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HERE is now live – bringing immersive music theater directly into your home!
🔗 Download the PCVR app: here-app.net
🏛️ Try it IRL at NXT Museum Amsterdam until Dec 19
📷 Joost Rietdijk - Launch party
🔗 Download the PCVR app: here-app.net
🏛️ Try it IRL at NXT Museum Amsterdam until Dec 19
📷 Joost Rietdijk - Launch party
NRC newspaper looks forward to "Theory of Flames". So do I! 😊🎈
Grab your tickets here: www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat...
Grab your tickets here: www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat...
January 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
NRC newspaper looks forward to "Theory of Flames". So do I! 😊🎈
Grab your tickets here: www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat...
Grab your tickets here: www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat...
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Five years ago, our great American democracy was put to the test, and Donald Trump failed it.
The danger he poses was clear then, and it remains clear now. We must never forget that.
The danger he poses was clear then, and it remains clear now. We must never forget that.
January 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Five years ago, our great American democracy was put to the test, and Donald Trump failed it.
The danger he poses was clear then, and it remains clear now. We must never forget that.
The danger he poses was clear then, and it remains clear now. We must never forget that.
Radiohead @ Berlin
What an amazing concert!
🥹❤️🔥😀
What an amazing concert!
🥹❤️🔥😀
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Radiohead @ Berlin
What an amazing concert!
🥹❤️🔥😀
What an amazing concert!
🥹❤️🔥😀
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zelfplug: ik schreef iets voor @filmkrant.bsky.social over Michel van der Aa's nieuwe VR-app 'Here', met voorlopig als hoogtepunt het, in mijn beleving, esoterische The Book of Sand.
Michel van der Aa lanceert VR-app Here - Filmkrant
Nieuwe-muziekcoryfee Michel van der Aa, Cannes Immersive-winnaar met VR-opera From Dust, heeft de VR-app Here gelanceerd om andersoortig publiek aan te boren voor zijn composities. Tijdelijk ook te er...
filmkrant.nl
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
zelfplug: ik schreef iets voor @filmkrant.bsky.social over Michel van der Aa's nieuwe VR-app 'Here', met voorlopig als hoogtepunt het, in mijn beleving, esoterische The Book of Sand.
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
I'm a bit of a reverb fetishist, currently really enjoying the new Strymon Cloudburst.
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'm a bit of a reverb fetishist, currently really enjoying the new Strymon Cloudburst.
HERE is now live – bringing immersive music theater directly into your home!
🔗 Download the PCVR app: here-app.net
🏛️ Try it IRL at NXT Museum Amsterdam until Dec 19
📷 Joost Rietdijk - Launch party
🔗 Download the PCVR app: here-app.net
🏛️ Try it IRL at NXT Museum Amsterdam until Dec 19
📷 Joost Rietdijk - Launch party
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
HERE is now live – bringing immersive music theater directly into your home!
🔗 Download the PCVR app: here-app.net
🏛️ Try it IRL at NXT Museum Amsterdam until Dec 19
📷 Joost Rietdijk - Launch party
🔗 Download the PCVR app: here-app.net
🏛️ Try it IRL at NXT Museum Amsterdam until Dec 19
📷 Joost Rietdijk - Launch party
I'm thrilled to unveil HERE – a new platform bringing immersive music theater into your home.
here-app.net
here-app.net
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I'm thrilled to unveil HERE – a new platform bringing immersive music theater into your home.
here-app.net
here-app.net
This afternoon, at 16:00 hrs at the Muziekgebouw, the Nieuw Amsterdam Pijl ensemble will play an exciting "Oog en Oor" (eyes and ears) program that includes two of my works: Oog and Memo, as well as works by Brigitta Muntendorf, Molly Joyce, and Younghi Pagh-Paan
www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/agenda/oo...
www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/agenda/oo...
Oog en Oor — Nieuw Amsterdams Peil
Muziek van grensverleggers Muntendorf en Van der AaVan der Aa, Muntendorf, Pagh-Paan, Joyce
www.muziekgebouw.nl
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This afternoon, at 16:00 hrs at the Muziekgebouw, the Nieuw Amsterdam Pijl ensemble will play an exciting "Oog en Oor" (eyes and ears) program that includes two of my works: Oog and Memo, as well as works by Brigitta Muntendorf, Molly Joyce, and Younghi Pagh-Paan
www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/agenda/oo...
www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/agenda/oo...
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Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...
The next leg of Abel's tour with our joint composition "Entanglements" is... Italy! 🇮🇹
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The next leg of Abel's tour with our joint composition "Entanglements" is... Italy! 🇮🇹
Tomorrow my new work for reed quintet, "Link," will be premiered at the Muziekgebouw by the fabulous Calefax.
"Link" was written to celebrate Calefax's 40th anniversary. 40 reed quintets from around the world joined forces, and performed a part of the piece: link.reedquintet.net
"Link" was written to celebrate Calefax's 40th anniversary. 40 reed quintets from around the world joined forces, and performed a part of the piece: link.reedquintet.net
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Tomorrow my new work for reed quintet, "Link," will be premiered at the Muziekgebouw by the fabulous Calefax.
