Research Catalogue

I'm a composer from Belgium and I have studied in The Hague (NL) conservatoire at the sonology, and composition departments with Gilius Van Bergeijk, Diderik Haakma Wagenaar, Peter Adriaansz and Martijn Padding. I have also studied a year in Birmingham conservatoire with Michael Wolters and Howard Skempton. 

 

Each of my compositions start from a very clear concept which decides every parameter in the composition. I like to make jokes though,.. so each concept starts from some kind of criticism, a joke. The most clear is maybe my series

"All x music is y": (All Dutch music is Andriessen, All English music is Greensleeves, All Verlaak’s Music is Alouette)

 

I always liked building instruments: instruments that end up working really badly because of my ignorance of instrument building. But since I am after all a composer, I always find a way to use their accidental limitations as compositional parameters. These limitations give me material to work with, and lead the composition in a certain direction and structure. 

For my Phd research I would like to focus on instrument building between 1200-1800.

 

You can find more of my work on my website: http://www.maya.ricercata.org