Vanessa Lann
Contemporary Composer
Showreel: New film by Vanessa Lann with previously unreleased excerpts of her work!
DD (Double D) for piano solo (new version, 2023)
Guy Livingston, piano
Kristian Claas, montage
Vanessa Lann, music and concept
Current premieres!
New work for cello and toy piano, commissioned by Radboudumc to be performed alongside and within Tanja Smeets’ glass sculpture De Glazen Tuin
PREMIÈRE: 24 January 2025 Seasons in the Glass Garden, for cello and toy piano, has been premiered by Jeroen den Herder and Hua-Hsuan Lee at the Radboud Ziekenhuis in Nijmegen on January 24, 2025. This work, in four movements reflecting different stages of life and human experience, was commissioned by the Radboudumc as a companion…
New work for glass organist Rogier Kappers and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
PREMIÈRE: 22 November 2024 Night Passage, for glass organ and string orchestra, has been premiered at Taqa Theater De Vest in Alkmaar on November 22, 2024, followed by two performances on November 23* and 24 in Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. This meditative and lyrical work, commissioned by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra for an otherwise all-Mozart programme,…
New work for percussionist Laura Trompetter
PREMIÈRE: 21 September 2024 Laura’s Light, a substantial solo work for the vibrant and electric percussionist Laura Trompetter, has finally had a full première (all movements) at Dat Bolwerck in Zutphen, on September 21, 2024. Commissioned with support from the Dutch Performing Arts Foundation, this 21-minute composition in three movements, for marimba, bass drum, glockenspiel…
Recent premieres!
New work for the Delft Chamber Music Festival
PREMIÈRE: 29 July 2023 A new work for the Delft Chamber Music Festival, as the chosen commission for festival ‘23. On the programme ‘Dutch Masters’ on July 29, 2023, in the Van der Mandelezaal of the Museum Prinsenhof in Delft, along with music by renowned Dutch composers Louis Andriessen and Willem Pijper. Musicians on the…
New work for Orkest De Ereprijs
PREMIÈRE: 17 June 2023 A new work for Orkest De Ereprijs as part of their Museum Tour Project, premiered at the Museum Arnhem on June 17, 2023. It is written in collaboration with the Museum Kasteel Huis Bergh. This piece is one of six commissioned works by different composers inspired by artwork from six different…
New work for flute and piano for the City Project of the Flute Colors Foundation
PREMIÈRE: 16 April 2023 A new work for flute and piano for the City Project of the Flute Colors Foundation, premiered by Rogier de Pijper and Heather Pinkham at the Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, at 3:00 pm on April 16, 2023. It is written in collaboration with the poet Sjaak Kroes as one of four commissioned works…
