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Ragazze Quartet plays both classical and modern string quartet repertoire: inspired and on the highest level. With attractive but unconventional programmes the quartet has come to be one of the most fresh and leading voices in the world of classical music.
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Plant Bloom Sessions
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SUN 23 JUL, 5:00pm
Wonderfeel / Graveland / NL
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SUN 26 MAY, 8:15pm
Concertgebouw / Amsterdam / NL
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SUN 02 JUN, 1:00pm
Oranjewoud Festival / Oranjewoud / NL
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MON 03 JUN, 8:30pm
SPOT / Groningen / NL
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Surreal soundscapes, compelling strings and spoken word with Nynke Laverman

After slowly releasing her album Plant in 2021, Nynke Laverman’s music will branch out and form a new partnership with Ragazze in the Plant Bloom Sessions.

 

After successful performances of the Plant Bloom Sessions at Wonderfeel and September Me in 2023, Nynke Laverman once again shares the stage with sound artist Sytze Pruiksma and Ragazze Quartet in an updated intimate version.

 

The concert, with vibrant arrangements of Plant songs, is one big trip of compelling strings, surreal soundscapes and spoken word.

 

Nynke’s inspired voice, ‘a leaf-blown shimmer of a voice’ according to The Independent, draws you into a new wonderful world with every song. The passionate strings of Ragazze Quartet spin a sizzling web of sounds and together with Sytze Pruiksma’s piano playing and bird beats you regularly imagine yourself in the woods or on the mudflats of the Wadden Sea.

 

Plant Bloom Sessions is a journey that will appeal to anyone with a melancholic-adventurous nature and fans of Radiohead, Nils Frahm and Kae Tempest, among others.

 

NOTE: Cellist Rebecca Wise is being replaced by Anastasia Feruleva in this programme.

Voice
Nynke Laverman
Piano & bird beats
Sytze Pruiksma
Violin
Rosa Arnold & Jeanita Vriens-van Tongeren
Viola
Annemijn Bergkotte
Cello
Anastasia Feruleva
Text
Nynke Laverman
Composition
Nynke Laverman & Sytze Pruiksma
Arrangements for strings
Sebastiaan Koolhoven
Sound
Harry Zwerver
Light
Patrick Kramer & Tjeerd Zijlstra
Nynke Laverman
Nynke Laverman is a singer, songwriter, spoken word artist and explorer. She questions life and does not spare herself in the process. She sketches poetic, surreal worlds with acoustic instruments, electronic beats and earthy lyrics. Her love of language and lived, subdued voice delicately guide you to new areas in your imagination.
Sytze Pruiksma
Composer, musician, bird watcher Sytze Pruiksma studied percussion at the Conservatory in Amsterdam and was active as a percussionist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. His work as a composer and musician is characterized by the emphasis on timbre and is often inspired by landscapes, nature and birds. Pruiksma has been working as a producer with Nynke Laverman since 2003.