Águas da Amazônia

DOMNIQ Group plays Philip Glass

An evening-length concert around Philip Glass's Águas da Amazônia, in a new transcription, surrounded by new compositions and self-built instruments.

Combined Creatives produces this new interpretation of the 45-minute work Philip Glass wrote in 1999 for the Brazilian ensemble Uakti. The transcription was developed in collaboration with Philip Glass.

Led by Dutch Music Prize winner DOMNIQ, an ensemble of three percussionists, flute and strings expands the work into a full evening, with new music by DOMNIQ, Emma O'Halloran and Angélica Negrón, Glass's Metamorphosis I, electronics and light. Instruments from different traditions, from a balafon from Burkina Faso to a Glass Marimba from Brazil, shape a sound world inspired by water and the Amazon.

The programme reflects on our relationship with water: what remains, and what echoes, when the source disappears.

Practical info

World premiere: 19 November 2026, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
Ensemble: three percussionists, flute and viola, with electronics and light
Evening-length programme with intermission
Production: Combined Creatives

Tour

Nov 19, 2026 — Muziekgebouw Eindhoven (world premiere)
Nov 24, 2026 — TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
Nov 25, 2026 — Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam
Nov 26, 2026 — Parkstad Limburg Theaters, Heerlen
Nov 27, 2026 — Philharmonie Haarlem
Nov 28, 2026 — De Bijloke, Ghent (Belgian premiere)
Jan 19, 2027 — Celtic Connections, Glasgow (Scottish premiere)
Jan 31, 2027 — Mupa, Budapest (Hungarian premiere)

Cast & Crew

Artistic leader, glass marimba, balafon, kendhang, percussion & electronics - DOMNIQ
Marimba, vibraphone, percussion & synthesizer - Daniel Bolba
Slapaphone & self-built percussion - Lucas Jansen
Flutes & self-built flutes - Maria Cristina Gonzalez
Viola, singing saw & string instruments - Hessel Moeselaar
Composition - DOMNIQ, Angélica Negrón
Composition & transcriptions - Jelle Verstraten
Lighting design - Floriaan Ganzevoort
Audio design - Ruben Kieftenbelt
Production - Combined Creatives

Supported by

Águas da Amazônia is supported by the Performing Arts Fund NL, Cultuur Eindhoven and the Cultuurfonds.