Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-04-02 18:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is the name a weekly game night, It refers to the local football club that was founded in 2013 out of Op de Valreep an Vereniging Bajesdorp. bring your own game, weerwolven etc.
reserve for food by emailing kantine [at] grond.community

Sudanese Eid Benefit Party
2025-03-30 14:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sunday 30 or Monday 31 March 14:00-22:00
check instagram/wesellreality for the date
Celebrating the end of the fasting period of Ramadan.
With DJ Fox
Free event, and donations are welcome!
Food, drinks, Music

SNCKBAR #2
2025-03-29 17:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Snacks at the bar before and during the concert!
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
Doors open at 17:00
Tickets: €17,5 (or more) – available at the door or online here.

Solidarity Iftar #4 with We Sell Reality
2025-03-28 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Four Iftars, fast-breaking evening meals, in March 2025
During Ramadan 2025 the artist collective We Sell Reality organizes so-called Solidarity Iftars at four Friday evenings in a row. Every Solidarity Iftar will have a focus on a certain area of conflict that is not much in the news. Together we want to break the fasting and stand still with these conflicts and developments and learn about them. We will focus on four countries: Sudan, Haiti, Congo and Syria. We will invite speakers who can tell us the ins and outs of what is going on in these countries.
The Iftars will be prepared by We Sell Reality. In return of a donation of €15 you can eat and drink. 1/3 of the sum you lay in will go to a grassroots organization in one of these four countries. Together we pray/wish/hope for a better future for all people in need.
When will the Iftars be?
The Iftars will be at Friday the 7th of March, Friday the 14th of March, Friday the 21st of March and Friday the 28th of March from 17:30 till 23:00 at GROND.
Who is We Sell Reality?
We Sell Reality is an artistic collective that makes the struggles of refugees visible through art and organizing gatherings.

Photo by Farouk Ebaiss for the Symposium Suns and Stars

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-03-26 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-03-19 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-03-12 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-02-26 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-19 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-02-12 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-02-05 18:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is the name a weekly game night, It refers to the local football club that was founded in 2013 out of Op de Valreep an Vereniging Bajesdorp. bring your own game, weerwolven etc.

Solidarity Iftar #3 with We Sell Reality
2025-03-21 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands

SNCKBAR: NOMIII trio
2025-03-15 17:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Music by NOMIII trio & Mark Nieuwenhuis
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Snacks (or full dinner) at the bar before and during the concert!
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
Music starts at 20:00 – our SNCKBAR is open from 17:00
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door or online here.
Full Dinner: + €17,5 – option to order individual plates at the bar.
for full dinner, please RSVP by purchasing online. All plates are vegetarian/vegan*

ABOUT the Artists
NOMIII is an Amsterdam trio consisting of Bernt Nellen (drums), Yrjana Rankka (contrabass), and Sebastian Janusz (piano). Special Guest that evenuing: Mark Nieuwenhuis (trumpet/flugelhorn).
NOMIII played in Bajesdorp in the old Muiterij several times before, this is the first time they come to GROND.
Check their music here

*SNCKBAR Menu 🌶️
by Judith Baten & Ramon Smit
Soup
ginger / carrot / orange soup
Salad
lima beans and green beans with jasmine-yoghurt dressing
Snacks
cauliflower pie / polenta muffin with Brussels sprouts / leak pancake
Dessert
Citrus poppyseed cake

Solidarity Iftar #2 with We Sell Reality
2025-03-14 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands

Aldrich/Bol/van Dijk/Valeriano, & Ties Mellema and Robin Koek
2025-03-09 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Electronic music, saxophones, keyboards, and spoken word
By Ties Mellema & the new band Aldrich/Bol/van Dijk/Valeriano. Special guest Robin Koek. Our Canteen is open, serving delicious food from 18:00 hrs onwards!
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
Music starts at 20:00 – dinner will be served from 18:30
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door or online here.
Dinner: + €12,5 (RSVP required – Reserve by purchasing online)
Ivo Bol and Ties Mellema have played together for many years. Now they join forces with keyboardist and composer Tom Aldrich, saxophonist Michiel van Dijk and spoken word artist Jeannine Valeriano.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jeannine Valeriano is a writer, singer, spoken word performer and actress, exploring the boundaries between language and music.

