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Imagine you are at an exhibition and suddenly the paintings and sculptures wake up and come to life. The colors, shapes and textures, the visual structures become four-dimensional through sound and movement, telling stories in the dimension of time and space. This is what a Moving Strings creation might resemble.
UPCOMING
10-13 September 2026 Merge Corp. 1.7 by Artun Cekem in collaboration with Moving Strings @ Amsterdam Fringe Festival
13-15 July 2026 Sounding Bodies | 3 days summer workshops in collaboration with Yanna Pelser @ Batavierhuis, Rotterdam
15/05 Somatic Sound Practices Symposium @ UCL, London
Feb.-June 2026 Somatic Sound Practice @ OT301, Amsterdam, Tuesdays 10:00-11:30
10-13 September 2026 Merge Corp. 1.7 by Artun Cekem in collaboration with Moving Strings @ Amsterdam Fringe Festival
13-15 July 2026 Sounding Bodies | 3 days summer workshops in collaboration with Yanna Pelser @ Batavierhuis, Rotterdam
15/05 Somatic Sound Practices Symposium @ UCL, London
Feb.-June 2026 Somatic Sound Practice @ OT301, Amsterdam, Tuesdays 10:00-11:30
Gathering Fantasies
homage to otherness
by Moving Strings
"Time and again I was astonished that even in such particular postures one can still play an instrument.
They walk, dance, run, roll on the ground, are attached to each other in the strangest constructions and just play on, making optimal use of the spacious theater Kikker. And they manage to convey the composer's message flawlessly every time,
something that I also noticed during the two previous concerts: very clever.
Playing doesn't seem that easy, although these excellent musicians don't seem to have any real difficulty with it"
Ben Tafijn, Nieuwe Noten
Moving Strings @ Gaudeamus Festival, Theater Kikker, Utrecht, 2023
They walk, dance, run, roll on the ground, are attached to each other in the strangest constructions and just play on, making optimal use of the spacious theater Kikker. And they manage to convey the composer's message flawlessly every time,
something that I also noticed during the two previous concerts: very clever.
Playing doesn't seem that easy, although these excellent musicians don't seem to have any real difficulty with it"
Ben Tafijn, Nieuwe Noten
Moving Strings @ Gaudeamus Festival, Theater Kikker, Utrecht, 2023
Picture by Shana Brown
Pictures by Zsolt Szederkényi
PREVIOUS EVENTS
31.05.2025 Workshop: Somatic Sound Practices @ ESTA Conference, Amersfoort
13.02.2025 SpineGliss @ Sounding Here, WORM, Rotterdam
2025 Gathering Fantasies in Jouw Gebouw in collaboration with Lang Leven Thuisflat,
Leo Polakhuis, Amsterdam Nieuw-West. Supported by Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie
05-07.2024 Play As We Are summer retreat, Amsterdam
22.06.2024 Gathering Fantasies, De Warren, Amsterdam
10.12.2023 Gathering Fantasies @ Splendor, Amsterdam
09.12.2023 Gathering Fantasies @ Intro in Situ, Maastricht
08.12.2023 12:00 Play As We Are research session @ OT301, Amsterdam
19.11.2023 A Wave Will Come @ A Tiger in a Room, ELAP, Utrecht
15.10.2023 Moving Strings @ 'Improbellissimo', Theater Vrijburcht, Ijburg
13.02.2025 SpineGliss @ Sounding Here, WORM, Rotterdam
2025 Gathering Fantasies in Jouw Gebouw in collaboration with Lang Leven Thuisflat,
Leo Polakhuis, Amsterdam Nieuw-West. Supported by Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie
05-07.2024 Play As We Are summer retreat, Amsterdam
22.06.2024 Gathering Fantasies, De Warren, Amsterdam
10.12.2023 Gathering Fantasies @ Splendor, Amsterdam
09.12.2023 Gathering Fantasies @ Intro in Situ, Maastricht
08.12.2023 12:00 Play As We Are research session @ OT301, Amsterdam
19.11.2023 A Wave Will Come @ A Tiger in a Room, ELAP, Utrecht
15.10.2023 Moving Strings @ 'Improbellissimo', Theater Vrijburcht, Ijburg
September tour 2023
08.09 *PREMIERE* Merge Corp - Artun Cekem, 11-Variation - Aya Yoshida, Gaudeamus Festival, Theater Kikker, Utrecht
09.09 *PREMIERE* My Prayers Are Made of Silicone - BAKUDI SCREAM, Gaudeamus Festival, Pandora, Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht
10.09 *PREMIERE* Gathering Fantasies, Gaudeamus Festival, Theaater Kikker, Utrecht
11.09 My Prayers Are Made of Silicone + FRÖ, Splendor, Amsterdam
13.09 Gathering Fantasies, OT301, Amsterdam
15.09 Gathering Fantasies, Set Community Gardens, Ijburg, Amsterdam
08.09 *PREMIERE* Merge Corp - Artun Cekem, 11-Variation - Aya Yoshida, Gaudeamus Festival, Theater Kikker, Utrecht
09.09 *PREMIERE* My Prayers Are Made of Silicone - BAKUDI SCREAM, Gaudeamus Festival, Pandora, Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht
10.09 *PREMIERE* Gathering Fantasies, Gaudeamus Festival, Theaater Kikker, Utrecht
11.09 My Prayers Are Made of Silicone + FRÖ, Splendor, Amsterdam
13.09 Gathering Fantasies, OT301, Amsterdam
15.09 Gathering Fantasies, Set Community Gardens, Ijburg, Amsterdam
Merge Corp. by Artun Cekem @ Gaudeamus Festival 2023
Pictures by Félice en Paulus
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11-Variation by Aya Yoshida @ Gaudeamus Festival 2023
Pictures by Félice en Paulus
Pictures by Shana Brown
BODYING SOUNDS @ De Nijverheid, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht
BODYING SOUNDS @ PERDU
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