Projects in development
"MUSIC FOR EMPTY SPACES" — Concert series featuring twelve newly composed solo pieces, one by AI, performed by twelve different musicians. The AI serves as an artistic research tool. The works are combined with mixed media and interactive digital technology: app-based audience interaction. It is also a musical experiment that explores the boundaries between human and artificial creativity and raises fundamental questions about the value and nature of human-made versus artificial art. For composer Heather Pinkham.
"MAQAM" — A music project where Eastern and Western musical worlds meet in a series of intimate and spiritual concerts. The acoustic piano, prepared in Eastern tuning, takes center stage. In solo, duo, and trio settings (with ney, vocals, and percussion), the listener experiences a unique artistic experience centered on improvisation, dialogue, and cultural connection. For pianist Arben Ramadani.
'ART CODE: LIBERATION THROUGH ART"— An interactive live performance and workshop merging theatre, voice, movement, and electronic music. A participatory art experience where the audience explores emotions through sound, breath, and rhythm — transforming their voices into live composition. It combines storytelling, sound recording, and improvisation. For film actress and opera singer, Anastasiia Pavlina.
Application 'DEVELOPMENT GRANT MUSIC AUTHOR 2026' (Ontwikkelbeurs Muziekauteur) — At FPK (Fonds Podiumkunsten - Performing Arts Fund) for composing 'Boundless Resonance', a musical connection between Persian music and music from other musical cultures, such as Western classical music (e.g. opera), Jewish music (classical and religious), jazz and 'world music'. For a wide range of musical instruments and ensembles/orchestras. For composer Farid Sheek.
‘JULIUS HIJMAN (1901-1969)' — Presentation CDs and Concerts with compositions by Julius Hijman, Uilenburger Synagoge Amsterdam. Musicians: violinist Alexandra Raikhlina, cellist Timora Rosler, pianist Maria Nemtsova, saxophonist Vitaliy Vatulya, flutist Katya Pitelina and clarinetist Gebrich Meijer. For pianist Maria Nemtsova.
‘THE STORY OF STERRE’ — A musical narration and free adaptation of the Biblical story of Queen Esther for children from 8 to 12 years old. The storyteller is accompanied by cello, piano and daf percussion. For composer Mathieu Daniel Polak.
‘THE SOUND OF GUBA’ — Musical journey of Jazz to Hungarian folk music and vice versa: merging and fusing together of these disciplines. Live concert with visual elements / video and dance. For saxophonist and clarinetist Viktor Haraszti.
‘GRENZELOOS 2’ (BOUNDLESS 2) — Concert series featuring works by composer Farid Sheek, performed by Maya Fridman cello, Farid Sheek piano / daf-percussion and guest musicians. Optional locations Splendor, LantarenVenster, Kleine Zaal Concertgebouw and De Doelen. For composer Farid Sheek.
Main projects completed
´TRANSPOSITION´ — Innovative music-theater performance, combining music theater, contemporary classical music, electronic sound installations, choreography, and video art. It is an emotional and psychological journey of exile and the search for a new identity. It is about the forced emigration of the VitaDuo, pianist Maria Nemtsova and saxophonist Vitaly Vatulya from Russia in 2022 as a result of their anti-war stance. For Maria Nemtsova and Vladlena Sandu.
Application for 'MUSIC AUTHOR'S WORKING CONTRIBUTION' — At FPK (Fonds Podiumkunsten - Performing Arts Fund) for sound artwork 'Cantica de Libertatis' (working title), a seven-part suite for children's choir Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam, string quartet, clarinet and piano. Including moving light-sound installation. For composer Marion von Tilzer. Honored 2024.
Application ‘WORK CONTRIBUTION MUSIC AUTHOR’ — At FPK (Fonds Podiumkunsten – Performing Arts Fund) for 'Resilience Forever', a compact opera consisting of six arias for bass opera singer accompanied by electronic sounds. For bass opera singer Mohsen Masoumi. Honored 2024.
Application 'MUSIC AUTHOR'S WORK CONTRIBUTION' — At FPK (Fonds Podiumkunsten - Performing Arts Fund) for 'Finding Us, a journey of discovery into musical connections', a contemporary composition with Eastern and Western musical elements. With soprano Lilian Farahani and the Sabr Ensemble. For composer Farid Sheek. Honored 2024.
‘GRENZELOOS’ (BOUNDLESS) — Concert with works by performing composer Farid Sheek, including cellist Maya Fridman, opera singer (bass) Mohsen Masoumi and harpist Doriene Marselje. Kleine Zaal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 10 March 2023. For composer Farid Sheek.
Application ‘WORK CONTRIBUTION MUSIC AUTHOR — At FPK (Fonds Podiumkunsten - Performing Arts Fund) for composing ‘Parvaz, Een Vlucht Vooruit’ ( Parvaz, A Flight Ahead) an amalgamation of Middel Eastern (Iran) and Western classical music for Daf, Harp, Cello and Voice. For composer Farid Sheek. Honored 2021.
Application ‘WORK CONTRIBUTION MUSIC AUTHOR’ — At FPK (Fonds Podiumkunsten – Performing Arts Fund) for ‘Mazzeltov – Askkenazi Folkmusic’ for carillon with newly composed and arranged Klezmer & Yiddish Songs. For composer Mathieu Daniël Polak. Honored 2021.
Application ‘VISSER-NEERLANDIA PRIJS’ — by the foundation MomC | Music of Many Cultures for pioneering work of composer Mathieu Daniël Polak following ‘Chag Sameach’, new Hebrew carillon compositions for the Jewish Holidays and Memorial Days. Honored 2020.
Composition project ‘CHAG SAMEACH – JEWISH FESTIVALS’ — Newly composed and arranged Hebrew (!) carillon works for the Jewish Holidays and Memorial Days. Premiere Tuesday, May 7, 2019, Westertoren, Amsterdam. For composer and carillonneur Mathieu Daniël Polak.
Application ‘WORK CONTRIBUTION MUSIC AUTHOR’ — At FPK (Fonds Podiumkunsten – Performing Arts Fund) for carillon composition with newly composed and arranged Hebrew works ‘Chag Sameach – Jewish Festivals’. For composer and carillonneur Mathieu Daniël Polak. Honored 2019.