Studio Loos

Studio Loos Hot spot for new music in The Hague - a workspace, laboratory and public presentation place for rese It has been further developed since.

Studio LOOS is the hot spot for new music in The Hague (NL). It is a workspace, laboratory and public presentation space for research, experimentation, development, innovation and the production of interdisciplinary electro acoustic music, sound and audio art, improvisation and composition, monomedia, bimedia, polymedia and hypermedia. It is also an environment where the LOOS Foundation provides a

rtists and groups in the field of interdisciplinary new music with a place to execute research, somewhere they can apply for a residence rehearse, experiment and present their latest works to the public. At Studio LOOS artists curate concert series with performances, lectures and presentations with a choice of local and international artists and researchers. It functions as a meeting place where artists and specialists from different generations, countries, nationalities and disciplines exchange ideas, experiences, skills and knowledge and meet the general public. Studio LOOS as a physical space was founded in 2005 as part of the LOOS Foundation. LOOS was set up in 1982 under the leadership of composer/improviser/interpreter/multi-instrumentalist Peter J.A. van Bergen, who is still the director of the foundation. The activities of LOOS are very difficult to place in a specific category or genre. LOOS represents a musical idiom, a musical vision and a relationship between music and society. Additionally, one of the most important characteristics of LOOS is its function in generating music (and music-related material) both as experience and experiment in form and content. Since the late 1980's, LOOS has initiated, generated and developed an extensive and impressive repertoire of contemporary music. By incorporating modern technology (live electronics, computers and different media) into the specific musical aesthetics that LOOS stands for and through the close collaboration with composers, improvisers, actors, choreographers and visual artists, LOOS has developed into one of the most prominent international artistic avant-garde platforms of today. Essential for LOOS are originality, authenticity, progressiveness, a high standard in performance and ideas and an adventurous and experimenting mentality and attitude. In 1985 LOOS was awarded with the Ooyevaer Prize of the City of The Hague and in 2000, with the prestigious GeNeCoPrize 2000 (Dutch Composers Prize) for " exceptional merits in Contemporary Music of The Netherlands".

27/01/2025

TODAY - last concert at Studio LOOS as a Physical Space in DCR!

"Tribute to Max Bolleman"
On 27 January 2025, Studio LOOS will honour Max Bolleman and the Yamaha C7 Conservatory grand piano with a programme in which Max will recount anecdotes from his recording career and sound samples of recordings by Jazz greats on the grand piano.

During this exclusive evening, several pianists will play live on the grand piano. Already Gerard Bouwhuis, Guus Janssen and Ike van Bergen have committed themselves. Some more pianists may be added. It will be a special last public evening at Studio LOOS in the DCR.

A limited number of tickets are available for the presentation with Max.

Price per ticket is €11.

The evening is divided into two parts:

19:30 - 22:00 ‘Tribute to Max Bolleman’
22:00 - 23:00 farewell to ‘Studio LOOS in the DCR’ (no admission fee)

For more info and tickets: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/agenda/tribute-to-max-bolleman

16/01/2025

After 20 years of active operations of the artistic project 'Studio LOOS as a physical space in the DCR', with a mixture of sadness and gratitude, we announce that it has been decided to discontinue the operation of Studio LOOS in the DCR as of 1 February 2025.
The LOOS as a Physical Space in the DCR project enabled LOOS ( founded in 1982) to play an extended role in the world of interdisciplinary experimental music in The Hague and internationally, by facilitating and presenting many new makers and great artists.

Studio LOOS has been a special space for international young and established artists and experimental music enthusiasts, fostering values of curiosity and expression in interdisciplinary arts and performance. We thank everyone who participated in our concerts, residencies, research projects, workshops, festivals, and other events.

We also thank the longtime friends of LOOS. Those of you who attended concerts, were curious about the experimental music world and supported our artists.

Studio LOOS has always given performances and projects of high quality with state-of-the-art equipment. Being completely up to date with the most advanced audiovisual equipment. We are proud of the collection we have accumulated, and our artists can agree of the quality equipment hosted at Studio LOOS.

