Soloist is a composition for solo percussion, samples and video projection. It was written for Arnold Marinissen, who premiered it at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam december 6th, 2008. On tour in season '09 / '10

Soloist is a portrait of the percussionist and a stranger, played on video by Yahya Gaier. The two are bound by their mutual presence, and by the fact that their instruments and sound are switched: the live percussionist has many instruments, that produce real and live sounds, but none of them is a traditional percussion instrument. And the video percussionist is trapped in a surrealistic painting, with all the percussion instruments you can imagine, but producing only abstract sounds.

Together they have to reinvent language in order to communicate. Arnold plays three sets of instruments, divided on the stage. The video is centred on stage on a relatively small screen, close to the live player.

Soloist composition was commissioned by the NFPK+

The film shoot was funded by NFPK+ and AFK Amsterdam

CONCERT DATES:

2008
DEC 08: Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

2009
AUG 15: Berggarten Hannover, Germany
OCT 25: Orgelpark Amsterdam, NL
DEC 11: Concertzaal Middelburg, NL
DEC 13: Theater Vrijthof Maastricht, NL

2010
JAN 15: Theater Kikker, Utrecht
JAN 25: De Doelen, Rotterdam

(dates are subject tot change)

CREDITS:

percussion:
Arnold Marinissen

actor:
Yahya Gaier

composition and video:
Arnoud Noordegraaf

videoproduction:
inexcelsisvideo.nl

camera:
Lennert Hillege

film set design:
Anthony Sgard

concert production:
Frank van der Weij

premiere: 6 december 2008
Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam

contact / booking:
Percussion & Friends (mail)