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From Borneo to the Holland Festival: World Opera Lab's Ine Aya'

By Rose Dodd, 16 June 2021
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Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 10 June 2021
Programme
Yadi Anugerah, Ine Aya'
Performers
World Opera Lab
Bart van den Heuvel, Lighting Designer
Siavash Naghshbandi, Video
Bernadeta Astari, Soprano
Rolfe Dauz, Baritone
Frisna Virginia, Soprano
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Rose Dodd
Rose Dodd

Amsterdam based composer Rose Dodd as well as writing for TEMPO (UK), seismograf (DK), Positionen (GER) also writes books about contemporary music, most recently on composers Christopher Fox and Louis Andriessen. Since being awarded a Mention at Prix Ars Electronica'99, her own work draws on inspiration found in the current Norwegian scene, combining ambient electronics with quiet focus on instrumental timbre. 

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