On Thursday evening, June 5, 2025, Rozalie Hirs presents her poetry and music cycle dreams of airs (2017–18) as part of the international literature festival at Literaturhaus Wien, Austria. This portrait event marks the Austrian premiere of the work. It is also the first time the poet-composer performs the spoken […]
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infinity stairs (cd, 2025)
In mid-May 2025, the portrait album Infinity Stairs (2025) by Rozalie Hirs is to be released. It includes new recordings of her chamber and solo compositions, performed by the following musicians: 1 article 10 [prismes] (2021) Marie Ythier (cello) 2 article 5 [delphin, gekrümmte zeit] (2008; 2022 rev.) Keren Motseri […]
bee sage (2023) – aubette, strasbourg, france – french premiere
On Friday, 25 April 2025, Katharina Gross and Fie Schouten present the recital soft strength at the Aubette in Strasbourg, France. The program includes works by Peter Jakober, Janco Verduin, Katharina Gross, and Rozalie Hirs. Gross and Schouten perform bee sage by Rozalie Hirs, a composition they recently released on […]
performance – poets’ evening, mascini, amsterdam
21 April 2025. Every third Monday of the month, Poets’ Evening takes place at Theater Mascini in Amsterdam, where poets present readings from their own work. On Monday, April 21, 2025, at 8:30 PM, Rozalie Hirs is one of the featured guest poets. The full line-up is to be announced […]
performance – exhibition of works by jet nijkamp
On Saturday 12 April 2025 at 15:00 CET, a poetry event takes place in conjunction with the solo exhibition Amsterdam 3hoog achter, featuring drawings by Jet Nijkamp (*1965). During this event, poets Tsead Bruinja, Jos van Hest, Rozalie Hirs, Sanja Percela, and Co Woudsma read from their own works. The […]
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 […]
longlist announced for the great poetry prize
March 3, 2025 – The longlist for the Great Poetry Prize 2025 (De Grote Poëzieprijs) has been announced. This prestigious award honors the best poetry collection published in the past year. · de verwerping van het stilzitten, Lidy van Marissing (het balanseer) · CORPS poreus, Nele Buyst (het balanseer) · […]
dagtekening van liefdesvormen named one of the best designed books of 2024
February 24, 2025 – This morning, the books selected for The Best Designed Books exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam were announced. The selection and exhibition are made possible by Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken. Each year, the foundation highlights 33 books that represent the finest achievements in graphic design, […]
the case for a small language network (2024) – installation, ntaa, ghent, belgium
From 20 February to 8 June 2025, the installation The Case for a small Language Network (2024), created by visual artist Richard Vijgen in collaboration with Rozalie Hirs, based on her poetry collection Infinite Sense (2021), can be seen at the international new media art exhibition ‘Intelligence, it’s automatic: from […]
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 […]
studium generale, cecilia arditto & rozalie hirs, royal conservatory, the hague
On 16 December 16, 2024, from 17:30 to 19:30 CET, composers Cecilia Arditto (see photo) and Rozalie Hirs are guests at the Studium Generale at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague, The Netherlands. They present lectures on their work, followed by a Q&A session for composition students. This event is held […]
feeling-thinking: embodiment and knowledge in the poetry of rozalie hirs and anne carson – helena van praet, university louvain-la-neuve
On Wednesday 11 December 2024, at 15:00 CET, the public defense of the Ph.D.-dissertation by Helena Van Praet, titled Feeling-Thinking: Embodiment and Knowledge in the Poetry of Rozalie Hirs and Anne Carson, will take place. The location is the Sénat académique, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Halles universitaires, Place de l’Université 1, […]
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 […]
performance – poetry and science #1: mathematics, knaw, Amsterdam
On Wednesday 27 November 2024 at 19:30, the KNAW invites you to an exceptional evening where poetry and mathematics intersect at the historic Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam. The central question of the evening explores whether art and science once spoke a shared language — a language that captured both the […]
performance – international poetry festival 4th edition, roeselare, belgium
On Sunday 24 November 2024, starting at 15:00 CET, the fourth edition of the International Poetry Festival takes place in Roeselare, Belgium. This year, the festival hosts a dozen poets, including Steven Van Der Heyden (Roeselare’s city poet), Aschwin van den Abeele, Catherine Barsics, Christophe Batens, Tsead Bruinja, Lies Gallez, […]
poetry performance – boektopia, genk, belgium
->> Nederlands On Saturday afternoon, 23 November 2024, Boektopia goes on tour and celebrates poetry at the Public Library in Genk, Belgium. Rozalie Hirs is one of the guest poets there. Further information will follow after the summer. November Book Month. The book fair Boektopia brings authors with readings, performances […]
platonic id (2025-06) – contemporary ensemble academy, royal conservatory, the hague
On Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 17:00 CET, the music composition Platonic ID (2005-06) by Rozalie Hirs, commissioned by ASKO|Schönberg, will be performed during the Contemporary Ensemble Academy at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. The ensemble, under the direction of Joey Marijs, will perform at the Conservatorium Hall, Amare […]
meet the composer: rozalie hirs, contemporary ensemble academy, kc, the hague
On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 18:30-20:30 CET, composer Rozalie Hirs is a special guest at the Meet the Composer session, organized by the Contemporary Ensemble Academy at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague. The session takes place in Studio 2, located within the Royal Conservatory’s Amare building, Spui, The Hague. […]
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 […]
charms, symmetries (2024), ensemble klang, amare, the hague
On 16 October 2024, Ensemble Klang presents the new work charms, symmetries (2024) by Rozalie Hirs at Amare/Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague. The new work was commissioned by the ensemble.
