BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-// - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://grond.community
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for 
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Amsterdam
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20240331T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20241027T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20250330T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20251026T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20260329T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20261025T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20251108T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20251108T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062454
CREATED:20250927T200921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251102T103431Z
UID:2320-1762632000-1762642800@grond.community
SUMMARY:TEMPERATURA
DESCRIPTION:w/Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn\, Siamak Anvari\, Leslee Smucker\, Anne La Berge\, Fani Konstantinidou\n20:30 (doors: 20:00)\nTickets online: regular €10 / discount €7 – at the door: €12\,5 \n  \nOn Saturday 08 November\, TEMPERATURA presents two improvisation sets by the trio Alternating Lunes and the duo La Berge–Konstantinidou. \nAlternating Lunes are Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn\, Siamak Anvari\, and Leslee Smucker. All three artists involved in this project work with non-traditional approaches to instruments and sound. Leslee Smucker has developed a series of metal resonators for prepared violin; Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn designs and performs with hybrid acoustic instruments built from metal\, wood\, and strings; and Siamak Anvari composes electroacoustic works that frequently incorporate broken or recuperated instruments. Through this performance\, we bring these distinct practices into direct dialogue—creating a collaborative framework where our methods intersect\, collide\, and evolve together. The title Alternating Lunes is based on a poem by American poet and artist Bernadette Mayer\, whose work often challenges poetic conventions through formal experimentation and collaborative authorship. \ncan you hear sunrays?\nsee trumpet calls?\ntaste the shape of words?\n– excerpt from “Alternating Lunes”\nby Bernadette Mayer and Philip Good \n*Alternating Lunes is supported by Netherlands America Foundation.\n\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Leslee Smucker\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Siamak Anvari\n				\n		\n\nAnne La Berge & Fani Konstantinidou have shared the stage several times in the past\, though it’s been about three years since their last meeting. After all this time apart they have a lot to share: new sounds\, ideas\, experiments\, nuances\, and provocations.\nThe flutist\, improviser\, and composer Anne La Berge is well known to the audiences in Amsterdam and beyond. Her passion for the extremes in both composed and improvised music has led her to the fringes of storytelling and sound art as her sources of musical inspiration. Fani Konstantinidou\, composer and live-electronics performer\, is inspired by the sonic imprints of cultural and social identities and curious about the scapes of everyday life. Most of all\, she is fascinated by (subtle) changes. \n  \n\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Anne La Berge\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Fani Konstantinidou\n				\n		\n\n  \n_____________ \nTEMPERATURA is a concert series initiated by composers/performers and GROND members Jasna Veličković and Fani Konstantinidou. The series focuses on contemporary music from the Netherlands and beyond\, aiming to bring together its diverse expressions. By promoting the wide spectrum of contemporary musical stimuli\, TEMPERATURA seeks to bridge the gap between musicians\, composers\, and performers from different musical backgrounds. Through these temporary crossings\, we aim to create an environment—a playful space for experimentation and open ears—that fosters performing\, creating\, and experiencing music together. Ultimately\, TEMPERATURA strives to bring fresh musical adventures to local audiences and to spread today’s artistic practices.
URL:https://grond.community/event/temperatura_08-11-25/
LOCATION:GROND\, Bijdorpstraat 1\, Amsterdam\, 1096AP\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Music,performance
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grond.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Temperatura-081125-s-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20251125T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20251125T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062454
CREATED:20251110T131318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T131822Z
UID:2536-1764100800-1764111600@grond.community
SUMMARY:TEMPERATURA
DESCRIPTION:w/ Leah Asher\, Maya Bennardo\, Christian Streit Smith\n20:30 (doors: 20:00)\nTickets online: regular €10 / discount €7 – at the door: €12\,5* \n  \nTuesday 25 November\, TEMPERATURA presents an acoustic popup event with selected compositions and improvisation sets by Leah Asher\,  Maya Bennardo\, and Christian Streit Smith. \nViolinist/violist\, composer\, and visual artist Leah Asher is an avid performer of contemporary music and creator of new artistic works. Leah is the executive director and violinist of  The Rhythm Method string quartet and co-creator of performance art duo Meaningless Work with Nicolee Kuester. Leah regularly performs with New York-based ensembles such as International Contemporary Ensemble\, Talea Ensemble\, and S.E.M. Ensemble. She formerly served as solo violist of NOSO Sinfoniettaen and co-principal viola of the Arctic Philharmonic. As a composer\, Leah has been commissioned by ensembles including andPlay\, Chartreuse\, Periapsis\, NorthArc Percussion Group\, The Great Learning Orchestra\, and Ensemble Hybrid. She serves on faculty at Lake George Composer’s Institute\, the Composers Conference\, and the Lucerne Festival Academy\, and has conducted many residencies at universities including NYU\, Columbia University\, Berklee College of Music\, Hunter College\, and BGSU. Recent releases include Leah’s solo album ‘Retreat into Afters’ on SCRIPTS records\, The Rhythm Method’s ‘Pastorale’ on New Focus Recordings\, and The Rhythm Method’s ‘Seaglass’ on Gold Bolus Recordings. Leah joined the faculty of Manhattan School of Music in 2022. \nMaya Bennardo is an active performer and composer living in Stockholm\, Sweden. Maya is interested in opening the dialogue and blurring the boundaries between composers and performers\, and is devoted to performing music of the present. She is a founding member of the violin/viola duo andPlay\, described by I Care If You Listen as “enthusiastic champions for new music and collaboration.” She performs new and traditional repertoire for violin and piano with pianist Karl Larson in their Bennardo-Larson Duo and is a former member of the internationally renowned Mivos Quartet. Maya’s compositions are characterized by slow\, unfolding timbral movements–exploring the co-existence of pitch and noise. Her compositions have grown naturally out of her improvisational practice on the violin\, and the two continue to inform each other. \nChristian Streit Smith (USA/NL) is a percussionist based in The Hague. He performs experimental music (composed and improvised)\, in many different constellations from solo to large ensemble to theater. In addition to his work as a musician\, he works part time as a landscaper. \n         \nProgram\n‘Discrete Species’ by Douglas Farrand and Christian Streit Smith\n‘silver birch vignettes’ by Maya Bennardo\n‘Upon the Wheel’ by Leah Asher\nSolo improvisation – Leah Asher\nTrio improvisation – Leah Asher\, Maya Bennardo\, and Christian Smith \n_____________\nTEMPERATURA is a contemporary music concert series\, improvisation hub\, and everything in between\, initiated by composers/performers J. Veličković and F. Konstantinidou. The series focuses on contemporary music from the Netherlands and beyond\, aiming to bring together its diverse expressions. By promoting the wide spectrum of contemporary musical stimuli\, TEMPERATURA seeks to bridge the gap between musicians\, composers\, and performers from different musical backgrounds. Ultimately\, TEMPERATURA strives to bring fresh musical adventures to local audiences and spread today’s artistic practices.\n______________\n*If you wish to attend but can’t afford our entry fee\, please let us know–we ll make sure you can join us.
URL:https://grond.community/event/temperatura-25-11-25/
LOCATION:GROND\, Bijdorpstraat 1\, Amsterdam\, 1096AP\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Music,performance
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grond.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Temperatura-251125-s.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR