{"id":908,"date":"2026-09-14T10:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/?page_id=908"},"modified":"2026-10-21T17:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:44:41","slug":"908-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/908-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-bbeac949\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-bbeac949\"><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-a9946f38\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-a9946f38\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-a9946f38\"><div class=\"vce-text-block\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-37be0fe1\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-37be0fe1\"><h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 16pt;\">Schakering (2026)<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-906f066c\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-906f066c\"><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-62d40f93\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-62d40f93\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-62d40f93\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-container vce-single-image--align-left\"><div class=\"vce vce-single-image-wrapper\" id=\"el-654f0258\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-654f0258\"><figure><div class=\"vce-single-image-figure-inner\" style=\"width: 1024px;\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-inner vce-single-image--absolute\" style=\"width: 100%; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vce-single-image\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260912_173617-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260912_173617-2048x1153.jpg 2x, https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260912_173617-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260912_173617-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260912_173617-800x450.jpg 800w\" src=\"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260912_173617-1024x577.jpg\" data-img-src=\"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260912_173617-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"921\"  alt=\"\" title=\"20260912_173617\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption hidden=\"\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-text-block\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-cbae492d\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-cbae492d\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 0.5;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">premiere at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-8997eda9\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-8997eda9\"><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-7ad642f3\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-7ad642f3\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-7ad642f3\"><div class=\"vce-text-block\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-aa7e5536\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-aa7e5536\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">Program note:<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><em>\u201cFor me, composing music is the pursuit of an ideal that you vaguely feel inside.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">Ton de Leeuw<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><em>Schakering<\/em>&nbsp;is a reflection on the work of the Dutch composer Ton de Leeuw, inspired by<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">his philosophical worldview. By exploring his rich compositional oeuvre and his<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">intellectual writings and interviews, I tried to uncover his fundamental musical concepts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">and identify intersections within my own artistic endeavors. These intersections serve as a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">meeting point to establish a compositional dialogue. Among the key areas of<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">convergence are the utilization of space in music, the incorporation of microtonality, and<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">the profound influence of non-Western musical traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">One of the central ideas of&nbsp;<em>Schakering<\/em>&nbsp;is based on De Leeuw\u2019s notion of comparing music<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">to a stream of water that is constantly changing while being fundamentally the same. He<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">discusses the connection between an ever-changing stream of water against the constant<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">bed of a river. According to De Leeuw, this idea is derived from the Eastern philosophical<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">influences that have shaped his musical philosophy.&nbsp;<em>Schakering&nbsp;<\/em>embodies a cyclical and<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">repetitive structure, with musical ideas developing, changing, and transforming while<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">revolving around and ultimately returning to the same core.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">I would like to thank Jos Smolders, Gaudeamus Festival, and Moving Furniture for this<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">commission, which gave me an opportunity to artistically contribute to the<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">commemoration of Ton de Leeuw\u2019s 100th birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">Part of the material for this piece was produced at Willem Twee Studios in Den Bosch with<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">the generous support of their staff.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schakering (2026)premiere at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht Program note: \u201cFor me, composing music is the pursuit of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"gutenify_custom_css":"","gutenify_custom_css_data":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-908","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/908\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siamakanvari.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}