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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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An immersive journey of catchy beats, surreal soundscapes 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.

 

During the preview at Wonderfeel and the premiere of the Plant Bloom Sessions on September Me Nnynke Laverman will share the stage with sound artist Sytze Wigsma and Ragazze Quartet.

 

The show with a vibrant live set of extended versions of the Plant songs is one big trip, a cocktail of infectious beats, 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 the characteristic drums and synths in combination with bird beats built from bird sounds regularly put you in the middle of the woods or on the Wad.

 

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.

Voice
Nynke Laverman
Drums, elektronica & bird beats
Sytze Pruiksma
Violin
Rosa Arnold & Jeanita Vriens-van Tongeren
Viola
Annemijn Bergkotte
Cello
Rebecca Wise
Text
Nynke Laverman
Composition
Nynke Laverman & Sytze Pruiksma
Arrangements for strings
Sebastiaan Koolhoven
Sound design
Bo Bruijs
Lighting design
Patrick Kramer
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.