Gaudeamus Muziekweek gives aways 2×2 tickets for the concert New Music For Early Instruments! It’s this thursday, the 17th of November at Huis a/d Werf, Utrecht! It’s part of a series of concerts that is being held at Huis a/d Werf. But we know what you may think, what does New Music For Early Instruments mean? The name basically says it all, new music will be played on ‘old’ instruments.

There will be three artists performing thursday evening R. Keenan Lawler, Gregg Kowalsky and Jozef van Wissem. The trio worked together in Brooklyn, New York on The Issue Project Room which is a fellow stage of Gaudeamus Muziek. Now they are coming to Utrecht to perform for you! R. Keenan Lawler will kick off the evening. He is playing the resonator guitar with an historical awareness for the finger-pick tradition and a skill to improvise. After Lawler, Gregg Kowalsky is lined up, he build cassetteplayers and repared elektronic acoustics  to loop and create a multi-dimensional reality. Last but not least is Jozef van Wissum, a Dutch lutenist who lives in New York and works with a lot of international musicians to bring the lute out of the musuem and give it a new meaning!

Everybody has a solo piece during the concert, but at the end Gregg Kowalsky and Jozef van Wissum will perform as a duo. Bringing the lute and old skool cassettes together! So are you curious about how this all sounds? And really want to hear how this sounds in real life? Then mail to win@incubate.org and put ‘New Music For Early Instruments‘ in the subject!

Good luck!

Jozef van Wissum – Tijuana Round

Gregg Kowalsky – Tape Chants IX

R. Keenan Lawler