Celebrate the opening of Rotterdam Architecture Month with Steven Kamperman! Let him take you on a musical exploration of the studio home of Nelly and Theo van Doesburg in Meudon-Val-Fleury.

During a residency at this Maison Moderne, Kamperman wrote his suite of the same name. In the spirit of the Van Doesburgs, the clarinetist-composer provides his “groovy chamber music with a touch of dada” with anecdotes and colorful images live.

Steven Kamperman composed Maison Moderne, at the intersection of contemporary composed music and jazz, during a four-month residency at the Van Doesburgh House and recorded the piece on location. Kamperman was inspired by the house, the artist’s life story and passions. He takes you as a listener from L’entrée through the Grand Atelier to La Chaufferie, with a number of interludes in which he reflects on important moments in Van Doesburg’s life, such as his encounter with artist – and enthusiastic dancer! – Piet Mondrian.

Occupation

• Steven Kamperman, alto clarinet and compositions
• Oene van Geel, viola
• Paul Jarret, electric guitar
• Albert van Veenendaal, piano

The studio house in the Parisian suburb of Meudon was the shining centerpiece of the Atelier Nelly and Theo van Doesburg exhibition in 2020. Former residents Neske Beks and Machiel Spaan and Rozalie Hirs reflected on their own periods of work in the house at the time, in the combined program of activities surrounding the exhibitions Atelier Nelly and Theo van Doesburg at the New Institute and Gijs Bakker & K. Schippers: Principles in Huis Sonneveld.

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