T R O M P O - Modules
An evening of compact new music
T R O M P O is a new music ensemble dedicated to the performance of the music of now.
T R O M P O is made up of Carlos Anez (Flute), Marthe Lasthuis (Violin), and Laura Nygren (Double Bass). The three met while studying and living in the Netherlands and bonded over a love of playing together, making strange and beautiful sounds, and stretching the limits of their instruments.
The name T R O M P O derives from "thump" in Esperanto, an international auxiliary language. Alternatively el trompo is dreidel-like toy popular in Central and South America. El Trompo can also refer to a type of cone shaped meat, similar to kebab, and used on tacos. T R O M P O music chose the name to embody their multicultural, ever spinning and evolving approach to music.
Modules is a concert program filled with short contemporary works commissioned by T R O M P O in the last two years. There will be world premiers from composers living in New York, Colombia, and Germany, as well as works from composers from Zeist and Lyon. You can expect a diverse concert, from spectral distortion to post minimal swing and the sweetness of an Icelandic horizon.
Program:
Fabian Roa - El sueño de Ícaro
Laura Nygren - Cars pass across a Fjord
Nick Dunston - Stereofroth
Remy Alexander - Maybe
Sam Perkin - Flow II
Sarian Sankoh - Gloss
Valentin Jost - Trompo
T R O M P O:
Carlos Anez (Flute)
Marthe Lasthuis (Violin)
Laura Nygren (Double Bass)