Michiel van Dijk studied classical saxophone with Leo van Oostrom and jazz saxophone with John Ruocco at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag. Michiel has played with almost all the renowned orchestras and ensembles in the Netherlands. Additionally, he has collaborated with various theater productions and ensembles as a composer and arranger.

Tom Aldrich is the leader of the group Zolder Ellipsis and was a co-founder of the Four Bags. He has worked with artists such as a.o. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bang on a Can, Jackie Cain.

Taking on and then overcoming challenges and telling a story are always at the heart of Ties Mellema’s work. Whether it’s the false-polyphonic cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach on baritone saxophone, the monomaniac Gradus by Philip Glass or the extreme free jazz by his hero John Coltrane: Ties Mellema always goes in search of the boundaries of disciplines and the possibilities on his instrument.

Robin Koek is an enterprising sound artist who aspires to nurture a new cognitive understanding of the world surrounding us mediated through art and education. These realities can be experienced as dynamic environments in which sensory feedback to the interactor is an essential component.

Solidarity Iftar #1 with We Sell Reality
2025-03-07 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands

The Breaking of the Bread - Community Brunch / Comfort Food & Connection
2025-03-02 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
At the heart of this brunch, organised by GROND member Ramon Smit, is the simple act of coming together. A large shared table will be set with freshly baked bread, plant-based dips, and toppings, all designed to be passed around, encouraging conversation and connection.
This is a donation-based event, open to everyone. For those who’d like something extra, there will be 2-3 seasonal à la carte dishes available for order, covering basic ingredient costs and labor. These dishes are thoughtfully prepared to reflect the spirit of comfort food.

You’re welcome to drop in whenever it suits you within the set time-frame. Find your place at the table, break bread, and share not just food, but stories, laughter, and moments of connection.

No need to register!

Tejiendo resistencias / Weaving resistance with Feministas en Holanda / Feminists in the Netherlands
2025-03-01 16:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
To gather and to share are part of our bodies, of how we understand and relate to the world. These actions give us the chance to imagine new worlds, together!

We want to invite you on the 1st of March from 16:30 to 21:00 at GROND to keep weaving resistance. This is not a workshop. We want to hang out, listen, share, and get to know each other while continuing to weave a large arpillera we started last year, as a symbol of our community, hermandad, and existence in this territory. You can add your voice there, or make your banner, up to on you, we will be there to facilitate :).

A table with mixed materials for banner & textile making will be available, so we can express our voices in whatever medium feels most comfortable for each one of us.

To celebrate our togetherness, we will finish the night around the fire, starting with a small ritual and ending with an Aquelarre!

So, come join us to weave, burn, and care before 8M <3

If you want to participate, please write to us at feministasenholanda@gmail.com. We also have a chat to organize our participation in the 8M demonstration. Let us know in your email if you’re interested in being added.

DATE: 1ST MARCH
TIME: 16:30 – 21:00
PLACE: GROND – BIJDORPSTRAAT 1, AMSTERDAM

F. Konstantinidou & I. Pavlopoulos・GROND Improvisers Group
2025-02-27 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Contemporary music / Electronic music / Improvisation
UNDERTONES by F. Konstantinidou & I. Pavlopoulos・GROND Improvisers Group
w/F. Konstantinidou, I. Pavlopoulos, M. Al Ashkar, M. Nukoop, M. Baalman and more t.b.a.
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door or Online

