Huba


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  • Corenicken
Corenicken 1991 – 1992

  • Hephaistos
Hephaistos (1996) – an opera for several robot-animal-speakers, and singers with speakers on their head. In this firste ‘loudspeakeropera’ the loudspeakers, just like all sound-producing animals and musicians are physically moving while producing sound.

  • Lautsprecher Arnolt
Lautsprecher Arnolt (2004) with Marien Jongewaard
  • Egidius kwartet
In ‘Apera‘ (2013) Huba did audio research on singing monkeys.
In ‘Pornopera’ : the beauty of the human voice & moaning
A ‘gym’-performance at the local gym
The Naked Shit Songs – a complete sung interview

“Huba’s music has never been polished, she is not afraid of new sounds or new ways of presenting music, acoustic as well as electronic, dramatic and theatrical, & usually with the necessary humor and irony.”
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She works together with author Erik-Ward Geerlings and managing director Jasper Hupkens.
The Stichting WILco is supporting all of Huba de Graaff’s projects.
Bowie Verschuuren (photography), Emmy Visser (design), Lonneke van Eden : publicity.

Cooperation is essential in Huba’s work.
She loves working together with other inspiring musicians, actors, directors, authors, artists, etc. Photo: Wiek Hijmans, Arthur Sauer, Paul Termos, Eric de Clercq, Huib Emmer.
with Arthur Sauer at the Royal Conservatory doing experiments with barbecues. Also organisation of concert-series (Pokon, KroKo, Haagse KoKodagen)

Huba studied Sonology in Utrecht (1981) and composition at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Dick Raaymakers, Louis Andriessen, Fredric Rzewski, Walther Zimmerman and Gilius van Bergeijk.
She frequents the KonCon, HKU, PrinsClaus Conservatorium as a guest-teacher and mentor.

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Composer Huba de Graaff gives composition lessons, mentorship and advice to aspiring creative people of any age at her studio in Amsterdam. She also regularly gives lectures and public presentations at universities, music schools, conservatoriums and festivals around the world. If you would like to book her or you seek composition lessons or become a student you can email her directly at info@hubadegraaff.com