Here you can read about news of concerts, workshops, compositions, etc. by Wil Offermans. The blog posts are all in English and sorted by the date. Use the search field to search for something specific or click on a category below the news title to see similar events.
From November 12th until 28th Wil Offermans was on tour in Japan with Junko Ueda (voice, satsuma-biwa). Below are some videos of this tour. Among their activities were:
On August 7th the Duo Ueda Offermans (Junko Ueda: biwa and voice; Wil Offermans: flutes) performed a duo concert for the Academie Internationale d'Ete de Nice at the Conservatoire de Musique, Nice. They shared the stage with flutist Sophie Cherrier. (photo with: Junko Ueda; Wil Offermans; Sophie Cherrier; Olivier Gardon; Gerard Kurdjian).
On June 16 and 17 Wil Offermans presented a duo concert with the Duo Ueda Offermans and workshops for wind players and teachers at the Örebro University Sweden as part of the summer seminar Blåsforum Creativity & Improvisation. The program included working on: For the Younger Flutist games pieces, Thumpy and Tsuru-no-Sugomori.
On October 26th, the Duo Ueda Offermans, with Japanese satsuma-biwa player singer Junko Ueda, presented their concert at the Màntica Festival in the Teatro Comandini in Cesena, Italy. The program included Tsuru-no-Sugomori, Yoshitsune, Heike Duo, Inner Voices and How to Survive in Paradise II. Click a video image below to watch. Visit the Video Gallery page for more videos.
On August 24th the Duo Ueda Offermans presented a their acoustic duo concert at Chapelle Notre Dame de Riquer, Catllar near Prades (France). The event was part of the 8ème Festival Les Troubadours Chantent l'Art Roman en Languedoc-Roussillon. The duo - by Japanese satsuma-biwa player Junko Ueda and Wil Offermans on flutes - performed a program of their works as well as some traditional Japanese pieces, including Heike Monogatari, Genji Monogatari and Tsuru-no-Sugomori. The origin of the Chapelle Notre Dame de Riquer dates back more than 1000 years.
There is a new video of the Japanese/Dutch Duo Ueda Offermans presenting a summary of their concert program. The video includes Heike Monogatari, Genji-Monogatari, Tsuru-no-Sugomori, How to Survive in Paradise II and more. You can find the video on YouTube here.
During the final weeks of 2011 Wil Offermans will be touring in Japan for several events. In the concerts of Dec. 23rd and 24th Flute Ensemble Piacere will be guest to perform with Wil Offermans the first official performance of his new flute ensemble pieces Bamburia and Forbidden Valley (Bfl, Bfl in F, Contra-Bfl, CBfl in F, Double CBfl). The score of Bamburia will be published very soon by Zimmermann, Frankfurt (it will be announced at this site). Forbidden Valley has been commissioned by Kotato Flutes.
On October 26 2011, the Duo Ueda/Offermans performed at Schunk* in Heerlen, Holland in the series of Newsical Experience, with co-organized by November Music in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. The program included: Tsuru-no-Sugomori (Wil Offermans flute solo), Voyage (Junko Ueda for biwa & tape by Tôru Takemitsu) and How to Survive in Paradise II (Junko Ueda voice & Wil Offermans flutes, live-electronics). See the video summary of How to Survive in Paradise II (original length about 29 minutes). See more videos at the Video Gallery page.
"How to Survive in Paradise II (composed in 1990 in Singapore by Wil Offermans) imagens a science-fictional paradise, where a pleasant, lush and peaceful life in harmony with nature is gradually eroded by mankind, its actions, restlessness and curiosity.”