charms, symmetries (2024), ensemble klang, de link – world premiere
On 15 October 2024, Ensemble Klang presents the world premiere of the new work charms, symmetries (2024) by Rozalie Hirs in De Link, Tilburg. The new work by Rozalie Hirs was commissioned by the ensemble.
performance – 41st poetry night, tivoli vredenburg, utrecht
On Saturday 5 October 2024 from 20:00 CET, the 41st Nacht van de Poëzie (Poetry Night) takes place in the Great Hall of TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. Among the guest poets are Mahat Arab, Simone Atangana Bekono, Daan Doesborgh, Bibi Dumon Tak, Anna Enquist, Lies Van Gasse, Astrid Haerens, Kees ’t Hart, […]
the case for a small language network (2024) – installation, mu, eindhoven
From 4 October until 24 November 2024, the museum installation The Case for a small Language Network (2024), which visual artist Richard Vijgen made in collaboration with Rozalie Hirs, based on her poetry book oneindige zin (infinite sense, 2021), is exhibited at MU, Eindhoven. The installation came about with financial […]
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 […]
performance – poëzie in de oude pastorie, kapelle-op-den-bos, belgium
On 31 August 2024 between 14:00-18:30, the Poëzie in de Oude Pastorie Festival (Poetry in the Old Rectory festival) takes place at the Old Rectory in Kapelle-op-den-Bos (near Mechelen), Belgium. Poetry in the Old Rectory is an annual low-threshold poetry festival where established poets & up-and-coming talents, local writers & […]
charms, symmetries (2024)
22 August 2024. charms, symmetries (2024) by Rozalie Hirs is a new music composition for saxophones (soprano saxophone, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, in various combinations), trombone, vibraphone, piano and electric (bass) guitar. The piece was commissioned by Ensemble Klang. In Memoriam Louis Andriessen (1939-2021).
poetry performance – hof van bollé, aardenburg, zeeland
On Sunday 18 August 2024, Casa Portiera ABC welcomes poets/word artists Philip Hoorne, Daryl Grootfaam, Ad van Rijswijk, and Rozalie Hirs for a poetry event at Aardenburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands. With music performances by David Marcinek and Wiechert Vermeulen. The sound engineer is Jeets Durenkamp. The event takes place at […]
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 – leiden poetry night, de burcht
On Friday evening, June 21, 2024, midsummer night, Rozalie Hirs is one of the guest poets during the Leidse Poëzienacht (Leiden Poetry Night) in the Burcht, Leiden. She will read from her new collection of dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Querido, 2024). The organization of the Leidse Poëzienacht is in the hands […]
adonis blue (2023), amstel quartet – world premiere version for saxophone quartet
On June 15, 2024 at 16:00 CET, the Amstel Quartet presents the world premiere of adonis blue (2023) by Rozalie Hirs, in a new arrangement for saxophone quartet created by the composer. The Amstel Quartet consists of Vitaly Vatulya (soprano saxophone), Olivier Sliepen (alto saxophone), Bas Apswoude (tenor saxophone), Harry […]
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 […]
bee sage (2023), neue musik in sankt ruprecht, vienna – austrian premiere
On 26 May 2024, bass clarinettist Fie Schouten and violoncellist Katharina Gross perform a recital at the Neue Musik concert series in St Ruprecht, Vienna, Austria. The programme includes the Austrian premiere of the duo bee sage for cello and bass clarinet (2023) by Rozalie Hirs. In addition, Schouten and […]
bee sage (2023), unerhörte musik, berlin – german premiere
On 30 April 2024, bass clarinettist Fie Schouten and violoncellist Katharina Gross will play at the Unerhörte Musik concert series, Berlin, Germany. The concert program Kollisionen includes the German premiere of the duo bee sage for cello and bass clarinet (2023) by Rozalie Hirs. Furthermore, Schouten and Gross will perform […]
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 […]
bee sage (2023), klassiek in simonshaven