On Thursday 27 February, you are cordially invited to the premiere of Fani Konstantinidou‘s new work, UNDERTONES: a four channel composition for percussion (metal idiophones), electronics, and variable field recordings. Together with her on stage, the percussionist Iakovos Pavlopoulos.
The same evening, members of our GROND Improvisers Group will present their versatile performances in spontaneous collaborations. Expect contributions by Mazen Al Ashkar, Marc Nukoop, Marije Baalman, and more.
F. Konstantinidou – I. Pavlopoulos

Mazen Al Ashkar

Opening GROND Kitchen and Music of Rubakov trio + Moonshine
2025-02-14 18:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London)
AN EVENING WITH MUSIC OF RUBAKOV TRIO & MOONSHINE AND FOOD FROM OUR **NEW** KITCHEN!
Price for dinner sliding scale starting from € 12,50,
Price for concert sliding scale starting from € 5

PROGRAMME
18:00 / GROND Kitchen Opening – A Taste of Things to Come
GROND, the new art space and collective at Nieuwe Bajesdorp, is rooted in collectivity, sustainability, cross-pollination, and process-based work. As part of this vision, we are excited to introduce the GROND Kitchen, a space where food becomes an extension of our artistic and communal practice.
On February 14th, we invite you to join us for the official opening of the GROND Kitchen. From 18:00 onwards, you are welcome to explore our food offering, followed by a live concert later in the evening. (En feestje)
What to Expect?
We will serve a diverse selection of small dishes, offering you a taste of what GROND Kitchen has to offer. The evening will feature an assortment of vegetarian (mostly vegan) bites, along with a soup & salad buffet inspired by Eastern-European cuisine, in harmony with the music of the night.
A Preview of the GROND Kitchen
This event is a first introduction to our culinary approach—an opportunity to share our vision through food and give you a glimpse of what’s to come. The chefs are Ramon Smit and Judith Baten (with the support of Lianne van Roekel).
We are looking forward to sharing this moment with you! Join us at GROND on February 14th at 18:00.

20:00 / Music of Rubakov Trio & Moonshine
We offer you this evening improvisation and freewheeling poetic compositions and local country music!
The music of the Rubakov Trio is inspired by the work of the Soviet artist Alessandro Rubakov (Messina 1912 – Jrkoetsk 1981), Eric Dolphy, Leo Wadada, and artist Maria Basile. Hansko has been playing with Bas for decades in the phenomenal band Plan Kruutntoone.

Ruggero di Luisi (Palermo/amsterdam) drums and fruleta.
Hansko Visser (bonn/groningen) otwin guitar and rattles
Bas Alblas (haarlem/den andel) double bass
Lyrics by Hansko, Wadada, Luetzi and Brodsky

The music of Moonshine is a soulful country/bluegrass ‘met een lach en een traan’ (with a smile and a tear). From Hank Williams till Henk Wijngaard. Moonshine is Marita (voice, guitar) Nico (banjo, voice), Lucas (bass).

Aca Abujevic Rubakov (Giampilieri 1912- near Irkutsk 1981?) was the fruit of love of an afro-russian sailor and the priests daughter in a sicilian village… they met in the aftermath of the 1911 earth quake in Messina, where the russian fleet tried to help out, Maria was a voluntary nurse, and the little Allessandro (aca) was conceived.
When he was born, his father had been re-allocated to Russia already. Turning 17 he left the warmth of his Sicilian mothers home to find traces of his father and his background. during his time in the soviet union studied a few years at a leningrad art collective, but then dissapeared for decennia.
it was known only much later (in the end of the eighties), that he spent time with the Tengeri people near Irkutsk, where his father Abu was said to have died in a Stalin camp in the thirties, and where Aca enventually fell ill. He was taken care of by the local Shaman and spent his last year painting on literally everything he could find.
Hansko met his work the first time he played in Vilnius with I Zimbra visiting a semi legal art exhibition ( 1988!) where among the work of contemporay lithuanian artists, some of the found objects of A A Rubakov where shown. Later, while at work in Messina we found more drawings and dug op fragments of the story of his life. With the help of people in Petersburg and Dusanbe (!) later paintings were retrieved. To us , the most intrigueing element of the work is the search of an artist for his (black) roots, mixed with the siberian shamanistic influences of his last dwelling place. We try to combine it with our search for a musical background where we try to belong, to feel at home.

