lex Bohlmeijer reads the poem ‘the ferryman’ (1995) by Rozalie Hirs, selected from her poetry debut collection Locus (Querido, 1998), on the program Passaggio Late Night (NPO Klassiek). That same week, from September 8 to 12, Hirs’ album Infinity Stairs (2025) is featured as Hollandse […]
danaë (1993) – passaggio late night, radio 4
On Monday 8 September 2025 at 22:30 CET, Lex Bohlmeijer reads the poem ‘Danaë’ (1993) by Rozalie Hirs, selected from her debut collection Locus (Querido Publishers, 1998), during his program Passaggio Late Night on NPO Klassiek, Radio 4, Hilversum, The Netherlands. The photo above shows Danaë nude, painted by Titian […]
color, light, space, wind, movement, and something elusive – ★★★★ review joep stapel, nrc
29 August 2025. Today, Joep Stapel published a four-star review in NRC of Rozalie Hirs’ portrait album Infinity Stairs. He writes: “The finely crafted music of composer and poet Rozalie Hirs is color, light, space, wind, movement, and something elusive. This wonderful portrait album features five solo pieces (for cello, […]
the music of rozalie hirs is at once mathematical, colorful, and spiritual – ★★★★ review dennis bajram, volkskrant
28 August 2025. Today Dennis Bajram wrote the four-star review ‘The music of Rozalie Hirs is at once mathematical, colorful, and spiritual’ in the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant. He writes: “There is no one quite like Rozalie Hirs (60) in the Dutch musical landscape. A composer, poet, and chemical engineer, she […]
save what moves you #9 – podcast dutch and flemish climate poets
On 15 July 2025, the Dutch and Flemish Climate Poets release episode #9 of the podcast Redden wat je raakt (English: Saving What Moves You). Moya De Feyter and Pim Cornelussen talk with poet Rozalie Hirs and botanist Nils van Rooijen of The Living Archive about endangered plant species and […]
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forum [1–10] the house – exhibition & publication
On Sunday, 15 June, 2025, at 15:00-17:30 CET, the exhibition Forum [1–10] Housewarming opens at ENTER ENTER gallery. During the event, the tenth and final issue of Forum will be launched: #10 – The Attic. Forum is an initiative by AetA, Architectura et Amicitia. Between 2018 and 2025, the editorial […]
you are like no other – publication, de volkskrant
7 June 2025. The new weekend edition of de Volkskrant is out today. De Volkskrant is a leading national daily newspaper in the Netherlands. Featured in the Sunday section is this week’s Poem of the Week: ‘you are like no other’, a new poem by Rozalie Hirs — described by […]
poetry publication – le journal des poètes
June 3, 2025 – The latest issue of Le Journal des Poètes (Éditions les Taillis Pré, Châtelineau, Belgium) is out today. It includes, among other things, new French translations by Daniel Cunin of poems by Dutch poets Sasja Janssen and Rozalie Hirs. See below for ‘Revêts’ (poem [19] selected from […]
radio portrait – br klassik
On April 10, 2025, the German radio program BR Klassik broadcasts a portrait of Rozalie Hirs. The program is composed and hosted by radio producer Florian Heurich. More information to follow in the spring of 2025. Florian Heurich is an author, music journalist, and video editor based in Munich. He […]
publication – ADDA: cahiers for visual and concrete poetry
27 March 2025. The first issue of ADDA – Cahiers for Visual and Concrete Poetry (Volume 1, No. 1, 2025) is published today, edited by Renaat Ramon, Willy Tibergien, and Andreas van Rompaey. Design is by Lieve Terrie. For this new journal, Rozalie Hirs was invited by Ramon and Tibergien […]
a lot is happening – interview by roel weerheijm
21 March 2025. The spring issue of Poëziekrant 2/2025 (March–April 2025) features an interview with Ghayath Almadhoun (1979), as well as new poetry by Hanneke van Eijken, Anne Vegter, Lars Ruben, Babs Gons, Tijl Nuyts, Stefan Hertmans, Marc Reugebrink, Casper Burghgraeve, Hannah Zaouad, Tim Bongaerts, and Eelco Couvreur. And much […]
i speak to the reader with affection – interview by henry sepers, schrijven magazine
In February 2025, the new issue of Schrijven Magazine is released, featuring an interview with Rozalie Hirs titled “I Speak to the Reader with Affection” by Henry Sepers. The article will also be available online. In the interview, Sepers speaks with Hirs about her poetry collections ecologica (2023) and dagtekening […]
publication – forum
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 7:00 PM, the new issue of the architecture magazine Forum (Volume LVII, No. 9) is presented to the public. It features contributions around the theme The Bedroom, with work by Bart de Baets, Like Bijlsma, Carmen Buitenhuis, Anne Dessing, Niels Geerts, Vibeke Gieskes, Birgitte […]
babel – pass-the-poem, newsletter, lira
October 25, 2024. This week marks the release of edition 70 of Lira News, which features the new pass-the-poem #6 ‘babel’ by Rozalie Hirs. Langelaar wrote pass-the-poem #5 ‘Wind’ (edition 69, July 2024) and passed the baton to Rozalie Hirs. “If you are not yet familiar with the work of […]
sound color magic – review mark van der voort, concertzender
