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DUST TO DUST / Orkest De Ereprijs
A new composition for large ensemble and fixed media electronic music commissioned by Orkest De Ereprijs & Gaudeamus Festival.
Upcoming:
• 10 October 2026 - Orgelpark, Amsterdam (NL)
https://www.orgelpark.nl/agenda/orkest-de-ereprijs
Past:
• 11 September 2026 - Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht (NL) * World Premiere
https://gaudeamus.nl/en/events/gaudeamus-2026-friday/orkest-de-ereprijs/
• 12 September 2026 - Het Ketelhuis, Apeldoorn (NL)
https://www.ketelhuisapeldoorn.nl/event/concert-orkest-de-ereprijs/
SEASONAL QUARTET: NEuE & Ali Smith
A large-scale collaboration between New European Ensemble (NEuE) and writer Ali Smith, transforming the Seasonal Quartet novels into a musical performance exploring themes such as ecology, migration, and identity. In the program, my composition Hymn to Timeless Melancholy. Hymn to an English Summer commissioned by the New European Ensemble.
Upcoming:
• 30 October 2026 - Sound Festival, Aberdeen (UK)
https://spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/events/seasonal-quartet/
Past:
• 28 August 2026 - International Book Festival, Edinburgh (UK)
• 2 July 2026 - Spitalfields Music Festival, London (UK) * UK Premiere
• 25 September 2025 - Het Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam (NL)
• 18 June 2025 - Het Avondconcert (broadcast), NPO Klassiek
• 7 June 2025 - Nieuwe Kerk, Den Haag (NL) * World Premiere
7 February 2026
Music for dance production Resonant Void
electronic music for the dance performance 30 Years Jubileum of the New Dance Center of Joan van der Mast
Theater Regentes, The Hague (NL)
2025
25 September 2025
Seasonal Quartet: NEuE & Ali Smith
Het Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam (NL)
commissioned by the New European Ensemble
https://www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/agenda/15099/new-european-ensemble-ali-smith/seasonal-quartet
11 September 2025
FALSE ASSUMPTIONS / SMASH.duo
Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht (NL)
Theater Kikker Utrecht | Chloë Abbott, trumpet & Moritz Koch, percussions
https://gaudeamus.nl/en/events/gaudeamus-2025-thursday/smash-duo/
16 August 2025
World Premiere: ECHOES OF THE TALKING TREES
Cabin Studio in Pěčice, 15:30-22:30, Czech Republic
commissioned by Studio Hrdinu Prague & festival Sanatorium Sonorum
Berg Orchestra conductced by Peter Vrabel
12 August 2025
World Premiere: ESCAPISM
Chiostro di San Domenico - Martina Franca (IT) h.23:00
Maddalena Giacopuzzi, piano
https://www.vivaticket.com/it/ticket/maddalena-giacopuzzi/274743
18 June 2025
On the Radio: Seasonal Quartet: NEuE & Ali Smith
Avondconcert op NPO Klassiek from 10:00 to 22:30
full concert recorded on June 7th 2025 during the Festival Dag in de Branding
7 June 2025
World premiere of Seasonal Quartet: NEuE & Ali Smith
Nieuwe Kerk h.20:15, The Hague (NL)
https://www.dagindebranding.nl/en/programma-item/7-6-2025-ali-smith-readings-22650/
26 April 2025
FALSE ASSUMPTIONS
Lintler Krug h.19:30, Kirchlinteln (DE)
SMASH.duo: Chloë Abbott Trumpet & Moritz Koch Percussions
2024
FALSE ASSUMPTIONS
a new composition for trumpet, percussions and tape commissionen by SMASH.duo: Chloë Abbott & Moritz Koch
• 30 March 2024 - Intro In Situ | AINSI Lage Kanaaldijk 113 Maastricht (NL)
https://introinsitu.nl/event:-smash-duo-3003
• 16 March 2024 - Festival Dag in de Branding, Korzo Theater Den Haag (NL) * World Premiere *
https://www.dagindebranding.nl/programma-item/16-3-2024-smash-duo-20464/
25-02-2024
On TV: Cosmic Magnet on ONS
the video of the performance of "Cosmic Magnet" is broadcasted by the Dutch tv channel ONS in the programme 'New Music Now' on Sunday 25th February at 15:00.
