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Roland van Straaten “Echoes of Eternity”

Echoes of Eternity - Postponed to Spring 2025

In 'Echoes of Eternity', Roland van Straaten presents the musical dialog between his harmonica and an enchanted music box.

Music

A nostalgic melody from the music box, a broken response from the harmonica, like a distant conversation in the echo of a sublime space - but the music box is, how could it be otherwise, controlled by artificial intelligence, develops a life of its own, demanding, insistent - and Roland van Straaten improvises with this mystical box, which constantly surprises and challenges him with new impulses. 

The charismatic musician performs in concert halls, churches, and festivals all over the world - with his phenomenal expressiveness, he leads his audience from the passion of blues and tango to the sensuality of oriental sounds. 

“The secret of Straaten's successful performances lies in the experience of the tremendous versatility of a widely underestimated instrument. Straaten offers musical journeys from the Mississippi to the Ganges: on the one hand dancing past the bucolic idylls of Europe, on the other losing himself in meditative contemplation in the groves of Zen monasteries. Whatever terms you use to describe the listening experience, you will never be able to escape its solemnity. For behold: the world has been enriched by an instrument.” Peter Stücheli 

Ages 8 and up | 100 min. with intermission | Music

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