Rosa Ensemble

The Rosa Ensemble operates in between: in between composed and improvised, in between music and theatre, in between light and serious, in between acoustic and electronic, traditional and experimental, classical and popular. The ensemble was founded in 1997 with the performance Diepe Wildernis, based on the book by Brazilian writer Guimaraes Rosa. Currently ‘Rosa Ensemble’ means several things: music/theatre, concerts and the annual Rosa sub Rosa project. Whether one calls it arty pop music or popular art music, the Rosa Ensemble is the Rosa Ensemble: for those who like exciting music, eclectic seldom sounded so self-evident. read more

2010: Rosa Ensemble & Jan Jaap van der Wal
De Kellner en de Levenden

Foto: Edda Grol

De Kellner en de Levenden ("The Waiter and the Living") is a piece about atonement, taking responsibility and making choices. Jan Jaap van der Wal performs as he does best: snappy, critical and intelligent. The combination with Rosa’s music creates a sharp-witted, at times ominous and humorous correlation between music theatre, comedy and literature.

September/October 2010: Dutch tour.

2010: No Ark Dead Eel - new album
And two new wonderful videoclips

The new Rosa Ensemble album No Ark Dead Eel is now released through Dying Giraffe Recordings on CD, download and  vinyl.

For two songs on the album, The Wallace Line and Mad on Rocks 2 HKU-students made two amazing videoclips. You can watch these here

"Een heerlijke plaat, die [...] je met een grote smile achterlaat." (Live XS)
"Diepzinnig en Uniek." (File Under)

Go to www.dgrmusic.com/rosaensemble.cfm for purchasing information.

Upcoming Events

date time location name
2010090707-09-10 20:30 Theater Kikker, Utrecht (support:... De Kellner en de Levenden
2010090808-09-10 20:30 Theater Kikker, Utrecht (support:... De Kellner en de Levenden
2010090909-09-10 20:30 Theater Kikker, Utrecht (support:... De Kellner en de Levenden
2010091010-09-10 20:30 Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag De Kellner en de Levenden
2010091111-09-10 20:30 Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag De Kellner en de Levenden
2010091616-09-10 20:30 Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam De Kellner en de Levenden
2010091717-09-10 20:30 Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam De Kellner en de Levenden
2010091818-09-10 20:30 Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam De Kellner en de Levenden
2010092222-09-10 20:30 De Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch De Kellner en de Levenden
2010092323-09-10 20:15 Oosterpoort, Groningen De Kellner en de Levenden
2010100101-10-10 20:30 Schouwburg, Arnhem De Kellner en de Levenden
2010100202-10-10 20:15 Theater aan de Slinger, Houten De Kellner en de Levenden
2010100505-10-10 20:15 Isala Theater, Capelle a/d IJssel De Kellner en de Levenden
2010100808-10-10 20:15 Het Klooster, Woerden De Kellner en de Levenden
2010101313-10-10 20:30 De Toneelschuur, Haarlem De Kellner en de Levenden
2010101414-10-10 20:30 De Toneelschuur, Haarlem De Kellner en de Levenden
2010101515-10-10 20:00 De Harmonie, Leeuwarden De Kellner en de Levenden
2010101616-10-10 20:30 De Goudse Schouwburg, Gouda De Kellner en de Levenden
2010102121-10-10 20:30 LUX, Nijmegen De Kellner en de Levenden
2010102222-10-10 20:30 Stadstheater, Zoetermeer De Kellner en de Levenden
2010102323-10-10 20:15 Leidse Schouwburg, Leiden De Kellner en de Levenden