éphémère
Ephémère is a series of surprising evenings about temporary and contemporary forms of art. From acoustic to electronic music, from baroque improvisation to new music and avant-garde, from contemporary dance to digital art, Ephémère is one of the last and finest places for what is important to be presented at that specific moment. Ephémère has been a staple at Studio LOOS since 2009. Since its initiation, the series has hosted a wide range of artists from a variety of artistic backgrounds. Ephémère takes place at Studio Loos, usually on the second Thursday of the month. The series is a production of the LOOS Foundation and it is organised and curated by Marie Guilleray and Bjarni Gunnarsson.
éphémère history
Below are all of the past éphémère events. We invite you to browse through the years to view the artists who participated at our concert series.
éphémère 2021
éphémère 2020
éphémère 2019
ensemble extra ordinaire: nora mulder.han buhrs
spel III: kate moore (AU)
le tableau volé: reinier van houdt
solo: cathy van eck
trio: oscar jan hoogland.onno govaert. urdis vitols (LV)
solo: yannis kyriakides
éphémère 2018
let the rain in: reiko yamada (JAP)jihae ko (KOR).patru kay (FR)
songs of little sleep: jaap blonk
and now for for something completely similar: chris loupis (GR). giuliano anzani (IT)
codeklavier: felipe ignacio noriega (MEX).anna veinberg
a nomad’s guide to listening: justin bennett (UK).budhaditya chattopadyay (IN)
ink: yael levi (IL).nikos kokolakis (GR).lam lai (HK)
caboto: riccardo marogna (IT)
contour: ingolfur vilhjalmsson (IT).michele abolaffio (IT).mari mako (HU).bjarni gunnarsson (IS)
kinder meccano: vitalija glovackyte.michael cutting (UK)
touches: christiana vignatelli bruni (IT).greta desiree facchinato (IT)
600 notes: marianna maruyama. andrius arutiunian (LT)
éphémère 2017
sonate nr.1 by victor wentinck: bmb con. justin bennett (UK).roelf toxopeus featuring gregory taylor (US)
utter for flute, electronics and iPads: anne laberge
violent push of an unpredictable strategy: edge ensemble christof may (DE) james hewitt (UK).vasilis stefanopoulos (GR).brendan faegre (US) + genevieve murphy
Bjarni Gunnarsson - Vicinity Pulse
DNK Ensemble perform: Peckinpah Trios (2004) by Antoine Beuger
Eventless plot - Reoccurrencies
Erfan Abdi- Points of contact
Donia Jourabchi - Foils
Miša Skalskis - Audio-video collages
Identity Shifts by Camille Verhaak & James Hewitt
Object 1 & 2 by Jihae Ko & Kay Patru
Solo Electronics by Liew Niyomkarn
Jan Kleefsta / Chris Bakker /Romke Kleefstra
llse van Haastrecht & Emlyn Stam
Erik Nyström
Nina Hitz and Lukas Simonis - music and poetry
Yiannis Tsirikoglou - solo live electronics
Reiner van Houdt - Riemann Angels
SARAH ALBU – Futuremoves – 7 (+!!!!) Steps To A Perfect! Future! Body!
OSCAR JAN HOOGLAND / FRANK ROSALY MOLA SYLLA – The triangle : Dakar – Amsterdam – Chicago
DAN GIBSON – Live electronics
éphémère 2016
Semay Wu and Manuela Lucia Tessi - live performance
Nicolas Chientaroli - piano solo
Tomer Baruch - Aquifer, live electronics
DJ : Yannis Tsirikoglou
Roberta Štěpánková & Amund J. Røe – The Crossroads
Eric Zinman / Onno Govaerts / John Dikeman – Free improv
Graham Flett & Nicole De Brabandere – ‘Hearing on the verge: cuing and aligning with the movement of the audible’
SABINA AHN - "Breath" - Performance
YOTA MORIMOTO & SHUHEI TAKEZAWA - "Interludes" - piano/electronics, viol/cello
ANDRIUS ARUTIUNIAN - "Voyages" - Live audio-visual set
Ji Youn Kang - Solo Live Electronics
Kristina Warren - solo piece for voice and electronics
Leo Svirsky & Arvind Ganga - Improvisations on piano, accordeon, and guitar
Semay Wu
Jihae Ko & Kay Patru
Ilya Ziblat/Germaine Sijstermans/Ziv Taubenfeld
Bjarni Gunnarsson
Kaja Draksler 6-piece Octet – Free improv
Trevor Wishart – Vocalise
Jan T V Falkenstein – Post Code 5
Trevor Wishart – Vocalise
Mari Mako – solo electronics
Pijama and the Patterson – live performance
Casper Schipper – live coding
Protean Reality, a trio with Chris Pitsiokos, Noah Punkt and Phillipp Scholz
duo performance of Rutger Zuydervelt andGonçalo Almeida.
trio with Nora Mulder,Rogier Smal and Koen Kaptijn
Turbio aka Larva Peruzzotti (bass & field recordings) and Jonathan Ramirez (drums)
Adam Juraszek
Yedo Gibson (reeds) and Vasco Trilla (drums)
éphémère 2015
Ezequiel Menalled & Hernán Oviedo - Oxímoron
Mark Alban Lotz - Solo Flutes
Yiannis Tsirikoglou - In Imaginary Time
Kleefstra/Bakker/Kleefstra – Dark Drones and Poetry
Janne Eraker & Roger Arntzen
Tomas Ankersmit
trio Ada Rave, Nicolas Chientaroli, Jaster Stadhouders
Reiner van Houdt - Loss/Storage, Marchenoir and Ores
Miguelángel Clerc - Amongst Millions...
