(b. 1966, Seattle, Washington).
Dutch composer, born in the USA, of mostly chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Adriaansz studied composition with Louis Andriessen, Brian Ferneyhough and Peter-Jan Wagemans at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag and the Rotterdams Conservatorium, where he completed his studies with distinction in 1994.
Amomg his honours is the Matthijs Vermeulenprijs (2015, for No. 56, 'Scala II'). His music has been performed in Canada, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, South Korea, the UK, the USA, and Uzbekistan. He has received commissions from numerous ensembles, festivals, orchestras, and soloists, including the pianist Sonsoles Alonso, Asko Schönberg, the Aurelia Saxofoonkwartet, the double bassist Dario Calderone, the California EAR Unit, the Crash Ensemble, the Doelenensemble, Ensemble Klang, Ensemble KORE, Ensemble LOOS, Ensemble MAE, Ensemble Scala, the cello-and-percussion duo Katharina Gross and Arnold Marinissen, the percussion ensemble HIIIT, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival/November Music, the Internationaal Orgelfestival Haarlem, the Ives Ensemble, the pianist Saskia Lankhoorn, the clarinettist Michel Marang, the Nederlands Radio Symfonie Orkest, the New European Ensemble, the Nieuw Ensemble, Orkest de Ereprijs, Quatuor Bozzini, the pianist Ralph van Raat, the Ragazze String Quartet, Trio Scordatura, and the theatre companies Via Berlin and Orkater.
He has also held other posts. He served as artistic director of HIIIT in Den Haag from 1998–2014.
He has taught composition at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
No. 58, 'Comfortzone' (music-theatre work), amplified speaker, 2 amplified violins, amplified viola, amplified cello, amplified ceramic percussion, sine waves, 2015
ORCHESTRAL:
No. 13, 'Comfort', 2001
No. 27c, 'Structures X–XII' 'Single Lines on Moving and Static Planes', any small orchestra/orchestra (maximum 33 players), live electronics ad libitum, 2005 (each of its three sections may be performed separately; also version of No. 27c, 'Structure X' as No. 27c, 'S X', 2006; also version of No. 27c, 'Structure XI' as No. 27c, 'S XI', 2006)
No. 44, 'Verdichtingen' (text by Astrid Lampe), female speaker, harp, piano, 4 amplified percussion, orchestra, sine waves, 2009
No. 54, 'Rising & Falling', large orchestra (8 winds, 9 brass, 4 percussion, 40 strings), sine waves, 2012–13
No. 66a, 'Melody 66', small orchestra/orchestra, sine pulses, 2019–20
CHAMBER MUSIC:
No. 1, 'Lines, Dots & Crosses', violin, piano, 1992
No. 9, 'Music of Mercy pt. 3', 4 saxophones, 6 percussion, 1997
No. 11, '3-pt. (untampered) Product', piccolo, trombone, harmonium, 2 percussion, 1998
No. 12, '3-pt.-Melodies, Variations & Objects', piano obbligato, ensemble, 2000
No. 16, 'Composition in 3 Parts', 4 saxophones, 6 percussion, ensemble (piccolo, 3 saxophones, French horn, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass guitar, piano), 2002
No. 18, 'Triple Concerto', recorder, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), trombone, electric guitar, violin, double bass, piano, marimba, 2003
No. 19, '6 Parts for 7 (or more) Players', any harmony instrument, percussion, ensemble (flute [+ harp], clarinet, trombone, cello [+ percussion], harpsichord), 2003
No. 20a, '9 through 99', 2 flutes, bass clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, double bass (+ crash cymbal), piano 4 hands, vibraphone, marimba, 2003 (also versions as No. 20b, flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 2005; No. 20c, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, marimba, 2005)
