IT'S HAPPENING - Today's the day! 🔥 After years of preparation and weeks of rehearsals, we're premiering Theory of Flames. I'm so grateful for this incredible team of singers, creative collaborators, musical staff, and stage technicians. See you at a performance? x Michel

Today is the Belgian premiere of "From Dust" at the Bozar Arts Centre in Brussels. The installation will be on view for two weeks, and you can get your tickets here! 👇 www.bozar.be/en/calendar/...

Voor de nachtbrakers en mede-slapelozen: ik ben tussen 0:00 en 1:00 uur te gast in het radio programma VPRO Nooit Meer Slapen en praat daar over mijn nieuwe opera "Theory of Flames". Luister hier live (of luister terug): npo.nl/luister/podc...

Sitzprobe! with the brilliant Mary Bevan, Helen Charlston, Roderick Williams, and Residentie Orchestra conducted by Elena Schwarz

What happens when facts become a matter of belief rather than evidence? At what point does the person we love – and think we know – become a stranger to us? Two more weeks until the premiere of "Theory of Flames"! www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat...

NRC newspaper looks forward to "Theory of Flames". So do I! 😊🎈 Grab your tickets here: www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat...

Five years ago, our great American democracy was put to the test, and Donald Trump failed it. The danger he poses was clear then, and it remains clear now. We must never forget that.

Radiohead @ Berlin What an amazing concert! 🥹❤️🔥😀

zelfplug: ik schreef iets voor @filmkrant.bsky.social over Michel van der Aa's nieuwe VR-app 'Here', met voorlopig als hoogtepunt het, in mijn beleving, esoterische The Book of Sand.

can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

I'm a bit of a reverb fetishist, currently really enjoying the new Strymon Cloudburst.

Kind words in De Filmkrant about HERE filmkrant.nl/artikel/mich...

HERE is now live – bringing immersive music theater directly into your home! 🔗 Download the PCVR app: here-app.net 🏛️ Try it IRL at NXT Museum Amsterdam until Dec 19 📷 Joost Rietdijk - Launch party

I'm thrilled to unveil HERE – a new platform bringing immersive music theater into your home. here-app.net

This afternoon, at 16:00 hrs at the Muziekgebouw, the Nieuw Amsterdam Pijl ensemble will play an exciting "Oog en Oor" (eyes and ears) program that includes two of my works: Oog and Memo, as well as works by Brigitta Muntendorf, Molly Joyce, and Younghi Pagh-Paan www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/agenda/oo...

Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...

The next leg of Abel's tour with our joint composition "Entanglements" is... Italy! 🇮🇹

Tomorrow my new work for reed quintet, "Link," will be premiered at the Muziekgebouw by the fabulous Calefax. "Link" was written to celebrate Calefax's 40th anniversary. 40 reed quintets from around the world joined forces, and performed a part of the piece: link.reedquintet.net

🍾🔥 Two years of composition. It’s so exciting to finally be holding the full score of my new opera “Theory of Flames”. An indescribable feeling - did I really make this? The opera will premiere at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in March 2026. Order your tickets here: lnkd.in/e-3nhfWC

Woorden zijn niet nodig. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Tienduizenden mensen bij klimaatmars in Den Haag

Tonight's Geography of Sound will focus on new recordings of works by Bent Sørensen, Chiyoko Szlavnics and @vanderaa.bsky.social. Click here at 24h (GMT) to listen: www.rtp.pt/antena2/ or listen to it later here: www.rtp.pt/programa/rad... #radio #newmusic #composers #antena2

Cancel SPOTIFY. They are running ICE ads. F them. www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

#nokings Portland frog brigade

🎬✨ I’m thrilled to announce that "From Dust" has been selected for the Immersive Experience competition at the Geneva International Film Festival! Experience the installation from October 31 - November 9, 2025 and hear the amazing Sjaella sing virtually. 🎟️ 2025.giff.ch/en/film/from...

The headline news that won't be headline news.

Tonight, my new piece "Entanglements" –co-created with the incredible Abel Selaocoe and blending cello, voice, and electronics – receives its world premiere at Princeton University This performance will kick off a series of 17 performances throughout the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy

from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’

Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil Antifa aanmerken als terroristische organisatie. Dat de Tweede Kamer daar niet over gaat en dat Antifa geen organisatie is, doet er niet toe. Het gaat erom dat volksvertegenwoordigers mensen die de democratie verdedigen tot vijand verklaren: corr.es/f4cdfc

ondertussen bij extreem-links... www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/39444...

Gewoon eventjes per motie breken met 50jr Nederlands contraterrorismebeleid, een paar brokkenpiloten doen het gewoon: www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/kam...

Bam

version 220… getting closer to the finish line! 😱😅

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Season announcement ⤵

Ticket sales have started for my new opera "Theory of Flames"! The opera will premiere at Dutch National Opera in March 2026. Order your tickets here: www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat... — 🎥 Hugo Thomassen

Onze grote vrienden de vogels sterven massaal door opwarming van de planeet. Ik weiger daar medeplichtig aan te zijn. Stop met meedoen aan de fossiele destructie. Just say no!

Last week we learned the Great Barrier Reef has suffered some of the worst bleaching in history This week, Ningaloo, another 🇦🇺 icon is experiencing catastrophic coral loss These are national treasures. We must take strong action on climate to save them. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Nice feature on FishEye Immersive about "From Dust" (French) fisheyeimmersive.com/article/mich...

If there's one thing you watch today, make it this Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza Part 1/3

Nog een keer zodat we het niet vergeten @henri.cda.nl !

Onacceptabel dat Paradiso wordt geïntimideerd vanwege het programmeren van artiesten. Steeds vaker zie ik oproepen om artiesten te cancelen om hun politieke opvattingen of herkomst. In onze rechtsstaat is er maar 1 grens en dat is de wet. Tot die tijd: handen af! van kunstenaars.

Dilan Yesilgöz wás al een ramp voor Nederland, nu is ze ook nog een ramp voor de VVD, schrijft columnist Frits Abrahams. „Ik krijg het eigenaardige gevoel dat Yesilgöz zich steeds meer begint te gedragen als het stiefzusje van Donald Trump. Veel populistisch geblaat, weinig wol.” buff.ly/i5Gspqg

De VVD was al geen liberale partij meer, maar gedraagt zich olv Yesilgoz uit zuiver opportunisme als een antiliberale partij. Gaat niet werken, dat ook nog. Iedereen die het liberalisme nog een beetje koestert moet zo ver mogelijk van deze trainwreck vandaan blijven.

Congratulations @vanderaa.bsky.social, who has been awarded the Grand Prix of the DDG for his AI Virtual Reality opera, "From Dust"! Find out more about "From Dust" here: www.boosey.com/cr/news/Mich...

Super honored to have received the Grand Prix of the Dutch Directors Guild (DDG) for "From Dust" filmkrant.nl/nieuws/miche... 📷 Almicheal Fraay

Tonight at 18:35 hrs on Dutch television, in the VPRO program "Holland Festival" on NPO 2, there will be a short documentary about "From Dust" at the Holland Festival. Presenter Eva Koreman explores the experience, and interviews some of the team and me. npo.nl/start/serie/...