Stoka Ensemble - pieces by Jorge Variego and Tomer Baruch
New works by Teodora Stepančić and by Assaf Gidron
performed by Maya Felixbrodt and Vladan Kulišić
Graham Flett - Proposition of Fossils
performed by Omega Impact
Robin Koek & Derck Littel
Wave Tracing
Justin Bennett – analogue electronics
Machinefabriek & Gareth Davis – electronics and bass clarinet
Royal Improvisers Orchestra – free improvisation
Roy Guzman - fixed media
Matúš Kobolka (Bolka) is an uprising star of Bratislava experimental scene.
No is No - improvised music
Leonie Roessler and Veronique van der Meijden – Flowers Falling
Voice: Veronique van der Meijden
Composition, Field Recordings, Piano: Leonie Roessler
Siamak Anvari – Reflection
Fixed media piece
Amir Bolzman and Mei Yi Lee – Fdbk / Ptrns
Live performance
Amir Bolzman: Electronics
Mei Yi Lee: Percussions
Sergio Luque - Fixed media pieces
Surveillance
Nora Mulder & Rogier Smal duo.
KANG - Analog + Digital noise
Stefano Sgarbi (laptop) & Ruben Brovida (analog modular synthesiser)
Yedo Gibson (reeds) & Makiko Ito (dance)
Yota Morimoto (electronics)
New Rumors and Other Noises
Ada Rave – saxes / Raoul van der Weide – contrabass / Nicolas Chientaroli – piano
éphémère 2014
Domino kwartet – (a)synchronous isochronous
Johan Van Kreij – electronics
Ignacio Santoro – double bass
Jorge Variego – reeds and electronics
Documentary about Ryoji Ikeda
Naked Wolf – free improv
Casper Schipper – live coding
Naja Ankarfeldt – Mutaatio 3D
Martijn Comes [NL] – live electronics
Galm Quartet – improvised music
Yiannis Tsirikoglou[GR]- live electronics
KANG – analog and digital noise
BJARNI GUNNARSSON & CEDRIC DUPIRE – live electronics and visuals
ZENO VAN DEN BROEK – live electronics
• Aurélie LIERMAN – “Anosmia”, tape piece
• Dafne VICENTE-SANDOVAL – bassoon amplified
& Ferran FAGES – guitar, resonant objects, acoustic turntable and electronics
• Graham FLETT – “Engrosh Futuro”, tape + instrumental composition
Stefano Sgarbi
Jorge Variego
DIDJERIDOO, SAXOPHONE & COMPUTER
Nora Mulder
Rogier Smal
PIANO & DRUMS
Jan Klug
LIVE ELECTRONICS
Elisa Battistutta and Emmanuel Flores
Maia Francisco
Ilya Ziblat Shay & Hallveig Ágústsdóttir
éphémère 2013
Kaja Draksler (piano) and Onno Govaert (drums), free improvisation
Casper Schipper, live electronics solo
Rodrigo Parejo Mateos, Lovorka Holjevac, Karl Ingi Karlsson and Þráinn Hjálmarsson performing music by Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson and Þráinn Hjálmarsson
Sandra pujols (voice)
Mei Yi Lee (percussion)
Nina Hitz (cello)
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Harald Austbo (cello)
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Zvuv’ Clarinet quartet
Camille Verhaak (clarinet)
Cornelia Zambila (violin)
Maya Felixbrodt (viola)
Clara Riviera (cello)
Jasper Stadhouders, Laurens Van der Wee & George Hadow (electric guitar, no-input mixer & drums)
Pablo Sanz (sound artist)
Alfredo Genovesi & Emese Csornai (guitar, electronic – light, projection & image)
Martijn Barendregt – No-input-mixer
Renato Ferreira – Free improvisation solo
Fani Konstantinidou – Live electronics
Colin Hacklander – Next time, die consciously
Glanzkoffer (Kathrin Grenzdörffer)
Genetic choir & Tanja Smit
Wooden Strings Duo (Aldo Aranda & Sarah Nichols)
Binmatu (Jonas Gruska)
éphémère 2012
Marij van Gorkom – bass clarinet and electronics
Cora Schmeiser – solo voice
Ji Youn Kang and Mei Yi Lee – electronics and percussions
Gareth Davis, Leo Fabriek – bass clarinet and drums
Maria Aristotelous – Solo Electronics
DaMu – Free Improvisation
The Acoustic Staircase Ensemble – Acoustic Staircase
Chris Galarreta – Computer Music is Dead
LIVE IMPROVISATION by ILYA ZIBLAT SHAY (double bass) and ROBERTO GARRETON (guitar & electronics)
“FOR THE TIME BEING” by AVIVA ENDEAN and MICHEL MARANG (clarinet duo)
CACTUS TRUCK with JOHN DIKEMAN (saxophones), JASPER STADHOUDERS (guitar and bass), and ONNO GOVAERT (drums)