No. 17, 'Untitled Composition for Trumpet & Organ', trumpet, organ, 2002–04 (unfinished)
No. 22, 'Chromatic Fundamentals', violin, piano, 2004
No. 23, 'Serenades II to IV', 3 electric guitars, bass guitar, 2004
No. 24, '7 Dances for Percussion 4-tet', 4 percussion, 2004
No. 25, 'Recessionist March', oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, double bass, 2005
No. 27a, 'Structures I–V' 'Single Lines on Moving Planes', any ensemble (maximum 22 players), live electronics ad libitum, 2005 (each of its five sections may be performed separately)
No. 27b, 'Structures VI–IX' 'Single Lines on Static Planes', any ensemble (maximum 8 players), live electronics, 2005 (each of its four sections may be performed separately)
No. 27d, 'Structures XIII–XV' 'Double Lines on Moving and Static Planes', any ensemble (8–13 players), live electronics ad libitum, 2005 (each of its three sections may be performed separately)
No. 27e, 'Structure XVI', any 2 instruments capable of sustained chords, live electronics ad libitum, 2005 (also version for organ, marimba, live electronics ad libitum, 2005)
No. 28, 'Strands I & II', bass recorder, bass clarinet, trombone, electric guitar, violin, double bass, piano, vibraphone, 2005
No. 31, 'Five Palindromes', violin, piano, 2004–07 (one of its sections may be performed separately: Palindrome 3, 2005) (unfinished)
No. 36, 'Concords I–III' (three translations of the name Ives Ensemble), variable ensemble, 2007 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Concord I, 'equal tempered'; Concord II, 'in the series'; Concord III, 'in primes')
No. 37, 'Waves 5–7', 2 saxophones, trombone, electric guitar, piano (with 5 EBows), percussion, live electronics, 2008
No. 38, 'Waves 8–10', ensemble, 2008 (unfinished)
No. 39, 'Waves 11–13', flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ saxophone), violin, bass guitar, piano (with 3 EBows), percussion, sine tones, subsonic waves, 2008
No. 40, 'Nu descendant un Escalier', 2 saxophones, trombone, electric guitar, piano, percussion, 2008
No. 42, 'Music for Sines, Percussion, EBows & Variable Ensemble', amplified ensemble (recorders, clarinet [+ bass clarinet], electric guitar, violin, double bass, piano [with 5 EBows], percussion), sine waves, 2008
No. 43, 'Three Quartets', 4 saxophones, 4 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, sine waves, 2009
No. 45, 'Three Vertical Swells', Hammond organ, amplified ensemble (2 winds, electric guitar, 2 strings, piano [with 5 EBows], percussion), sine waves, 2010
No. 46, 'Parallels', flute, cello, piano, percussion, sine waves, 2010, revised 2019
No. 48, 'Phrase', amplified soprano saxophone, electric guitar, amplified piano, amplified percussion, sine waves, 2011 (meant to be performed with No. 49, 'Fraction')
No. 49, 'Fraction', amplified alto saxophone (+ amplified tenor saxophone)/amplified bass clarinet, electric guitar, amplified dulcimer, amplified inside piano, sine waves, 2011 (meant to be performed with No. 48, 'Phrase')
No. 50, 'Shadings', 2 violins, viola, cello, sine waves, 2011
No. 51, 'Horizon', cello, vibraphone (+ gongs), sine waves, 2012 (the piece exists in two versions: No. 51a [single-line version]; No. 51b [harmony version])
No. 52, 'Scala I' (3 movements), Fokker organ, 31-tone microtonal ensemble (flute [+ piccolo], clarinet, electric guitar, viola, MIDI-keyboard, percussion), sine waves, 2012
No. 53, 'TWOMB, for John Cage', 6 percussion, 2012 (collaboration with Maarten Altena)