Dominique Chabot, Thora Sveinsdottir and Tatiana Rosa
2024-12-21 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
w/ Dominique Chabot, Thora Sveinsdottir and Tatiana Rosa
20:00 (doors: 19:30)
Tickets: €10 recommended, sliding scale
Thora Sveinsdottir and Dominique Chabot play pieces for viola and double bass by Stefano Scodanibbio and Caroline Shaw. They are joined by Tatiana Rosa for improvisations by John Cage and Pauline Oliveros.
Pauline Oliveros – Greeting Meditation
John Cage – Sonata for Two Voices
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
Caroline Shaw – limestone & felt (arrangement for viola and double bass)
Stefano Scodanibbio – Humboldt
Pauline Oliveros – Pauline’s Solo

Livecode meetup
2024-12-11 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Tickets: sliding scale 3 to 10 euro; at the door with PIN or cash
Join us for a last-minute informal live coding meetup in the new blackbox space of GROND hosted by Marije Baalman. We’re starting the evening off with some presentations about live coding projects that our community is currently working on. Later in the evening there is also space to have a from-scratch live coding jam.
Livecoding is a practice where the act of writing code is an integral part of the live performance. The code written often generates output in sound or visuals, but also into light, dance or other media. By projecting the code for the audience to read, the audience gets an insight into the normally hidden world of code.
If you are curious about code, or just want to enjoy music, visuals and more, come and join!
Organised together with NL_CL (Netherlands Coding Live)

// Body & Groove: Bewegingsjam met Live Band \
2024-12-06 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
English below
19:00 uur (deuren: 18:30)
Tickets: €10 aanbevolen, sliding scale
Begeleide dans en muziek improvisatie jam waarbij op een experimentele en speelse manier de deelnemer wordt uitgenodigd om diens bewegingstaal te ontdekken, in verbinding met henzelf, de muziek en/of de andere deelnemers.
Of je een doorgewinterde danser bent of voor het eerst iets nieuws wilt proberen, iedereen is welkom in deze dynamische jamsessie!
Onder begeleiding van interactieve live muziek neemt Janne de deelnemers mee in het onderzoeken van verschillende improvisatie tools en bewegingskwaliteiten. Tijdens de jamsessie staat zelfexpressie centraal.
Janne Groen – Bewegingsleiding
Live muziekbegeleiding door:
🎷 Wytze Minne de Swart – saxofoon en electronics
🎸 Jacob Drescher – gitaar
🎸 Merle Havas – basgitaar
🥁 T.B.A. – percussie
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Guided Dance and Music Improvisation Jam
In this experimental and playful session, participants are invited to explore their movement language in connection with themselves, the music, and/or other participants.
Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or trying something new for the first time, everyone is welcome to join this dynamic jam session!
With the guidance of interactive live music, Janne leads participants in exploring various improvisation tools and movement qualities. Self-expression takes center stage throughout the session.
Janne Groen – Movement Facilitation
Live music accompaniment by:
🎷Wytze Minne de Swart – Saxophone and electronics
🎸Jacob Drescher – Guitar
🎸Merle Havas – Bass guitar
🥁 T.B.A. – Percussion

De Ruimte presents Ruisburo
2024-11-29 20:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London)
So Long De Ruimte!
All things come to an end. After 11 years, it’s time to say goodbye, so long and farewell De Ruimte. We are looking forward to celebrating the legacy of De Ruimte with you in November and December. Join us as we explore the past and look to the future.
While some things come to an end, other people and places are popping up! The final edition of Ruisburo will take place at GROND, a new art space and collective at the Nieuwe Bajesdorp. Join us in discovering this new venue dedicated to experimental music, on this evening featuring no less then 4 acts with live electronics, sound experiments and improvisation.
LINE-UP:
ZENO VAN DEN BROEK
AIMÉE THERIOT
CLARA DE ASIS
DODÓ KIS & ORPHAX DUO
info and tickets: https://www.cafederuimte.nl/agenda/ruisburo-at-grond/

