The start of the 51st Poetry International Festival Rotterdam will be marked by the livestream of the world première of a unique music and poetry production, composed and written by poet laureate of Friesland Nyk de Vries and the members of the Artvark Saxophone Quartet.
This this 45-minute Dutch/Frisian-language poetry and music production is specially commissioned by Poetry International. The musical flexibility of Artvark and the narrative force of Nyk de Vries’s poetry promise a mesmerising theatrical experience in which the language and music support and reinforce each other. A synergetic production exceeding anything that either could achieve in isolation: Glass meets Tom Waits / Nick Cave.
The Artvark line-up is Rolf Delfos (alto sax), Bart Wirtz (alto sax), Mete Erker (tenor sax) and Peter Broekhuizen (baritone sax).
Nyk de Vries is a popular literary performer who regularly combines music and visuals with his poetry.
With thanks to:
Alida Augusta Fonds / Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds
Hausta Donans Fonds / Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds
Fonds Podiumkunsten
Schouwburg De Lawei (try-out livestream 6th of June 4:00 pm)