With the ceasing of Studio LOOS operations at the DCR, we are selling the equipment.
The professional high-quality audio and video facilities will be sold at reasonable prices. Examples include music stands, music studio chairs, the bar, kitchen equipment, refrigerators and the beautiful design furniture by Phillippe Starck, as well as various design/retro ceiling lights and set pieces.

If you are interested: contact via [email protected]

There is a list of all items, anyone may of course bid. From cultural organizations to individual interested parties, young to older, professional - not professional. The price for the entire contents is naturally lower for a buyer than for individual items.

and the future?
It’s not over. LOOS/Studio LOOS as artistic projects will continue. You will just have to discover the future locations of LOOS activities!

why is the physical space closing?
At the same time LOOS has deliberately chosen not to apply for a structural subsidy from the municipality of The Hague starting from 2025. From 2004 until 2024, being structurally subsidized by the same municipality for twenty years, we are not continuing this anymore. An important reason is that the subsidies for Studio LOOS as a stage and organization for talent development, were too low to responsibly meet the administrative and regulatory burden and the substantial and financial requirements associated with the municipal subsidy.

On top of that, it proved impossible for LOOS to comply with all the codes that the cultural sector, including LOOS, has to deal with nowadays: Cultural Governance Code, Inclusion and Diversity Code and the Fair Practice/Fair Pay Code. The LOOS board has explained LOOS' decision in a letter to mayors and aldermen and the Hague City Council.
The letter can be viewed here: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/news/loos-foundation-waives-application-for-municipal-subsidy-under-the-2025-2029-arts-plan

please note - LOOS attaches great value to a socially broad, full interpretation of inclusion and diversity where young and old can work together and there is also respect for the past and achievements. A one-sided focus means a destruction of cultural capital, it is time to abandon outdated discussions about age, skin color and gender, among others.

In addition, LOOS asked the municipality for some extra time to transition to independence from municipal subsidies, which was refused.

In order to continue LOOS/Studio LOOS/LOOS Channel and the website of loosdenhaag.com financially, LOOS is forced to ask for financial contributions from the public. LOOS is very grateful in advance for your contribution.

We once again thank you for all those times in Studio LOOS at the DCR, the support over the years and for your love of experimental interdisciplinary music!

12/12/2024

This Sunday at Studio LOOS -
Deconstructed Melodies
with:
Peter van Bergen - tenor sax
Jeroen Kimman - electric guitar
Koen Nutters - electro-acoustic bass guitar
Gert-Jan Prins - percussion, electronics

Petra Dolleman - live images

In 1992 LOOS musicians performed:
MELODIES
with
Zeena Parkins (USA)
Jin Hi Kim (KOR)
Jacques Palinckx (NL)
Ikue Mori (JP)
Huib Emmer (NL)
Peter van Bergen (NL)

On the LOOS Channel you can watch the 1992 concert filmed by Frans Zwartjes.
Head over there: https://youtu.be/o9bLwFEDBLU?si=bUTDBS6kZKDK7bwy

And join us this Sunday at 5PM for the deconstruction!
Buy tickets and read more here: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/agenda/1700-uur-concert-deconstructed-melodies

11/12/2024

Tomorrow at Studio LOOS: TWO Research Presentations by Liza Kuzyakova and Elif Gülin Soğuksu!

Join us tomorrow at 8PM in Studio LOOS!
Entrance is free of charge 😉

◾ Sound and Ruins by Liza Kuzyakova
Liza Kuzyakova's research on Sound and Ruins explores the terrain of tangible and intangible layers that shape electroacoustic sound. Using the ruinous thought as a speculative strategy for composition, Liza investigates perceptual tensions in listening: focusing on the interplay between the materiality of acoustic and electronic sounds, acoustic spaces, and the imaginative dimensions of aural phenomena.

🔹 catching the sounds of the mind by Elif Gülin Soğuksu
Elif Gülin Soğuksu’s research looks at catching the sounds of the mind. She explores voice as a potential that has a role in the formation of sonic imagination to be employed for dealing with electronic music composition and algorithmic performances. How accurately could one listen to the imagined sounds or create them mentally in the process of composing? How are they materialized, and through what means?