DODÓ KIS
Dodó Kis is a Hungarian recorder and EWI (electric wind instrument) player, composer and improviser with a soft spot for theater and electronics. She is a free-spirited player who finds her space in a variety of genres and styles, from folk-jazz to alternative funk-rock, from early music to free improvisation.Her most recent projects include the multimedia trio VEZEL and improvisational dance band The Big Kiss. In 2024 Dodó has been touring with her new solo program that incorporates all elements that are dear to her heart; recorders, electronics, performance and folk music from her home country.

ORPHAX
Amsterdam based musician and trained drummer Sietse van Erve (Orphax) was introduced to electronic music in the early nineties. After playing around with tracker software and music with beats and melodies, he started researching new sounds and new ways of working – always with an organic touch, often incorporating sounds that would be regarded by others as errors or mistakes. Considering life isn’t without errors either. During this search, he found his way into drone and microtonal music. As a result in his most recent work, time and spatiality become more important factors. The goal of the music is for the listener to lose the sense of time and place. Live this is combined with room for improvisation. This way of working often results in an organic form of drone and minimal music.

AIMÉE THERIOT
Aimée’s music draws from free improvisation, ambient, ASMR, and soundscape recordings, with a heavy dose of experimentation using live electronics, e-cello, guitar, and voice. Her work has been presented at festivals and galleries internationally, and her music has been released on labels such as Sofa Music, Editions Verde, Unheard Records, and Relative Pitch Records amongst others. Aimée co-founded and facilitates The Social Music Club; open improvisation and sound experimentation sessions for musicians and non-musicians alike.

CLARA DE ASÍS
Clara de Asís is a composer, performer and producer who explores the correlations of acoustics, spatiality and the praxis of attention. Her work accounts for material and sociopolitical relationality in the processes of engaging with sound, and is grounded in the elasticity of perception. She incorporates electronics and sound synthesis to idiosyncratic combinations of diverse materials, found objects and traditional instrumentation.
Her compositions, often developed collaboratively, juxtapose structural precision to areas of indeterminacy, drawing from an interest in experimental intonation, timbral research and the junction of rational and irrational systems.

ZENO VAN DEN BROEK
Zeno van den Broek is a composer and artist who explores the intricate relationship between humans and technology. Through his audiovisual creations, he delves into how our interactions with fabricated environments shape our experiences. Van den Broek’s works challenge the conventional understanding of how we perceive and engage with technology-infused spaces. By creating intense and thought-provoking experiences, he disrupts our habitual consumption of these spaces and interactions, prompting us to venture beyond our comfort zones and actively explore new possibilities.

Monotàk presents: The Annes, Myrmel/Kis/Endo, Huisman, Oorebeek
2024-11-28 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Electronic music / Film / Improvisation
w/ The Annes, Myrmel/Kis/Endo, Huisman, Oorebeek
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:00 (doors: 19:30)
Tickets: €10 recommended, sliding scale

Composers group Monotàk hosts another benefit concert for GROND with duo the Annes (Anne La Berge / Anne Welmer), Thomas Myrmel with Dodó Kis and Sato Endo, and films with music from Ricardo Huisman and Christina Viola Oorebeek.
THE ANNES first met more than a quarter of a century ago. At that time they played a flute and a few laptops. A lot has happened since. It has been tremendously wonderful to meet again and play together. This GROND show is their first duo appearance after quite some time. This time they will play flute, a couple of laptops and more electronic devices and gadgets.

