a setlist of grief (2026)
For Swan Songs, studio sibling invites students from the Maastricht Academy of Performing Arts to participate in their working method: music is content, composition is dramaturgy.
Swan Songs is a collection of final songs before death, of final notes before departure. The imminent end as a starting point for creating material. Each individual swan song is given a place in the set list of a collective performative concert. As always in the coaching projects of the sibling songcycle, the group is lead singer, band, and background choir all in one.
Creation & performance Jesse Snel, Anne Chris van Doesburg, Bik, Noah Vandenbosch, Rinath Asser, Kees Huisman, Esmée Voskamp, Rens den Braber, Anne Lauryssen
Concept & direction Timo Tembuyser & Hélène Vrijdag (studio sibling)
With thanks to Mark Zwietink, Jean-Paul Caelen, Yildiz, Sander Ruijters, Sharon