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General: Simons was born in The Netherlands on December 25, 1982.
Education: He studied violin with Prof. Saschko Gawriloff, composition with Daan Manneke and James MacMillan and conducting with Ed Spanjaard, ...
gerelateerde werken
Fire Column (Piano Concerto Nº 2) : for piano and string orchestra / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en strijkorkest
Bezetting:
pf str
String quartet no. 2 : with electronic equipment / Enrique Raxach
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello); Elektronica met verschillende instrumenten; Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello) met elektronica
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc electronics
String Quartet : after ‘Color Sketches’ op. 1 (1946) / Frédéric Devreese
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc
String quartet : in five movements, 1998-1999 / Rudi Martinus van Dijk
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc
compositie
TURO : ballet in three acts, opus 44 / Marijn Simons
Toelichting:
Joost Vrouenraets on TURO:
The title has been taken from Esperanto, an international artificial language which has especially been designed for communication between people from different cultures. A full language in which all the nuances of human thinking can be expressed. Turo translated into English means ‘tower’.
For this work’s script I have been inspired by Genesis 11, 1-9 The Tower of Babel. Geographically Babylon represents the crossroads where the worlds of East and West meet.
TURO is in 3 acts and 10 movements. The title of each movement is dramaturgically defining. From heavenly atmospheres it descends to Earth where it finds apotheosis in the enlightenment.
© 2008 by Joost Vrouenraets
English translation by Marijn Simons