Convex Stream is a composition by Thomas Myrmel, with excerpts from John Ashbery’s Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror. It is perfomed by Thomas Myrmel (Trombone/electronica), Dodó Kis (recorder/effects) and Sato Endo (dance).
Thomas Myrmel (1982, USA) is a composer, performer and multifaceted artist. He is a co-founder of composer collective Monotak and the musicians organisation Splendor.
Dodó Kis is a Hungarian recorder and EWI player, based in Amsterdam, and curator of the Nebular sessions
Sato Endo is a maker of interdisciplinary performances, working independently and project-based at theaters, art venues and at various sites. Sato often incorporates video with choreography.

Christina Viola Oorebeek

PeRiOd pOiNt blAnK (2016, revision 2021)
for Fixed-Media and Kinetic Collage

Orignally written for live performances of DUO VERSO, Stefan Gerritsen,guitar and Matthijs Koene, panflutes, with fixed-media and video, I decided to make a music video-only version of ‘PeRiOd pOiNt blAnK ‘ in 2021. This incorporates recordings of DUO VERSO and the fixed-media, but with a visual concentration on the Crip-walk by ‘Ghost’ and added electronic materials and transformations to the music.
Starting as a stylized set of foot moves spelling out neighborhood territories and the name of the Crips, a street gang in South Central, Los Angeles, the Crip Walk gained the status of a staple of hip-hop dance, and went viral among street movers over the globe as the Clownwalk, the Crownwalk. The elegance of its movements is contrasted by the harsh realities of gang life in a megalopolis, something man often combines – for example, making beautifully decorative armour and weapons to go to war in…

somewhat incongruous __ raps and new sounds, tv statics and shifting temple textures, from territorial street walk to dance suite

https://www.christinaoorebeek.com/

Ricardo Huisman – “virtual (kitch)en damast” – slow animation with soundscape (8:01 min.), 2022

Uit de serie: “virtual textiles”, (virtuele) tactiele collages van verschillende media, materialen incl. wollen dekens als digitale fotowerken of als slow animations al dan niet met sound- scapes, met verschillende historische verwijzingen, (actuele) thema’s. De “virtual textiles” tactiele collages, zijn (tijdelijk) tot stand gekomen met en door hergebruik van (textiele) restmaterialen, gereedschappen, oude (foto)boeken uit de jaren 70, (kleine) objecten, enz. in mijn atelier.

Tryout: studies of light and wind
2024-11-24 17:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
In preparation for the performance evening Intricate Interplays at Korzo in The Hague on November 30th, Marije Baalman is working in GROND’s blackbox for a few days with brand new light objects, wind machines and spinning paper objects. During these rehearsal days, she is joined by Dieter Vandoren and Ludmila Rodrigues, who bring drone music and inflatables to the performance.
On this Sunday early evening 17:00 and 19:30 you are invited to join a tryout of this theater for the senses and give feedback to the process.
Intricate Interplays is a performance evening of iii (instrument inventors initiative) hosted at Korzo on November 30th. It creates an experience in which the participating artists explore the idea of weather through performativity and audiovisual means. The evening is a collaboration between Mihalis Shammas, Marije Baalman, Dieter Vandoren, Mariska de Groot, and Ludmila Rodrigues, bringing together different instruments together in a new performative constellation.

'Oost, West, Thuis weg...' & 'Spiraling on.. and on..' // Janne Groen en Wytze Minne de Swart
2024-11-17 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
-For English see below-
Dans / Muziek
with Janne Groen en Wytze Minne de Swart
GROND
Bijdorpstraat 1,
1096AP, Amsterdam