No. 56, 'Scala II', piano, 6 percussion, sine waves, 2014
No. 59, 'Shadows', double bass, sine waves, 2016
No. 62, 'Crash Codes', flute (+ piccolo), clarinet, trombone, electric guitar, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2017
No. 63, 'Postscript', flute, vibraphone, 2017
No. 61, 'Environments' (texts by Robert M. Pirsig, Alan Watts, The Kybalion), 3 speakers, amplified ensemble (2 saxophones, trombone, 2 retuned guitars [both + retuned electric guitars], piano [+ synthesizer, Rhodes piano], bayan, 2 vibraphones), fixed media, live electronics, 2017–18 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Mono, 2017–18; Watts, 2018; Stereo, 2018)
No. 64, 'Geomungo', 3 retuned geomungo (zithers from the Koreas), 2018
No. 65, 'Alternatim', piccolo, clarinet, amplified restrung guitar, amplified front-hammer harmonic piano, marimba, 2 violins, viola, cello, sine pulses, 2019
No. 57, 'Signals (Scala III)', clarinet, sine waves, fixed media, 2014–20
No. 67, 'Chaser', percussion, ensemble (2 flutes, clarinet, 2 saxophones, French horn, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, percussion), sine pulses, 2020–22
No. 68, 'Shimmer', contrabass flute, bass clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trombone, tuba, piano, accordion, bass marimba, violin, viola, cello, cello/bowed harp, double bass, sine pulses, 2021–22
CHORAL:
No. 26, 'Altijd, Al', 8 mixed voices, 2005
No. 30, 'La Voce di Zarlino' (3 movements, text by Gioseffo Zarlino), 2006 (each of its two sections may be performed separately: No. 30a, 5 mixed voices, electronic keyboard ad libitum; No. 30b, 5 mixed voices, variable ensemble)
No. 32, 'Anekabahudaravaktranetram' 'Two meditations and an Icon' (text from the Bhagavad Gita), mixed chorus, variable large orchestra, 2007
No. 35, 'Prana' (5 sections, texts from the Bhagavad Gita, St. Augustine of Hippo), 4/8 amplified female voices, 3 electric guitars, amplified piano (with 5 EBows), 3 amplified percussion, live electronics ad libitum, 2007
No. 47, 'Three Studies on Elevation', mixed chorus, 4 saxophones, sine waves, 2010
VOCAL:
No. 4a, 'Chant Descendant' (Chants Monotones pt. 2) (text by Jacques Prévert), soprano, piano, 1994 (also version as No. 4b, soprano, organ, percussion, 1997)
No. 5, 'Chant Négatif' (Chants Monotones pt. 3) (text by Jacques Prévert), soprano, 6 percussion, string orchestra, 1994
No. 3 II, 'Text and Treatment: Music to Unwind', soprano, tenor, piano, 1993–95
No. 6, 'Chant Ascendant' (Chants Monotones pt. 4) (text by Jacques Prévert), 2 sopranos, ensemble, 1995
No. 10, 'Om Jou' (texts by Herman Brusselmans, anonymous sources), soprano, viola, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 1998–99
No. 15, 'Battle Hymns, for 3 multi-functional musicians', voice (+ percussion), piano (+ voice), percussion (+ voice), 2002
No. 21, 'Zo Stom als een Steen' (incidental song, text by Herman Brusselmans), soprano, piano, 2003
No. 41, 'Enclosures', amplified soprano, amplified viola, amplified microtonal MIDI-keyboard, sine waves, 2008
PIANO:
No. 14, 'Pastorales I–IX', 2001
No. 29, 'Formalist Dance #1', 2 pianos, 2005
No. 34, 'Waves 1–4', amplified piano (with 5 EBows), live electronics, 2007
No. 55, 'Attachments', prepared piano, sine waves, 2013
No. 69, 'La Chute', piano, sine waves, 2023
ORGAN:
No. 2, 'Primal Gestures for Organ', 1993, revised 1995
No. 60, 'Scala Kit', 2016
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
No. 33, 'Rule #30' (a translation of Stephan Wolfram's Cellular Automaton #30), fixed media, 2007