composer
Marijn Simons was born in The Netherlands on December 25, 1982. He studied violin with Prof. Saschko Gawriloff, composition with Daan Manneke and James MacMillan and conducting with Ed Spanjaard, ...
related works
Fire Column (Piano Concerto Nº 2) : for piano and string orchestra / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and string orchestra
Scoring:
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Sonate no. 3 : altviool, piano, 1952 / Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
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Canzonetta Burleska : voor altviool en piano / Piet Kingma
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vla pf
Sonata : for viola and piano / Dick Kattenburg
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vla pf
composition
Fnn's fantasy : for viola and piano; opus 49a / Marijn Simons, 2008
Description:
Fnn's Fantasy is composed for my friend and colleague Andrew Simpson (Principal Violist of the Aachen Symphony Orchestra). Originally it was composed for solo viola and ensemble. This version was premièred during one of the Chamber Music Concerts at the Aachen Theatre with Andrew Simpson as soloist and members of the Aachen Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer. To make future performances of this piece more practical I asked composer Adrian Williams to make a version for viola and piano. This version was premièred at the ZARVA Festival in Vaals (The Netherlands) by Andrew Simpson and Karina Şabac.
Fnn's Fantasy is a real fantasy piece (Fantasiestück). It's around 10 minutes long, it has lots of ideas in it and it was composed very impulsively. In the music I tried to keep a sketch-like character, which I think strongly belongs to a fantasy piece. - Marijn Simons