16:00:00 (doors: 15:30)
Tickets: €10 aanbevolen, sliding scale
Een gedeelde middag met danseres en maker Janne Groen en componist, saxofonist en GROND-lid Wytze Minne de Swart.
De voorstelling bestaat uit twee gedeeltes:
Oost, West, Thuis Weg… is de titel van de work-in-progress voorstelling van danseres en maker Janne Groen, over de zoektocht naar (h)erkenning van haar Indische identiteit en het verlangen naar verbinding met haar vaders geboortegrond. Janne brengt dit persoonlijke proces tot uiting in dans, spoken word en in samenspel met gitarist Seyoum Yuno.
Janne is met haar voorstelling onderdeel van het Nieuwe Makers Festival RRReuring 2025, georganiseerd door Podium Mozaïek. In augustus 2024 heeft zij hier vooronderzoek voor mogen doen tijdens het Zomerlab. Ze zal vanaf december verder repeteren voor de première, die plaatsvindt tijdens het festival in februari 2025.
‘Spiraling on.. and on..’ is een verzameling van nieuwe werken van saxofonist en componist Wytze Minne de Swart, die voor deze selectie van nieuwe werken inspiratie heeft gevonden in het korte verhaal ‘de Bibliotheek van Babel’ van Jorge Luis Borges. Waarin een magisch maar realistische, oneindige, spiraalvormige bibliotheek wordt beschreven vol met metaforen uit het menselijk bestaan. Wytze heeft deze vormen als muzikale basis genomen voor de stukken en hieraan thematieken uit het dagelijks leven aan getracht te verbinden.
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A shared afternoon with dancer and maker Janne Groen and Composer, Saxophone player and GROND-member Wytze Minne de Swart. The performance consists of two separate parts:
Oost, West, Thuis Weg… is the title of the work-in-progress performance by dancer and maker Janne Groen, about the (re)search into recognition of her bicultural identity and the desire for connection with her father’s roots. Janne expresses this personal process in dance, spoken word and in collaboration with guitarist Seyoum Yuno.
Janne’s performance is part of the New Makers Festival RRReuring 2025, organized by Podium Mozaïek. In August 2024, she was able to do a pre-research for this performance during Zomerlab. She will continue rehearsing from December on for the premiere, which will take place during the festival in February 2025.
Spoken language during performance: Dutch

Spiraling on.. and on.. is a collection of new works by saxophonist and composer Wytze Minne de Swart. For this selection of new pieces, he drew inspiration from the short story The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges, which describes a magical yet realistic, infinite, spiral-shaped library filled with metaphors reflecting human existence. Wytze has used these forms as the musical foundation for the compositions, aiming to connect them with themes drawn from everyday life.

Rosa Ensemble presents: TIENTJE
2024-10-20 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Contemporary music
Rosa Ensemble presents: TIENTJE
Compositions: Floris van Bergeijk, Wilbert Bulsink, Jeroen Kimman
w/ Koen Kaptijn, Mei-Yi Lee, John Dikeman, Peter Jessen, Jeroen Kimman
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:00 (doors: 19:30)
Tickets: each audience member receives € 10 (after registration)
Rosa Ensemble, in the performance TIENTJE, research the value and meaning of their music. To do this, they need a test audience. Join the experiment and receive 10€ as a compensation!

Note from Rosa Ensemble:
Composers Wilbert Bulsink, Floris van Bergeijk, and Jeroen Kimman wrote new pieces for TIENTJE. Your contribution is essential to enlarge the knowledge about the value of our music, and not only improve our artistic performances, but also learn better to understand how our music influences life.
Why would you join?

You get the chance to listen to a diverse array of compositions and share your personal reactions and thoughts
You contribute to the growing knowledge about the impact of music on the human experience.
You meet like-minded people and share your passion for music.
Your contribution is priceless for the contribution to the future musical performances of the Rosa Ensemble
You will receive 10 € (a ‘tientje’).

Please reserve your seat via https://rosaensemble.nl/voorstelling/tientje/
email: publiciteit (at) rosaensemble (dot) nl
Credits
Concept & Idea: Vera Jessen Jührend, Floris van Bergeijk, Wilbert Bulsink, Jeroen Kimman
Compositions: Floris van Bergeijk, Wilbert Bulsink, Jeroen Kimman
Design: Eveline Didderen
Direction: Willem Wits
Performers:
Koen Kaptijn – trombone
Mei-Yi Lee – percussion
John Dikeman – saxophone
Peter Jessen – double bass
Jeroen Kimman – guitar

