BIMHUIS Composition assignment

Every year, we award a composition assignment to an idiosyncratic composer whom we challenge to come up with new work. The composer is given complete freedom, and presents his/her/its composition in an autumn concert in our hall. On 31 October 2024, Tyn Wybenga and his Brainteaser Orchestra presented the fifth BIMHUIS Composition assignment. Earlier, the BIMHUIS composition assignment was awarded to Corrie van Binsbergen (2025), Tijn Wybenga (2024), Kaja Draksler (2023), Martin Fondse (2022), Tineke Postma (2021) and Ben van Gelder (2019). The BIMHUIS composition assignment is supported by Ammodo & AFK.

© Bart Grietens

© Govert Driessen

© Govert Driessen

What The World Needs Now

Corrie van Binsbergen

Brainteaser Orchestra

TIJN WYBENGA

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Kaja Draksler

Diamonds

MARTIN FONDSE VOICE ORCHESTRA FT. TRYGVE SEIM

Paradìs

Ben van Gelder

Tineke Postma

Concertagenda

Fri 28 November 2025

Corrie van Binsbergen: What The World Needs Now

Self-styled composer challenges herself with sampler and young musicians she hasn’t worked with before.

this year the bimhuis composition assignment has been awarded to corrie van binsbergen. fragments of text, poetry, interviews with artists, film dialogs and more form the libretto for her new composition. it will be performed by an extraordinary septet with mostly young musicians with whom van binsbergen has not worked before. she controls the text samples on stage and may even pick up the guitar. composer and guitarist corrie van binsbergen leads stichting brokken, a foundation which has initiated countless crossover projects. she became known with her group corrie en de (grote) brokken. she developed a singular and surprising combination of music and literature, which she has dubbed ‘films for the ears’. she has collaborated with many literary authors, and has received important awards such as the boy edgar prijs and the buma classical award 2024.

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