More info: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/agenda/research-presentation-elif-soguksu-liza-kuzyakova

05/12/2024

Join us next Monday, 9th of December, 2024 at 7:30PM for a film as artistic research by Sarah and Isabella Wentik, "Victor Wentik: Het Leven".

Entrance: free of charge

Instead of a film/documentary, Sarah & Isabella (being philosophers) envisioned a new medium: Explique (as a reference to Derrida) to encapsulate their father’s complexity into a new type of medium. A “film” but one in which Victor’s thoughts, concepts were the driving foundation.

Read more here: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/agenda/film-victor-wentink-het-leven

27/11/2024

December 7, 2024 at Studio LOOS: ALL ELLINGTON BAND‼

‘The music of my race is something more than the American idiom’ Ellington regularly had it recorded.
Improvisation and the individuality of musicians were the pillars on which he could further develop his music. And that is what the Amsterdam-based band All Ellington builds on.

All Ellington enjoys playing the pieces of ‘tune smith’ Ellington. Still the repertoire challenges musicians: ‘what else is possible?’.
All Ellington is a mix of young, well-educated musicians and musicians seasoned in improvisation. A melody they can all play. And how.

When? 8PM @ 7 Dec, 2024
Where? Studio LOOS
Price? 8 euros

line-up:

◼️ Jodi Gilbert - vocals
◾️ Eric Boeren - cornet
◾️ Jimmy Sernesky - trumpet
◼️ Joost Buis, Maarten Combrink and Gregor Sperzel - trombone
◼️ Mo van der Does - alto saxophone, clarinet
◼ Natalio Sued - tenor sax, clarinet
◾ Peter van Bergen - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
◼ Wilbert de Joode - bass
▪ Giacomo Camiletti - drums, celesta

This concert is made possible with a subsidy by the Fonds Podiumkunsten.

Buy tickets: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/agenda/all-ellington-concert

22/11/2024

Next week at Studio LOOS : “highest, higher, high fidelity” by CHRISTIAN SMITH - artistic research presentation with Hilde Wollenstein (free version) 🎶

program:

⚫ 8:00pm short talk from Christian
🔵 8:30pm performances:

'under the redwood tree my grave was laid' by Santiago Díez Fischer *premiere
for solo amplified bowed spatula & ruler + voice & electronics
'high, higher, highest fidelity' by Hilde Wollenstein in collaboration with Christian *premiere
for objects, samples, and text

When? November 30, 2024 @ 7:30 PM 10:00 PM
Where? Studio LOOS
Price? FREE!

Read more: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/agenda/highest-higher-high-fidelity-by-christian-smith-artistic-research-presentation

13/11/2024

More moments from The Hague International Sound Art Festival 2024! DAY: 1 ✨

The concept of the festival delved into extreme opposites, like fast versus slow, high versus low, and heavy versus light, using sound as a powerful medium for expression.

View the full event gallery via the link in our bio 🔗🔗

The artists who participated:
Paul Koek, Gerard Bouwhuis, Patricio Wang, Cristiano Melli, Wim T Schippers, Titus Muizelaar, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, Peter van Bergen

25/10/2024

On October 19th & 20th Zaal 3 and Studio LOOS hosted the second edition of The Hague International Sound Art Festival 2024!
This year's theme was: Arsis vs Thesis

The concept delved into extreme opposites, like fast versus slow, high versus low, and heavy versus light, using sound as a powerful medium for expression.

View the full event gallery here: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/news/gallery-2nd-international-the-hague-sound-art-festival-2024

The artists who participated:
Paul Koek, Gerard Bouwhuis, Patricio Wang, Cristiano Melli, Wim T Schippers, Titus Muizelaar, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, Peter van Bergen, Agita Reke, Ji Youn Kang, Bjarni Gunnarsson, Panic Screen

Thank you everyone who came and joined us during these two days! It has been a pleasure 🥳

19/10/2024

‼ TODAY ‼

The second edition of The International The Hague Sound Art Festival is TOMORROW!
This year we explore the extremes, opposites, contrasts and proportions through our theme "ARSIS VS THESIS"

The festival takes place this Saturday & Sunday, 19th & 20th of October at Zaal3 & Studio LOOS.
Tickets and more information are available here: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/2nd-the-hague-international-sound-art-festival-2024

Meet the rest of the artists:

⚪ Bjarni Gunnarsson (IS)
Bjarni Gunnarsson He creates compositions that put into foreground behaviours, actions, fluid sound structures, fuzzy materials, or forms.

