Asko|Schönberg organises for the second time Words & Music, a festival full of cut-ups & fuck ups. A rush of sensations: fantastic, stark, absurd, disruptive and with humour. A day of screwed-up, cut-up and brand-new performances in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ and Tolhuistuin.
After the successful first edition in 2020, Asko|Schönberg is once again bringing together makers from different disciplines in unique ways. Words & Music is this time inspired by composer Luciano Berio (1926-2003) and literary enfant terrible of the sixties William S. Burroughs (1914-1997). Both applied the cut-up technique in their own unique way: they used (fragments of) existing material to create new work, thus rewriting history and simultaneously casting a glance at a possible new future.
Besides Berio & Burroughs, Asko|Schönberg presents transverse and straightforward creators and performers of today in a festival featuring premieres, intimate mini-performances, mystery performances, musical theatre, do-it-yourself-cut-up, installations, film and more.
Expect experimentation, (un)sense and sheer beauty.
The festival takes visitors on a route that leads through performances in different spaces of the Muziekgebouw and Tolhuistuin. Transport between the two venues can be by boat or on your own.
Performers and creators
Including performers: Asko|Schönberg, Slagwerk Den Haag, Noord Nederlands Toneel, Silbersee, Laptop Orchestra, Geneviève Murphy, Joseph Puglia, Akim Moiseenkov, Keren Motseri, Elèonore Lemaire, Gregory Charette;
and creators: Luciano Berio, William S. Burroughs, Jan van de Putte, Yannis Kyriakides, Lise Morrison, Jürg Frey, Pete Harden, Arnold Marinissen, Luke Deane, Judith Herzberg.
Partners: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Paradiso.
The press on Words & Music edition 2020
The festival Words & Music is for lovers of enigmatic, polyinterpretable art... performed at the highest imaginable level by Asko|Schönberg... (The Parool).
Nice festival, this Words & Music, in which many captivating pieces that are rarely performed sounded, along with some wonderful premieres and with fortunately a very decent turnout. (New Notes).
Words & Music is an interesting, multifaceted expression of the musical possibilities of that inspiration. (Theatre newspaper).
Practical information
ticket sales started: wordsandmusic.nu
Saturday 12 February 2022
Doors open: 12:00, programme starts 13:00, end time: about 22:30.
Upon arrival, you will be given a wristband that allows you to follow the entire route.
Start and end point Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.
Words & Music is made possible partly with support from the Reinbert de Leeuw Fund, Fund for Contemporary Music, Dioraphte and the Composition Scheme of the Performing Arts Fund.
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