On Friday, March 22, 2024, at 8:00 PM, bass clarinetist Fie Schouten and cellist Katharina Gross perform the recital My Wild Garden during the Klassiek in Simonshaven concert series at the White Church, Lageweg 1, Simonshaven. The concert is organized by Theater De Stoep, Spijkenisse. The program includes, among other […]
ecologica (2023) selected for longlist grote poëzieprijs 2024
14 March 2024. Today, the longlist for De Grote Poëzie Prijs (The Great Poetry Prize, The Netherlands) 2024 was announced in the press, including on Tzum. From just under a hundred books of poetry published last year, the jury chose the following longlist of twelve collections, in alphabetical order: Anker […]
the ecological system – avonden, perdu, amsterdam
On Friday evening 15 March 2024 at 8PM, the literary venue Perdu presents the ecological system. During this evening, poet/composer Rozalie Hirs and writer/artist Miek Zwamborn unite topics that keep recurring in their poetry, music, and visual work. Immerse yourself in this dialogue of lyrical, playful language experiments and odes […]
dagtekening van liefdesvormen (2024)
27 January 2024. dagtekening van liefdesvormen (2024) is the ninth Dutch-language collection of poetry by Rozalie Hirs, published by Querido|Singel Publishers. The new collection is published during the national Poetry Week (25-31 January 2024). The book design is by Michaël Snitker. contents 1. poems from dagtekening van liefdesvormen 2. events […]
dagtekening van liefdesvormen (2024), book presentation – de tribune, maastricht
On Saturday afternoon 27 January 2024 from 16:00-17:00, the literary bookshop De Tribune, Maastricht, will presents the new collection of poetry dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Publisher Querido, 2024) by Rozalie Hirs. Bookseller Henk Groenewegen presents the afternoon and interviews Rozalie Hirs about her new work. The poet reads from the new […]
the hague literature awards ceremony, royal national theatre, the netherlands
On 21 January 2024 at 14:30 CET, the Hague Literature Prizes are awarded at the Royal Theatre, The Hague. Three important Hague Literature Prizes go to Tomas Lieske, Rozalie Hirs and Tjibbe Veldkamp today. The festive presentation takes place during the International Literature Festival Writers Unlimited. Host of the event […]
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 […]
artemis (2022), november music – netherlands premiere
On 10 November 2023 at 19:00 CET during November Music the Ensemble Ascolta and Keren Motseri (soprano) perform the Netherlands premiere of the song cycle artemis (2022) by Rozalie Hirs. The location is Willem Twee Concertzaal FKA De Toonzaal, Den Bosch, The Netherlands. The song cycle was composed by Hirs […]
adonis blue (2023), ruysdael quartet, november music
On Friday 10 November 2023 at 12:30 CET, the Ruysdael Quartet will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary with a special concert at the festival November Music, Den Bosch. For the first time, all twenty-five string quartets, written by Dutch composers especially for the occasion, are performed in one program. The Ruysdael […]
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 […]
bron (2023)
1 October 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 […]
associate maker (2023-2014) – ensemble klang
From early 2023 to the end of 2024, Rozalie Hirs serves as Associate Maker with the renowned Ensemble Klang in The Hague. In 2023, Ensemble Klang XL, together with vocal artist Michaela Riener and conductor Hardy Li, presents Rozalie Hirs’ cycle dreams of airs (poetry and music; 2017-18) in The […]
poetry bibliography
alphabetical list of all poems by rozalie hirs, their translations, and publications in books, magazines, and anthologies. chronological lists of poetry books, magazines, and anthologies.
hand in hand (2020), vpro vrije geluiden – television broadcast
On Sunday 5 December 2021 from 10:45-11:10 CET the Dutch television broadcaster VPRO presents a new edition of Vrije Geluiden (Free Sounds) with a feature of hand in hand for string quartet and soprano (2020) by Rozalie Hirs. The performers are: Keren Motseri (soprano); Luna Quartet – Janneke van Prooijen, […]