🟡 Agita Reke (LV)
Electronic, electroacoustic music composer and performer from Riga, Latvia. Currently focusing on electroacoustic and multimedia projects, working as a composer and performer.

⚪️ Patricio Wang (CL)
Since 1977, he has been composing music for his own projects, on commission from various ensembles and soloists, and for film, theater, music theater, and dance. He has been a member of several ensembles, including Hoketus, founded by Louis Andriessen, ensemble LOOS, Amankay, Quilapayún, and Catch Electric Guitar Quartet.

⚫ Wim T Schippers (NL)
Willem Theodoor "Wim T." Schippers is a Dutch artist, comedian, television director, and voice actor. During the 1960s, he worked mostly as a visual artist, associated with the international Fluxus-movement.

🟡 Cristiano Melli (BRA)
Cristiano Melli is a Brazilian composer, researcher and dramaturgist based in The Hague. His works have been performed worldwide, including at the Lucerne Festival and Rio de Janeiro’s Bienal of Brazilian Contemporary Music.

⚫️ Ji Youn Kang (KOR)
Ji Youn Kang is a South Korean composer, performer and sound artist based in The Hague. One of her main interests lies in researching the relationship between musical and physical spaces.

For more information about the artists and tickets via the link in our bio! 🔗

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18/10/2024

The second edition of The International The Hague Sound Art Festival is TOMORROW!
This year we explore the extremes, opposites, contrasts and proportions through our theme "ARSIS VS THESIS"

The festival takes place this Saturday & Sunday, 19th & 20th of October at Zaal3 & Studio LOOS.
Tickets and more information are available here: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/2nd-the-hague-international-sound-art-festival-2024

Meet the rest of the artists:

⚫️ Gerard Bouwhuis (NL)
Gerard Bouwhuis primarily established himself as an interpreter of contemporary music. In recognition of his exceptional contribution to contemporary Dutch music, he was awarded the Theo Bruins Prize in 2003.

⚪️ Leonie Roessler (DE)
Leonie captures her environment with field recordings, which she uses for radio pieces, sound installations, and instrumental compositions.

🟡 Titus Muzelaar (NL)
Titus Muizelaar is a Dutch actor and theater director known for his work with Maatschappij Discordia and Toneelgroep Amsterdam, contributing to experimental theater and films like Vlees (2010)

⚪️ Panic Screen (CY/SP)
Guillermo Martín-Viana and Nikos Charalambous are the creative duo behind Panic Screen, an audiovisual project that merges Guillermo's expertise in multimedia improvisation and drumming with Nikos' jazz and improvisational guitar skills, creating dynamic, interactive performances that blend music, visuals, and audience engagement.

⚫️ Ji Youn Kang (KOR)
Ji Youn Kang is a South Korean composer, performer and sound artist based in The Hague. One of her main interests lies in researching the relationship between musical and physical spaces.

🟡 Cristiano Melli (BRA)
Cristiano Melli is a Brazilian composer, researcher and dramaturgist based in The Hague.

⚪️ Agita Reke (LV)
Electronic, electroacoustic music composer and performer from Riga, Latvia.

