| Makers | Ragazze Quartet en Kate Moore |
| Duration | 70 min |
If we could hear the trees, this is what they would say
Trees can communicate with each other on a level that exceeds the average bar chatter. But what would those old trees tell us if we could understand them? What would they think of the way we treat the earth? The four musicians of Ragazze Quartet all play wooden violins and are endlessly fascinated by the history that sometimes centuries-old wood has stored. Composer Kate Moore incorporated that curiosity into the music for this concert. Come and listen to 24 trees as silent witnesses of history and guardians of our ecosystem.
Kate Moore is an internationally acclaimed composer. Her work has been performed by Asko|Schönberg, Bang on a Can and the Groot Omroepkoor, among others. She has won major prizes such as the Mathijs Vermeulen Prize (2017) and the Gieskes-Strijbis Podium Prize (2022). With her Herz Ensemble, she was the resident composer at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ and a festival composer at November Music. She studied in The Netherlands and also in Australia and has received various international grants for her work.
The Ragazze Quartet is an innovative string quartet that brings classical music to life with surprising programs and collaborations with theater, dance and literature. They work with young makers and high-level partners such as NDT, Orkater and the Holland Festival. Since 2017, they have been the artistic director of the September Me festival and received the Operadagen Rotterdam Award because they seem to think outside their traditional field with utmost ease!
Ragazze Quartet : performers
Kate Moore : composition
Mees Vervuurt : direction
Jurjen Alkema : set design, video projections
Bart Hess : costume design
Koen Keevel : sound design
Barbara Reijs : production
Memories of Trees is made possible by Fonds 21 and Zabawas. The Ragazze Quartet is supported for several years by the Performing Arts Fund and the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
Korzo Zaal