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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Nicholas Lens Noorenbergh (born 1957) is a Belgian composer of contemporary music, particularly known for his operas.[1][2] His work is published by Schott Music[1] and Mute Song[3] and distributed by Universal Music Group and Sony BMG. In 2020 Nicholas Lens signed with Deutsche Grammophon. Lens lives alternately in Brussels and Venice.[4] He has one daughter, the Berlin-based painter Clara-Lane Lens[5][6]
Works
Operas
- Is this the gate?,[7] chamber opera with libretto by J. M. Coetzee, world premiere at Adelaide Festival, Australia 2024
- L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, trance-minimal chamber opera with libretto by Nick Cave, written and produced by Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave, release by Deutsche Grammophon 2021[8][9][10][11]
- Shell Shock, opera with libretto by Nick Cave, world premiere on 24 October 2014 at the Royal Opera House La Monnaie[12][13][14][15]
- Slow Man,[16][17] opera with libretto by J. M. Coetzee based on his novel Slow Man,[18] world premiere on 5 July 2012 at the Malta Festival, Grand Theatre, Poznań[19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Vocal and chamber music
- The Puppet Designer (Der Bashafer fun Marionetn) for baritone and chamber orchestra, live performance at UNESCO (The Power of Culture, Festival 18 June 1996), published by Schott Music 2006[26]
- Wired, theatrical chamber music for harp and soprano, premiered at Beijing, China on 5 December 2006.[2]
- The trilogy The Accacha Chronicles (2005),[27][28] for soprano, tenor, countertenor, mezzo-soprano, baritone, bass, male actor, small choir, mixed choir and chamber orchestra, Sony BMG 82876 66239 2, published by Schott Music[29]
- Flamma Flamma – The Fire Requiem (1994), Sony Classical SK 66293[30][31]
- Terra Terra – The Aquarius Era (1999), BMG Classics 74321 697182
- Amor Aeternus – Hymns of Love (2005), Sony BMG 82876 66238 2
- Orrori dell'Amore (1995) for soprano, baritone, counter tenor and chamber orchestra, CD release on Sony Classical (SK 62016), published by Schott Music.[32]
Study books
- 100 Etudes, Exercises and Simple Tonal Phrases for Piano (Volume I and volume II), published by Schott Music.[33]
- Venticinque Movimenti per Contrabbasso solo (25 Movements for solo double bass), published by Schott Music.[34]
Films and film scores
- The film (22 min.) Love Is the Only Master I'll Serve, premiered at the Brooklyn International Film Festival New York, June 2006, directing, script and music score[35]
- The soundtrack of Mein erstes Wunder, a film by Anne Wild, world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival, 2003[36]
- The soundtrack of ‘'Marie Antoinette is niet dood'’, a film by Irma Achten, world premiere at Rotterdam International Film Festival, 1996[37]
Novel publication
Nicholas Lens is the author of the novel (Dutch language) called Het bed van lucht released by Borgerhoff & Lamberights.[38]
Artistic residencies
- Academia Belgica, Rome 1 September 2021 – 31 January 2022[39]
- Geneva, Vandoeuvres, Fondation JAT - M.M., 6 residencies in 2023, 2024, 2025[40]
- Chang Mai, artistic residency at Prem Tinsulanonda - patronized by Mom Luang Tridhosyuth Devakul -, 2023 [41]
References
External links
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- ↑ Roszak, Joanna (July 2012). "And We Break Down Ourselves" Bi-Weekly, Polish National Audiovisual Institute
- ↑ Derkaczew, Joanna (11 July 2012). "'Slow Man' – Coetzee w operze. Jak gaśnie człowiek". Gazeta Wyborcza.
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- ↑ Time Magazine (1995). "MEMENTO MORI". 'Time Inc, 1995', Retrieved on 23 February 2007.
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