Reflections for the accordion and performer (composed by Lucie Vitkova, performed by Donia Jourabchi)
Live electronics improvisation by Younes Riad (electronics) and Marie Guilleray (voice and electronics)
Gereh by Siamak Anvari (setar and live electronics)
Polyphtong by Jaap Blonk (new piece for voice and electronics)
Duo Roro / Arvind Ganga (drums & guitar)
Flavien Gillié (field recordings)
Galm Quartet (saxophones, electronics, guitar, drums)
Otso Lahdeoja
Govaert / De Joode / Stadhouders
Celer & Machinefabriek
Jan Kleefstra, Romke Kleefstra & Chris Bakker
CASPER SCHIPPER – ELECTRONIC MUSIC
DAPHNE VICENTE SANDOVAL / XAVIER LOPEZ – BASOON AND ELECTRONICS
EKKEHARD WINDRICH – ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Tiago Morgado – viola and electronics
Shackle : Anne La Berge / Robert van Heumen – flute and electronics
Sumo 3 : Emese Csornai / Alfreydo Genovesi / Marek Jason Isleb – visuals, guitar and mouvement
éphémère 2011
Keir Neuringer- solo saxophone
Fani Konstantinidou – electronic pieces
Lars Kynde/Nikolaj Kynde – new instrument
Jeroen Uyttendael /Dewi De Vree – audiovisual performance
Ji Youn Kang/Mei Yi Lee/Marie Guilleray – electronics percussions voice
Aviva Endean (AU) clarinetist/bass-clarinetist: new music
Jan Trutzschler von Falkenstein (DE): electronic solo
Lemuriformes: improvisations with electronics and ink
Torque, a harp and electronics piece by Hugo Morales Murguia performed by Milana Zaric (for harp and pedal-propelled DC motors)
Minus 2 Teodora Stepancic, piano & objects Corne Roos, bass instruments
Los compadres
Michael Chinen
Dafne Vicente-Sandoval, bassoon / Xavier Lopez, laptop
Alexander Bruck, viola / Gabriel Paiuk, piano
Bjarni Gunnarsson, electronics / Jaike Stambach, guitar
Yolanda Uriz & Ángel Faraldo: Dislocated Frames Music Composition and Live Electronics: Ángel Faraldo Scenography, Videos and Flute: Yolanda Uriz
“Schithol Plaza And The City Idiot” by Sumo3
éphémère 2010
Film “Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise” by Ken Jacobs/John Zorn (2005)
Trio Echoes (Milana Zaric / Leo Svirsky / Adam Jeffrey)
Duo Alberto Novello / Flavio Zanuttini
Malgorzata Haduch and Ab Baars
Robert Blatt, Maya Verlaak, David Poknee Robert Blatt, David Pocknee and Maya Verlaak
Steindor Kristinsson
Film « We Don’t Care About Music Anyway » by Cedric Dupire (2009)
Mey Yi Lee (percussions)
Electro Acoustic Improvisation with Marie Guilleray (voice), Gabriel Paiuk (piano), Yamila Rios (cello) and Yannis Tsirikogou (eletcronics)
jams 2009-2010
Jams was a concert series, which eventually evolved into Ephémère. Jams was an initiative to present new jazz and improvised music projects. It was established with a necessity to gather musicians and audiences interested in and involved with jazz and improvised music, new works, works in progress. The series looked to contribute to the live jazz and improvised music scene in The Hague.
Angelica Vazquez Quartet
Angelica Vazquez ES), harp
Corné Roos (NL), double bass
Nicolau Lafeta De Andrade (BR), trumpet
Leo Svirsky (US), piano
DUO
Rodrigo Parego Matyeos (ES), flute
Petr Zelenka (CZ), guitar
TRIO
Alfredo Genovesi (UK), uncontrollable guitar
Emese Csornai (HU), uncontrollable light
Marek Jason Isleib (IL), unintentional movement
Yvonne Smeets Quartet
Yvonne Smeets (NL), vocals
Jens Larsen, guitar
Tristan Hupe, piano
Olaf Meijer, bass
Mark de Jong, drums
film - Ornette Coleman trio
Concert
Eva Novoa, piano
Florian Wempe, tenor saxophone
Pal Nyberg, guitar
Jakob Rheinländer, double bass
Benjamin Rheinländer, drums
film - Jazz documentary
concert
Arne Bock (DE), trumpet
Matthew Berrill (IR), saxophone, clarinet
Michal Vanoucek (SI), piano
Daniel van Huffelen (NL), double bass
Marcos Baggiani (AR), drums
Marjan van Rompay Quintet
Marjan van Rompay, saxophones
Rodrigo Parejo Mateos, flutes
Tristan Hupe, piano
Lennart Heyndels, double bass
Jelle van Giel, drums