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Curriculum Vitae   Hans van Koolwijk   Bergen op Zoom   Netherlands   1952

 

• Museums

Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, June 2019 

      Big Orchestra   Exhibition of new musical instruments + Ensemble Interface            

Oslo Museum, Oslo, Norway, 2013

      Universe Project   Bambuso, A Askvik voice & composition, + guitar, electronics            

Hamsunsenteret, Hamarøy, Norway, 2012

      Hamsundagene   Blue Wings and performance with Anette Askvik            

Guildhall, London, Great Britain, 2005

      Stalagmites   City of London Festival, Roman Amphitheatre             

Macba, Museu d’Art Contemporani Barcelona, Spain, 1996

      Bambuso Sonoro                         

Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark, 1993

      Lydbilleder II   Site specific installation (ism K Hoek, Skt Ib's Kirke)            

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1990

      Energieën/Muziek van Nu   First sound sculpture             

 

• Music halls, theaters

Institute for the Arts, Beijing, China, 2018

      International Canal Festival   with Hannah McDonald, Ruth Legg & Miki Dai             

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2010

      Klankkaatser   Retrospective, launch Klankkaatser             

AMUZ, Antwerp, Belgium, 2008

      Oorsmeer  Balloons with saxophone quartet ‘[sic]’            

Le Quai, Angers, France, 2007

      Big Bang   Slurven, Bambuso and Trek!            

De Vooruit, Gand, Belgium, 2002

      Tinnitus   Les Chants Méchaniques (Fr) + Noisemakers             

Rudolfinum, Praha, Czechia, 2000

      Nests of Games   Exhibition and performances            

Zentrum für Zeitgenossische Musik, Dresden, Germany, 1998

      Opera Tristan   Die Tragödie vom Ende des Atahuallpa            

Centre for Contemporary Music, Warschau, Poland, 1998

      Audio Art Festival   ISCM Polish Section             

Palais Bondy, Lyon, France, 1997

      Musiques en Scène   Grame             

Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1994

      Codex Z  by Enrique Raxach, with the Amsterdams Blazers Collectief

 

• Festivals

Vs Interpretation, Praha, Czechia, 2016

      Balloon- & Bambuso Performance   Veletržní Palac &Bubenská - galerie INI            

Festiwal Kody, Lublin, Poland, 2016

      The Elements   Centrum Spotkania Kultur            

Trance Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2009

      Performances & exhibition   Jurriaanse Zaal, De Doelen            

Audio Art Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2006            

      Performances with Hans van Eck and many local performers   Gallery FT             

Is Arti Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2004

      Hans van Eck BassBoxes & Bambuso, Glissando, etc   for ISCM                         

Festival International Society of Contemporary Music, Bucharest, Romania, 2004

       Eckoo & Bambuso + HvEck              ARCUB            

World Music Days 2003, Ljubljana & Postojna, Slovenia, 2003            

      exhibitions & performances, 4 locations   for International Society of Contemporary Music

• Formal factories

C-Mine Genk, Belgium, 2014

      Muzieklabyrint   Exhibition in the giant halls of formal mine buildings            

Biesboschhall Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2012

      Kunst Werkt   Klankkaatser is exhibited for two years                        

't Steen Antwerp, Belgium, 2011

      MuziekLabyrint   Slurven, Bellen, Eckoo, Kroon, and TREK!     

Simerom factory Sibiu, Romania, 2007

      MenschMaschine   With Sigune von Osten, and many musicians, choir and electronics            

 

• Churches, public buildings

Art Museum Prycarpattya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, 2017

      Porto Franko   Exhibition & performance + choir, cello, kora, pipa

Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt  and cloister, Schwaz, Austria, 2008

      Avant Garde Tirol, with Hans van Eck            

Royal Palace Brussels, Belgium, 2005

      Performances at the Bambuso, for Musica            

Stevenskerk Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2004

      The Battle of the Organs   International Organ Festival + Hans van Eck            

Cloister Plasy & Burcht Praha, Czechia, 1993

      Hermit Festival   Opening Symposium with Klaas Hoek        

• Artist residencies, research centers and fine art academies

Filharmonia Narodowa Warsaw, Poland, September 2019

      Warsaw Autumn   artist in residence   instruments-installations-improvisation

Goethe Institute Yangon, Myanmar, 2018

      Re-opening Goethe Institut   With Sigune von Osten, Wu Wei and many others             

Sundaymorning at ekwc Oisterwijk, Netherlands, 2017

      Sounding Porcelain   the making of new porcelain sounds            

DordtYartDordrecht, Netherlands, 2017

      Klangmøbil   artist in residence, with Ensemble Interface            

Technorama Winterthur, Switzerland, 2016

      Klankkaatser   permanent work (more than 270,000 visitors annually)            

Trombacher Hof, Bad Münster am Stein, Germany, 2011

      Parkmusik   artist in Rresidence   Neue Ho(e)rizonte        

Academy Building RUG Groningen, Netherlands, 1999

      Forum Sonorum, with K Hoek, Greetje Bijma, blowers, percussion, carillon             

 

• Outdoor locations

The winefields around Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, June 2019

      Flötenweg   Presentation of solar energy sound sculptures, with Ensemble Interface

Lofoten coast, Laukvik, Norway, 2011

      Windharp   LaukvikViolinen permanent work                    

Dommelhof, Neerpelt, Belgium, 2007

      OorSprong   Opening of the giant flute in the Klankenbos, permanent work            

 

• Van Koolwijk is supported by the Mondrian Fund, the Gaudeamus Music week,

the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts,

and by many other funders in the world. 

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