Concert: ANTHANO, Seijiro Murayama, Chris Pitsiokos
2024-10-19 20:00 - 22:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Improvisation / Contemporary music / Electronic music
w/ANTHANO, Seijiro Murayama & Chris Pitsiokos
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:00 (doors: 19:30)
Tickets: €10 recommended, sliding scale (at the door or Online)
On Saturday 19 October, GROND is welcoming to Amsterdam the duo ANTHANO, Seijiro Murayama, and Chris Pitsiokos.
ANTHANO consists of the musicians Anton Lambert and Thanos Polymeneas Liontiris, based in Belgium and in Greece respectively. This October they meet for a tour in the low lands, bringing their halldorophone and live-electronics improvisation sets to Amsterdam. The same evening, we have the pleasure to host the France-based Japanese percussionist and voice improviser Seijiro Murayama and Chris Pitsiokos, saxophonist and improviser based in New York and Berlin. For this event, Murayama and Pitsiokos are taking GROND’s stage as a duo.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ANTHANO is newly found duo, a collaboration between Thanos Polymeneas Liontiris (GR) and Anton Lambert (BE). They first crossed paths in Athens in the fall of 2023 through their shared passion for experimental and innovative sound. With Anton’s practice in live electronics and Thanos’ expertise of feedback-augmented instruments and electronics, particularly the halldorophone, they started improvising together. This creative synergy sparked a series of recordings, weaving diverse sonic worlds into feedback loops and giving birth to a new album set to release in spring 2025 on the Italian label Kohlhaas. Ahead of the album’s release, Anton and Thanos will bring their soundscapes to life in a series of live performances across Belgium and The Netherlands in October 2024. These concerts are a dive into the realm of improvisation and sound experimentation, where haunting field recordings, intricate feedback loops, and deconstructed textures create an immersive auditory experience. Don’t miss the chance to witness this collaboration as it unfolds in real-time.

Seijiro Murayama was born in 1957 in Nagasaki, Japan. He has been working on improvisation since 1980. He uses voice and percussion and tries to apply his practice of improvisation to other fields of creative activities. Graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Eiichi Chino, Masahiro Nishie, Toshihiko Izutsu, Fumio Koizumi, Shuzo Kuki, then French Literature + Philosophy through skew reading, in particular, Blanchot. Their influence seems to have determined his activities’ direction since then. In 1982, he toured the United States with Keiji Haino, and during his stay in New York just after that, he encountered theradical, provoking music of John Zorn, a lower Manhattan emerging force. After coming back to Japan, through the explosive sound trio Absolute Null Punkt, under the influence of Akira Aida, Kenichi Takeda, Masami Akita, the magazine Transonic, musicians Derek Bailey, Kaoru Abe, etc., he embarked publicly on an exploration of improvisation. Although he temporarily refrained from performing due to some doubts about the styles of the first generation of improvisers he had followed, he restarted playing, thanks to the movements such as Onkyo in Japan in the 90’s. In 99, he had an opportunity to live and work in France, which changed his way of thinking and playing, he began to concentrate in particular on solo improvisation. Today, he mainly performs in solo, duo and trio formats. As for collaborations with other fields’ artists, he notes that even if he has experienced quite a lot of sorts of collaborations with dance and theater, his current interest is more towards words, images and sounds.

Chris Pitsiokos (b. 1990) is a New York/Berlin-based saxophonist, composer and improviser. While Pitsiokos does not concern himself with genre, broadly speaking his music falls under the umbrella of experimentalism, including noise, improvised music, experimental jazz, free jazz, noise rock, new music, minimal music, drone and art rock. As a soloist he has developed a unique voice on the alto saxophone: his expansion of the instrument’s vocabulary has served to multiply its emotive and formal possibilities. He has recorded over 30 albums as a leader or co-leader.

Eilectronight
2024-10-17 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Eiwerk showcases, with live electronic performance,s DJ’s, VJ’s, beats and more…
free entrance / gratis toegang
