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, […]
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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 […]
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 […]