20-02-2024
Music for dance production The Persistence of Memory
choreography: Matea Kiselichka
Dans in Ontwikkeling | 20:15 Wennekerpand, Schiedam
05-01-2024
Cosmic Magnet broadcasted on the YouTube channel of
Fondation Royaumont
Johanna Vargas, soprano
Ensemble Court-Circuit
Jean Deroyer, conductor
2023
06-12-2023
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Nordic Noir Drama
20-09-2023
RADIO FRANCE: Académie Voix Nouvelles 1ere partie
Recording of the first concert de l’Académie Voix Nouvelles
among the others: "Cosmic Magnet" by Sara Zamboni
for soprano, flute & piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
20th September 2023 h.20:00 | on RADIO FRANCE MUSIQUE
10-09-2023
WORLD PREMIÈRE of "Cosmic Magnet"
for soprano, flute & piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Concerts de l’Académie Voix Nouvelles
10th September 2023 h.11:30 *| Festival de Royaumont, Asnières-sur-Oise (France)
Johanna Vargas, high soprano
Ensemble Court-Circuit
Jean Deroyer, conductor
17-08-2023
WORLD PREMIÈRE of "Chant Démonté"
17th August 2023 h. 15:00 | Grachtenfestival, Amsterdam (NL)
Eudora Quartet
17-06-2023
DAG VAN DE COMPONIST 2023
17th June 2023 | The Hague (The Netherlands)
Final presentation of the Composition Course
10:30 - 11:30 | Podium B, 5th floor of the Centrale Bibliotheek - Spui 68 The Hague
Free admission. Please reserve your seat here:
COMPOSITION COURSE FOR AMATEUR COMPOSERS, STUDENTS & SEMI-PROFESSIONALS IN THE HAGUE
Lessons on May 13 - 20 - 27, June 3 - 10
Final presentation on June 17th 2023 | The Hague (The Netherlands)
Thanks to Cultuurschakel.nl
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
April 11th 2023
Still Looking For Beauty
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
March 7th 2023
Ghosts in the Modern Dance Class
SPRING PROJECT - ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE DANCE
10th February 2023 h. 20:00
11th February h. 14:00 & 17:00
Conservatoriumzaal | AMARE The Hague
The young talents of the Royal Conservatoire present themselves to the audience with a varied program and different dance styles. In this performance, performed by all pupils and students of Royal Conservatoire Dance, the work and creative process - from studio to stage - are the most important.
2022
WINTER PROJECT - ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE DANCE
22nd December 2022 h. 16:00 & h. 20:00
23rd December h. 16:00
Conservatoriumzaal | AMARE Den Haag
The young talents of the Royal Conservatoire present themselves to the audience with a varied program and different dance styles. In this performance, performed by all pupils and students of Royal Conservatoire Dance, the work and creative process - from studio to stage - are the most important. We will bring you into the winter spirit in the run-up to the holidays.
ORIENTATION COURSE WORKSHOP
Discovering the Analogue Studio:
An Approach to Electronic Music Composition
by Sara Zamboni
19th November 2022 | Room 6.78
The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (NL)
This workshop presents some possibilities of generating and modifying sounds in an analogue studio with the aim of making a composition. Some basics of devices such as oscillators, filters, synthesizers, a mixing desk and their connections will be practically demonstrated and explained from both technical and the musical points of view. The participants will be asked to shape their own sounds and to record them on the computer.
DAG VAN DE COMPONIST 2022: FREE COMPOSITION WORKSHOP with Sara Zamboni
Free Composition Workshop for young creative people interested in music composition.
18th June 2022, 10:00-14:00 | Lulofsstraat 55, The Hague (NL)
NEW MUSIC NOW: 12th JUNE on 'ONS' tv
Trio for violin, cello and piano + Dark Vocalise are broadcasted on the Dutch tv channel ONS in the programme 'New Music Now'.
