Commissions & World premieres

Commissions & world premieres I actively worked on for my own projects:

As a marimbist and percussionist Ramon is always attracted by the thought of having to develop the repertoire we play. If you compare the repertoire of violin or piano with their tradition to percussion, there is still a lot of space to invent new traditions, and we are only at the very beginning of it.
That’s why Ramon loves to be surrounded by composers, working closely together in the process of creation. This helps enormously for the outcome, pieces are really written on the questions and demands of a specific program or idea. That’s why many of these pieces are very close to him and he often still performs them regularly.

  • David Six - new work for Mallet quartet (2020)

  • Anne-Maartje Lemereis - Lumen - marimba quintet (2020)

  • Sarah Neutkens - Redshift - mallet quartet (2020)

  • Nick Woud - A different dance (2007/2020) - marimba solo 

  • Aart Strootman - W.A.L.L. - mallet quartet (microtonal marimbas) and guitar quartet (2019)

  • Greg Saunier - Fugazi - in on the killtaker (2019) - Glockenspiel solo & ensemble pieces - S T A R G A Z E

  • Aart Strootman - Off-track - vibraphone solo (just intonation) (2019)

  • Anthony Fiumara - An Index of Wood - marimba solo (2017/2018)

  • Nik Bärtsch - Modul 11 - own adaptation - marimba solo (2018)

  • Aart Strootman - Shattered Canon #1 - marimba quartet (2017)

  • Arnold Marinissen - Totem 1 & 2 (2017/2018) - marimba solo

  • Kate Moore - Bosch Requiem (Lux Aeterna) - large ensemble, choir & TEMKO (2018)

  • Nik Bärtsch - Camel Brain (2018) - TEMKO (just intonation)

  • Kate Moore - St. Johns (2018) - TEMKO (just intonation) 

  • Aart Strootman - Tannhauser (2018) - TEMKO with piano

  • James Wood - Kalavinka duo & Kalavinka Quartet (2017) joint commission with Arx duo

  • Aart Strootman - Darkness Rises Orchestral - TEMKO & Chamber orchestra & video (2017)

  • Aart Strootman - Nyctophelia (2017) - string ensemble, 3 recorders & TEMKO 

  • Aart Strootman - Brave New World - harp & marimba duo / marimba duo (2015/2017)

  • Anthony Fiumara - Bosch Requiem (Memorial Park) - large baroque ensemble, choir & TEMKO (2016) 

  • Jo Sporck - Dubbelspel (2016) - marimba duo

  • Misha Sporck - DeSoLaTion (2016) - marimba duo 

  • Aart Strootman - Darkness Rises - TEMKO & video (2015)

  • Anthony Fiumara - Clock of the long now (2015) - harp & percussion 

  • Morris Kliphuis - Geira (2015) - harp & percussion

  • Jean Michat - Pas de deux (2015) - harp & percussion

  • Aart Strootman - solo for marimba (2014) 

  • Peter Lunow - Choros (2014) - marimba solo

  • Joey Roukens - In transit (2014) - string quartet & marimba/percussion

  • Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk - Danse Macabre (2014) - mezzo soprano, soprano saxophone & marimba

  • Claudia Rumondor - Ready Mate (2014) - Harp & marimba

  • James Wood - Secret Dialogues - marimba solo (2014) joint commission with Eduardo Leandro

  • Hans Koolmees - Trapped (2011) - recorder quartet & marimba

  • Guillermo Lago - Canciones Flamencas (2011) - soprano saxophone & marimba

  • Wim Henderickx - Gishora (2011) - soprano saxophone & percussion

  • Louis Andriessen - Plain Chant (2010) - approved arrangement by the composer - soprano saxophone & marimba/vibes

  • Misha Sporck - Reflections (2010) - alto saxophone & marimba

  • Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba - 24 intermediate solo’s in 2 books (joint commission with Nancy Zeltsman) (2009) Peter Vigh - Slaap hard (2008) - Soprano saxophone & marimba

  • Wim Henderickx - African suite (2007) - soprano saxophone & percussion

  • Misha Sporck - IO (2006) - marimba solo