October 20, 2024. Mark van der Voort published a glowing review titled “Kolderpathos and Sound Color Magic” about the premiere concert of charms, symmetries by Rozalie Hirs, performed by Ensemble Klang. In the review, he writes, among other things: “Hirs presented one of her most accessible works. In charms, symmetries, […]
melodies ripple through time – review dennis bajram, volkskrant
17 October 2024. A delightful four-star review titled “Ensemble Klang Surprises with Brilliant Arrangement of Satie’s Parade” by Dennis Bajram was published in De Volkskrant today. Among other things, Bajram writes: “In Tilburg the new concert season of De Link has started. Last Tuesday, Ensemble Klang performed a new work […]
artemis (2022) – radio france broadcast
On Sunday 1 September 2024, Radio France broadcasts a selection of contemporary Dutch music. Philosopher Lambert Dousson and artistic director of the A|S Fedor Teunisse talk about the works and their composers. Part of the broadcast is artemis (2022) by Rozalie Hirs. See below for a full playlist with all […]
love and courage, you need the two – interview jelle van riet, de standaard
27 July 2024. Today, De Standaard publishes the interview with Rozalie Hirs ‘Love and courage, you need the two’ by Jelle van Riet (interview: Jelle Van Riet; photography: Desiré van den Berg). Van Riet is a Flemish journalist, writer and podcast maker, known for more than 20 years for her […]
performance – eus book club, dutch national television
On Wednesday 5 June 2024, Rozalie Hirs will be the guest poet at Eus’ Boekenclub (Eus’ Book Club) on NPO2 (Dutch national television, channel 2). Watch the program live on television or back on NPO Start. From the Burgerweeshuis in Deventer, Özcan Akyol, also known as Eus, talks with his […]
come out – review alfred schaffer, de groene amsterdammer
April 17, 2024. Today the latest issue (2024/no.16) of the Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer was published, including Alfred Schaffer’s fine review ‘Come out’ of dagtekening van liefdesvormen (2024) by Rozalie Hirs. Read the full article online on De Groene’s website or buy the magazine at your favorite bookshop.
bringing memories to life – review helena van praet, poëziekrant, ghent, belgium
March 28, 2024. The latest issue of the Poëziekrant (Poetry Newspaper) 2/2024 contains, among many other things, Helena Van Praet’s beautiful review, ‘Bringing memories to life through sprinkle speech,’ about the poetry collection dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Querido, 2024) by Rozalie Hirs. Van Praet writes: “Hirs makes use of an impressive […]
the reader is also a maker – interview cora de vos, meander magazine
On Thursday, March 28, 2024, an interview entitled ‘The Reader is also a Maker’ by Cora de Vos with poet Rozalie Hirs is published in Meander Magazine. Below are a few quotes. Read the entire interview on Meander Magazine [Dutch only]. About ecologica (Uitgeverij Vleugels, 2023): “ecologica, and perhaps all […]
new harmonies from spectralism – interview percorsi musicali, italy
On March 24, 2024, the Italian online music magazine Percorsi Musicali published the interview “new harmonies from spectralism – an interview with Rozalie Hirs” by Ettore Garzia, preceded by an introduction about her music. See below for some quotes from the interview. “As a composer, I like to delve into […]
bron (2023) en ecologica (2023), podium, radio 4
On Saturday 20 January 2024 from 17:00-19:00, Wouter Pleijsier (pictured above on the left) is presenter of the Podium broadcast on Radio 4, The Netherlands. Today in the programme, parts of the orchestral work source (2023) by Rozalie Hirs, performed by the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Elena Schwarz (conductor), […]
poëziekrant, ghent, belgium – poetry publication
On 15 January 2024, the new issue of Poëziekrant 2024/1 is published by Poëziecentrum, Ghent, Belgium. It contains interviews with Edward van den Vendel and Peter Holvoet-Hanssen, In Memoriams for Hans Tentije (1944-2023) and Tine Ruysschaert (1923-2023), and many reviews and essays. There is also brandnew poetry by Hester Knibbe, […]
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bron (2023), radio philharmonic orchestra, zaterdag matinee – world premiere
On 16 December 2023 the Zaterdagmatinee presents a concert in honour of György Ligeti. Part of the programme will be works by Abrahamsen, Hirs, Ligeti, and Poppe. The new work bron for symphony orchestra (2023) by Rozalie Hirs was commissioned by NTR Zaterdagmatinee and Stichting Vrienden van de Matinee. Composed […]
spectralisms in the music of rozalie hirs, essay oxford university press
October 23, 2023. Today, the chapter ‘Spectralisms in the Music of Rozalie Hirs and Their Points of Departure in Research and Innovation’ by Rozalie Hirs is published as part of the The Oxford Handbook of Spectral Music (Oxford University Press, 2021-2023). The chapter is also available online. With warm thanks […]
mateloos verlangen, xsaga – poetry publication
On Monday 5 June 2023 at 16:30 CET, Amsterdam, the new anthology mateloos verlangen (Amsterdam: XSAGA & Uitgeverij Podium, 2023) is presented to the public in the Theatre Hall of the Amsterdam Public Library. This book of brand-new poetry around the themes of diversity and love has been collected by […]