"Link" was written to celebrate Calefax's 40th anniversary. 40 reed quintets from around the world joined forces, and performed a part of the piece: link.reedquintet.net
"Link" was written to celebrate Calefax's 40th anniversary. 40 reed quintets from around the world joined forces, and performed a part of the piece: link.reedquintet.net
🍾🔥 Two years of composition. It’s so exciting to finally be holding the full score of my new opera “Theory of Flames”. An indescribable feeling - did I really make this?
The opera will premiere at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in March 2026. Order your tickets here:
lnkd.in/e-3nhfWC
The opera will premiere at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in March 2026. Order your tickets here:
lnkd.in/e-3nhfWC
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🍾🔥 Two years of composition. It’s so exciting to finally be holding the full score of my new opera “Theory of Flames”. An indescribable feeling - did I really make this?
The opera will premiere at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in March 2026. Order your tickets here:
lnkd.in/e-3nhfWC
The opera will premiere at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in March 2026. Order your tickets here:
lnkd.in/e-3nhfWC
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Reposted by Michel van der Aa
Tienduizenden mensen bij klimaatmars in Den Haag
Tienduizenden mensen bij klimaatmars in Den Haag
De deelnemers verzamelden zich bij het Centraal Station en liepen vanaf daar naar het Malieveld.
nos.nl
October 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Tienduizenden mensen bij klimaatmars in Den Haag
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Tonight's Geography of Sound will focus on new recordings of works by Bent Sørensen, Chiyoko Szlavnics and @vanderaa.bsky.social.
Click here at 24h (GMT) to listen: www.rtp.pt/antena2/ or listen to it later here: www.rtp.pt/programa/rad... #radio #newmusic #composers #antena2
Click here at 24h (GMT) to listen: www.rtp.pt/antena2/ or listen to it later here: www.rtp.pt/programa/rad... #radio #newmusic #composers #antena2
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tonight's Geography of Sound will focus on new recordings of works by Bent Sørensen, Chiyoko Szlavnics and @vanderaa.bsky.social.
Click here at 24h (GMT) to listen: www.rtp.pt/antena2/ or listen to it later here: www.rtp.pt/programa/rad... #radio #newmusic #composers #antena2
Click here at 24h (GMT) to listen: www.rtp.pt/antena2/ or listen to it later here: www.rtp.pt/programa/rad... #radio #newmusic #composers #antena2
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🎬✨ I’m thrilled to announce that "From Dust" has been selected for the Immersive Experience competition at the Geneva International Film Festival!
Experience the installation from October 31 - November 9, 2025 and hear the amazing Sjaella sing virtually.
🎟️ 2025.giff.ch/en/film/from...
Experience the installation from October 31 - November 9, 2025 and hear the amazing Sjaella sing virtually.
🎟️ 2025.giff.ch/en/film/from...
October 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🎬✨ I’m thrilled to announce that "From Dust" has been selected for the Immersive Experience competition at the Geneva International Film Festival!
Experience the installation from October 31 - November 9, 2025 and hear the amazing Sjaella sing virtually.
🎟️ 2025.giff.ch/en/film/from...
Experience the installation from October 31 - November 9, 2025 and hear the amazing Sjaella sing virtually.
🎟️ 2025.giff.ch/en/film/from...
Reposted by Michel van der Aa
The headline news that won't be headline news.
'A tragedy': World may have reached first climate 'tipping point' as coral reefs face collapse
Warm-water coral reefs - on which a billion people and a quarter of all marine life depend - are on the brink of collapse, according to a major new scientific study
www.businessgreen.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The headline news that won't be headline news.
Tonight, my new piece "Entanglements" –co-created with the incredible Abel Selaocoe and blending cello, voice, and electronics – receives its world premiere at Princeton University
This performance will kick off a series of 17 performances throughout the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy
This performance will kick off a series of 17 performances throughout the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy
September 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Tonight, my new piece "Entanglements" –co-created with the incredible Abel Selaocoe and blending cello, voice, and electronics – receives its world premiere at Princeton University
This performance will kick off a series of 17 performances throughout the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy
This performance will kick off a series of 17 performances throughout the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy
Reposted by Michel van der Aa
from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
Reposted by Michel van der Aa
Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil Antifa aanmerken als terroristische organisatie. Dat de Tweede Kamer daar niet over gaat en dat Antifa geen organisatie is, doet er niet toe. Het gaat erom dat volksvertegenwoordigers mensen die de democratie verdedigen tot vijand verklaren: corr.es/f4cdfc
September 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil Antifa aanmerken als terroristische organisatie. Dat de Tweede Kamer daar niet over gaat en dat Antifa geen organisatie is, doet er niet toe. Het gaat erom dat volksvertegenwoordigers mensen die de democratie verdedigen tot vijand verklaren: corr.es/f4cdfc