17/10/2024

LOOS X Zaal 3 present: The 2nd Annual Hague International Sound Art Festival: "Arsis vs Thesis"

Check out the program:

⚫ Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024
Premiere: “Wim T. Schippers shines by absence.”

with a cast including Titus Muizelaar, Wim T. Schippers, Paul Koek, Gerard Bouwhuis , Patricio Wang, Peter van Bergen Cristiano Melli, and Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti
Special guest: Leonie Roessler
film, text, poetry, composition, improvisation, fixed media, performance, singing

🟡 Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 - Guest curator: Farzaneh Nouri

Performances by Agita Reke, Ji Youn Kang, Bjarni Gunnarsson, and Panic Screen
a focus on live electronica and improvisation

For more information about the artists and tickets: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/2nd-the-hague-international-sound-art-festival-2024

16/10/2024

The second edition of The International The Hague Sound Art Festival is already this Friday!
This year we explore the extremes, opposites, contrasts and proportions through our theme "ARSIS VS THESIS"

The festival takes place this Saturday & Sunday, 19th & 20th of October at Zaal3 & Studio LOOS.
Tickets and more information are available via the link in our bio!

We invite you to meet some of the artists:

⚫️ Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti (BO/BRA)
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti is a vocalist, composer, performer and maker based in Amsterdam. Born in Bolivia and raised in Brazil, she weaves her sonic and performative practices inspired by her latinx roots.

⚪️ Patricio Wang (CL)
Since 1977, he has been composing music for his own projects, on commission from various ensembles and soloists, and for film, theater, music theater, and dance. He has been a member of several ensembles, including Hoketus, founded by Louis Andriessen, ensemble LOOS, Amankay, Quilapayún, and Catch Electric Guitar Quartet.

🟡 Wim T Schippers (NL)
Willem Theodoor "Wim T." Schippers is a Dutch artist, comedian, television director, and voice actor. During the 1960s, he worked mostly as a visual artist, associated with the international Fluxus-movement.

⚪️ Peter van Bergen (NL)
Peter van Bergen is artistic and business director of LOOS. He is a composer, improviser, interpreter and PhD researcher at the Free University of Brussels in the field of interdisciplinary experimental new music. He founded LOOS in 1982 and Studio LOOS in 2005.

⚫️ Paul Koek (NL)
Paul Koek (1954) studied percussion at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He was involved in the founding and was a member of several ensembles. Additionally, he collaborated with various artists such as Benjamin Verdonck, Peter Greenaway, Dick Raaijmakers, Heiner Goebbels, Bob Wilson, and others.

04/10/2024

ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️

The second The Hague International Sound Art Festival will take place this October 19th and 20th!

This year's theme: Arsis vs Thesis ▫️⚫️◻️🔳
The concept delves into extreme opposites, like fast versus slow, high versus low, and heavy versus light, using sound as a powerful medium for expression.

The festival brings together these stark dichotomies to craft a sonic experience that challenges perceptions and invites reflection. Audiences will witness performances that transition from serious to cheerful, from short bursts to elongated compositions, highlighting the dynamic range of sound art.
It’s a celebration of contrast, where boundaries blur, and sound shapes meaning in profound, unexpected ways.

The artists:
Paul Koek, Gerard Bouwhuis, Patricio Wang, Cristiano Melli, Wim T Schippers, Titus Muizelaar, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, Peter van Bergen, Agita Reke, Ji Youn Kang, Bjarni Gunnarsson, Panic Screen

The program will announced soon!

Location: Zaal3 and Studio LOOS
Tickets: To be announced soon!

For more information about the festival, visit: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/2nd-the-hague-international-sound-art-festival-2024

20/09/2024

Join us for Sewing Grounds, an artistic research presentation by Viktoria Nikolova together with Julie Hasfjord , Phoebe Kirrage and cellist Leah Plave.
This interdisciplinary performance transforms a sewing machine into an electro-acoustic instrument, capturing and translating folklore music from Scandinavia, Bulgaria, and England. As we sew a fabric map infused with sound, we will reflect on the experiences of displacement shaped by war and environmental disasters.

The presentation will take place on September 27th at 19:30, at Studio Loos (De Constant Rebecqueplein 20B) in The Hague.

We invite you to explore the intimate connections between memory, migration, and culture through history and sound. Experience how the threads of our past weave into the fabric of our present to begin something new.

Thanks to Studio Loos, for facilitating and hosting this residency.

For more information and tickets, visit: https://www.loosdenhaag.com/agenda/sewing-grounds-by-viktoria-nikolova

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De Constant Rebecqueplein 20B
The Hague
2518RA

Website

http://loosdenhaag.com/

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