"Arnold is a complete master of the new complexity but with the adventurous spirit of a child when he plays! He uses his voice, a musical saw, mallet instruments and any and all percussion to express himself. I was a little intimidated by his stature as a musician until we played! Then he exhibited the love and spirit of improvisation that is all inclusive putting me at ease and going places that were totally surprising and inspiring to me! ... Arnold always "kicked it up a notch" each time he came in ..."
photo by Marco Borggreve
PRRRRRAAT!
Op 11 December
presenteren Margriet van
Reisen en Arnold Marinissen
hun voorstelling PRRRRRAAT!
in de Verkadefabriek,
Den Bosch.
Zij speelden PRRRRRAAT!
in het Grachtenfestival
in augustus 2007, en reisden
ermee naar Rusland in oktober 2007.
voor iedereen vanaf 6 jaar
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Since 2003 record label BVHaast has released Marinissen's three solo CDs, Traces of Cultures, Layered Rhythms and Percussionist Songs. This tryptich covers a wide range of repertoire for percussion, but also involves voice, musical saw and electronics. The CDs received rave reviews worldwide: "The infectious delight Marinissen brings to performances of contemporary music" (Signal to Noise, Winter 2006) "Marinissen ... an incredibly compelling percussionist, with or without mallets." (Trouw / Netherlands June '05) "Arnold Marinissen ... a high-flying Dutch percussionist ..." (New Zealand Listener, August '05) "percussionist extraordinaire Arnold Marinissen ... A wonderful collection of stimulating solo percussion performances." (Downtownmusicgalley.com / USA '04) "supreme interpretations and versatility of the chosen repertoire..." (Altri Suoni / Italy '04); "Marinissen can draw a thousand colours from his vibraphone, make a piece of scrap glimmer and make his drum skins sing" (Trouw / Netherlands March '03) "A very beautiful disc" (Percussions / France October '03). Further solo recordings include works by Franco Donatoni, Richard Rijnvos and Van der Aa.
He is a frequent festival guest. Former Frank Zappa-drummer Terry Bozzio and Arnold Marinissen collaborated as artists in residence at the Dutch Traces of Rhythm Festival. He was guest at the dutch November Music festival, Big Bang Percussion Festival, the KlankKleurfestival (Amsterdam) and at the Asia Pacfic Festival in New Zealand. He was jury member and performer at the Tromp Biennial in Eindhoven, where he worked with Evelyn Glennie, Trilok Gurtu and Peter Sadlo.
Marinissen recently toured a programme around film and solo percussion, Beauty Unrealized. He made a tape composition for BLINK, a dance performance choreographed by Ederson Rodrigues Xavier, which was premiered in the CaDance Festival (The Hague) and subsequently toured The Netherlands. He also was guest performer with the ASKO Kamerkoor; for this occasion he wrote a new work for voices, "Ei".
Arnold Marinissen appeared as a soloist with a.o. the WDR Orchestra in Cologne, the Residentie Orchestra, the Noordhollands Philharmonisch Orchestra, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Holland Symfonia, the Nieuw Ensemble and the Southern Sinfonia in New Zealand, in works by composers such as Harrison Birtwistle, Iannis Xenakis, Toru Takemitsu, Richard Rodney Bennett, Darius Milhaud and André Jolivet.
Marinissen performs unconducted chamber music with the Ives Ensemble. He initiated and leads f.c. jongbloed, new music ensemble of the Fontys Conservatorium (The Netherlands) and is a frequently asked guest programmer.