On 23 May 2006, Rozalie Hirs’ electronic composition Pulsars (music, poetry; 2006) is premiered during VPRO’s Café Sonore on Radio 6. The new work Pulsars (2006), commissioned by Café Sonore, is broadcast in its entirety. Also, presenter Armeno Alberts interviews the composer-poet about her new work and ideas. Starts: 2006-05-23 […]
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never to be caught by her own pen – poetry publication
October 11, 2005. “A poet can never be caught by her own pen.” writes Hagar Peeters. This witty line of verse sets the tone of this anthology of 200 poems featuring the female voice. Female poets are less often featured than their male colleagues at major literary events. Wrongly so, […]
review edwin fagel
September 20, 2005. The web magazine De Recensent today published the fine review “What do the rules do?” by Edwin Fagel on the new poetry collection [Speling] by Rozalie Hirs. Fagel says, among other things: “How poetry imposes its own rules, is demonstrated unequivocally by the third collection of Rozalie […]
interview remco ekkers, poëziekrant, ghent, belgium
September 1, 2005. The new issue of Poëziekrant 5 (September-October 2005, Poëziecentrum, Ghent, Belgium, 2005) features an interview by Remco Ekkers with Rozalie Hirs: After six hundred milliseconds. With photographs by Klaas Koppe. The above cover photo was taken by Klaas Koppe on the pier in front of the Muziekgebouw […]
review alain delmotte
August 17, 2005. Today the web magazine Poëzierapport (Poetry Report) published the wonderful review ‘On an opening line and its consequences’ by Alain Delmotte on Rozalie Hirs’ third collection of poems [Speling] (2005): “Poetry has its own criteria for penetrating reality and translating that reality – and by these, it […]
noise (2001), in la (2003) – de avonden, vpro radio
On 10 June 2005 at 20:00 CET, the Dutch radio program De Avonden is broadcast by VPRO. From 20:15 onwards, Wouter Pleijsier presents Luna Express. On air will be the electronic music composition noise (2001) by Rozalie Hirs, as well as her music composition based on her own text In […]
platonic id (2005) en article 4 [landkaartje – map butterfly] (2004) – de avonden, vpro radio
On 9 June 2005 at 20:00 CET, the Dutch radio program De Avonden is broadcast the VPRO. From 20:25 CET onwards, Wouter Pleijsier presents Mijn muziek (My Music). Pleijsier interviews Rozalie Hirs about her recent music and ideas. In addition, Hirs’ music compositions Platonic ID (2005) and article 4 [map […]
in la (2003), desmet live, radio 6
On 2 June 2005 at 14:00 CET, the Desmet Live takes place on the Dutch radio, a debate and interview program on politics, culture and morality. This afternoon’s guests include Jan Wolff, director of De IJsbreker, Amsterdam, and initiator of the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, and poet-composer Rozalie Hirs. In […]
article 1 to 3 (2003), concertzender live
On April 21, 2005 at 10:30 am, the program Concertzender Live takes place on the radio channel Concertzender. This morning works by Louis Andriessen and his (former) composition students at the Royal Conservatory are to be broadcast. Part of the programme is the music composition article 1 to 3 (2003) […]
akzente, hanser verlag – poetry publication
1 April 2005 sees the publication of the new issue of Akzente, Zeitschrift für Literatur herausgegeben von Michael Krüger, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, Germany. With new literary work by Shawqi Bzi’, Thomas Combrink, Heinz Schlaffer, Hans Bender, Helmut Krausser, Andrzej Kopacki, Michael Buselmeier, Rozalie Hirs, Holdger Platta, Martin Ziegler, Gerhard […]
platonic id (2005), concertgebouw – world premiere
On 23 February 2005, ASKO|Schönberg, led by Bas Wiegers (conductor), plays a concert in the Tijdgenoten/ Contemporaries series at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. The programme includes works by Stravinsky, Crego, Carter and Hirs. Part of the programme is the world premiere of the new music composition Platonic ID (2005) by Rozalie […]
interview anthony fiumara, newspaper trouw
The interview ‘Rozalie Hirs toont de zachte, glimmende huid van de klanken in haar muziek en poëzie’ (English: ‘Rozalie Hirs reveals the soft, shiny skin of sound in her music and poetry’) by Anthony Fiumara appears in newspaper Trouw on 23 February 2005. Among other things, Fiumara and Hirs talk […]