From 3 to 28 June, the 79th edition of the Holland Festival takes place; the Netherlands’ leading international performing arts festival.” Here you will see productions you would not otherwise encounter in the Netherlands. For an entire month, you can enjoy international artists who push the boundaries of dance, music and theatre.”

Hartwig Art Foundation and Holland Festival present an intimate evening with the music of Meredith Monk joined by percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck. The duo revisit her repertoire; opening it up, stretching it, and reshaping it in real time. Her voice collides and intertwines with his inventive percussion, resulting in new arrangements of iconic compositions, along with a few new ones, all brought vividly to life.

Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director/choreographer, filmmaker – and truly a genre unto herself. For over sixty years, she has built a body of work in which music, movement, light, and space converge, forever changing the field of music and performing arts. Monk, who has devoted her life to exploring the possibilities of the human voice, appeared at Holland Festival in 2023 with the world premiere of her performance Indra’s Net, presented with Hartwig Foundation. John Hollenbeck, a percussionist with an endlessly creative musical mind, brings ideas that seem to multiply the moment you hear them. As a composer, he blends jazz and contemporary music into a distinctive, consistently surprising style.

Meredith Monk vocals, John Hollenbeck drums/percussion