12th June 2022, 15:30 | ONS
https://newmusicnow.nl/verken/artikel/new-music-now-op-kabel-tv-kanaal-ons
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Assuming All Is Well (EP)
SARA ZAMBONI on RADIOARTE.IT
'STUDIEZONDAG' : for one month, every Sunday, a monograph dedicated to the listening and study of the works of an author, the month of May 2022 is dedicated to the compositions of Sara Zamboni.
1-8-15-22-29th May 2022 | RadioArte.it
KORZO PLAYGROUND: DARK VOCALISE
Contemporary music theatre composition 'Dark Vocalise' for voice and 5- channels fixed media will be presented in a special evening feat. dance, performance art, contemporary music and circus!
30th April 2022, h. 20:00-21:30 | KORZO Theatre, The Hague (NL)
COMPOSITION WORKSHOP - FRANSE SCHOOL VINCENT VAN GOGH IN THE HAGUE
20th April & 18th May 2022 h. 14:00-16:00 | at Lycée Vincent van Gogh La Haye
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Ode a Cripto
30th January 2022
2021
SARA ZAMBONI ON NPO RADIO4
18th December 2021 | NPO Radio4 "Vrije Geluiden"
Presented by Aad van Nieuwkerk
Two works by the young composer (and pianist) Sara Zamboni can be heard in this programme. Her Trio for violin, cello and piano (2020) has been recorded in the studio of Radio4 in a co-production with Dutch Composers Now, performed by Loes Dooren (violin), Berber Heerema (cello) and Rutger Jansen (piano). And from 2018 the work Lumen De Lumine for 11 instruments and fixed media, composed for Ensemble Musikfabrik.
LEERLINGENDAG (DANCE PUPILS' DAY) 2021
14th November 2021 | Kees van Baarenszaal & Ballet studios
Dance Department of The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (NL)
This is a day of activities designed to introduce boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 12 to the school and allow them to discover what it is like to study dance at the Royal Conservatoire. The event is intended for children whose dream is to spend all day dancing, but also for children who know nothing about dance but are curious.
ORIENTATION COURSE WORKSHOP 2021-2022
Discovering the Analogue Studio:
An Approach to Electronic Music Composition
by Sara Zamboni
13th November 2021 | Stockhausen Studio
The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (NL)
This workshop presents some possibilities of generating and modifying sounds in an analogue studio with the aim of making a composition. Some basics of devices such as oscillators, filters, synthesizers, a mixing desk and their connections will be practically demonstrated and explained from both technical and the musical points of view. The participants will be asked to shape their own sounds and to record them on the computer.
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Suite in a Mental Space (EP)
3rd November 2021
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Uncle Terry Who
22nd July 2021
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Cyprinus Koi
8th June 2021
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Blue Jinx
27th April 2021
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Singing Lesson For My Droids
1st March 2021
ORIENTATION COURSE WORKSHOP 2020-2021
Discovering the Analogue Studio:
An Approach to Electronic Music Composition
30th January 2021 | Stockhausen Studio
The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (NL)
In the academic year 2020/2021 the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (NL) will offer for the first time a new Orientation Course Composition, Sonology and ArtScience. This course consists in 15 Saturday workshops. Each workshop deals with a subject that is typical for the respective department, although none of them requires any specific prior knowledge. Participants will build up a portfolio that will form an excellent basis for the admission exam.
NEW RELEASE | CYTOKINE RECORDS
Tricks & Edges
15th Januari 2021
2020
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Techno Giselle Don't Die
16th December 2020
JAE - JUST ABOUT EVERYONE
23rd November 2020 | h.19:00 (Shanghai time)
Dance Theatre - The ZJCM of Hangzhou (CN)
JAE is a 43-minutes contemporary dance choreography created by Matea Kiselichka and music by Sara Zamboni. It is performed by the Bachelor Dance students of the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music of Hangzhou (China) during their CEEC Festival 2020.
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