Ramon’s repertoire

A selection of Ramon’s repertoire – solo, duo, concerto and various combinations. Please contact him personally to find about further options and additional tittles. Click here to open/close info

  • In addition to his standard repertoire Ramon has premiered over 150 works created specially for him solo and his ensemble projects.

    Solo:

    Nick Woud - A different dance (2007/2020) - marimba
    Greg Saunier - Fugazi – re-imagination on ‘in on the killtaker’ (2019) - Glockenspiel solo & ensemble pieces
    Aart Strootman - Off-track - vibraphone (just intonation) (2019)
    Anthony Fiumara - An Index of Wood - marimba (2017/2018)
    Nik Bärtsch - Modul 11 - own adaptation - marimba (2018)
    Arnold Marinissen - Totem 1 & 2 (2017/2018) - marimba
    Aart Strootman - Solo for marimba (2014)
    Peter Lunow - Choros (2014) - marimba
    Geert Schoonbeek de Vlaming – Schokland (2009) - marimba
    Misha Sporck - IO (2006) - marimba
    Aafke Romeijn – Schemerlamp en tafelpoot (2006) – marimba


    Co-Commissions:

    James Wood - Secret Dialogues - marimba solo (2014)
    Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba – Volume 1 & 2 (2009)


    Duo:

    Jörn Boysen
    – Ouverture en Suite in G (2023) two marimbas
    Antal Sporck – Keep going (2023) two marimbas
    James Wood - Kalavinka duo (2017) – two marimbas
    Aart Strootman - Brave New World – two marimbas (2017)
    Jo Sporck - Dubbelspel (2015) – two marimbas
    Misha Sporck - DeSoLaTion (2015) – two marimbas
    Anthony Fiumara - Clock of the long now (2015) - harp & percussion
    Morris Kliphuis - Geira (2015) - harp & percussion
    Jean Michat - Pas de deux (2015) - harp & percussion
    Claudia Rumondor - Ready Mate (2014) - Harp & 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
    Peter Vigh - Slaap hard (2008) - Soprano saxophone & marimba
    Wim Henderickx - African suite (2007) - soprano saxophone & percussion
    Nick Woud – Ridge 1 (2005) - soprano&alto saxophone & marimba

    Chamber music:

    Aart Strootman – Waterwerken – for percussion quartet in a swimming pool (2024)
    Ellen Reid
    – The Shell Trial (2024) – opera for chamber orchestra & 8 voice soloist
    Aart Strootman
    – Laatste Woorden – Bosch requiem (2023) for cello octet, 2 female voices, percussion quartet, electric guitar and bass guitar
    Dave Longstreth – Song of the earth – for large ensemble with 2 percussionists (2022)
    Mathilde Wantenaar
    – Dear professor Einstein (2022) for violin, viola, cello, bass guitar, vibraphone & mixed choir
    Remy Alexander – Robberto gaat slapen (2022) for mallet quartet
    Boris Bezemer
    – Sci-Fi kerst (2022) for mixed ensemble with marimba
    Jenni Brandon – Death valley (2021/2022) for marimba quartet
    Kirsten Soriano – Drift (2021/2022) for marimba quartet
    Dorothy Hindman – Exotic birds (2021-2022) for marimba quartet
    Nirmala Rajasekar – a skip, a hop, a jump (2021-2022) for marimba quartet
    Dolores White – Three ragtime pieces (2021-2022) for marimba quartet
    David Six
    - Mallet quartet no. 1(2020)
    Anne-Maartje Lemereis - Lumen - marimba quintet (2020)
    Sarah Neutkens - Redshift - mallet quartet (2020)
    Aart Strootman - W.A.L.L. – for microtonal marimba quartet and guitar quartet (2019)
    Aart Strootman - Shattered Canon #1 - marimba quartet (2017)
    Kate Moore - Lux Aeterna - Bosch Requiem - large ensemble with electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion & choir(2018)
    Nik Bärtsch - Camel Brain (2018) - TEMKO (just intonation)
    Kate Moore - St. Johns (2018) - TEMKO (just intonation)
    Aart Strootman - Tannhauser (2018) - TEMKO with piano
    Aart Strootman - Darkness Rises Orchestral version - TEMKO & Chamber orchestra & video (2017)
    James Wood - Kalavinka Quartet (2017) mallet quartet
    Aart Strootman - Nyctophelia (2017) - string ensemble, 3 recorders, electric guitar, bassguitar & percussion
    Anthony Fiumara – Memorial Park - Bosch Requiem - large baroque ensemble, electric guitar, bassguitar, percussion & choir (2016)
    Aart Strootman – Naipauls Wanderer – for mezzo soprano, guitar, bassguitar and vibraphone (2017)
    Aart Strootman - Darkness Rises - TEMKO & video (2015)
    Joey Roukens - In transit (2014) - string quartet & marimba/percussion
    Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk - Danse Macabre (2014) - mezzo soprano, soprano saxophone & marimba
    Hans Koolmees - Trapped (2011) - recorder quartet & marimba


    Arrangements:
    Terry Riley
    – Shri camel – for electric guitar, bass guitar & vibraphone in just intonation (2017)

  • Keiko Abe – Ancient vase
    Keiko Abe
    – Dream of the cherry blossoms
    Keiko Abe – Kazak lullaby
    Keiko Abe – Marimba d’amore
    Keiko Abe – Michi Paraphrase
    Keiko Abe – Variations on Japanese children’s songs
    Louis Andriessen – all piano pieces from ‘The memory of roses’
    Louis Andriessen – Woodpecker
    Johann Sebastian Bach – Cello, Lute & Violin solo suites, sonatas & partitas
    Jonathan Bonny – As fear is fading
    Franco Donatoni – Mari
    Jacob Druckman – Reflections on the nature of water
    Dai Fujikura – Repetition / Recollection
    Markus Halt – Marimbics
    Christos Hatzis – Fertility rites (with tape)
    Raymond Helble – Toccata fantasy
    Toshio Hosokawa – Reminiscence
    Michel Hostettler – Le champ des etoiles
    Maki Ishii – Hiten Seido III
    Peter Klatzow – Dances of earth and fire
    Emil Kuyumcuyan – Azure (with tape)
    Ton de Leeuw – Midare
    Minoru Miki – Time for marimba
    Akira Miyoshi – Ripple
    Aspasia Nasopoulou – Messenger I
    Marta Ptaszynska – Graffito
    Joseph Schwantner – Velocities
    Jo Sporck – Calderon
    Gordon Stout – Sedimental structures
    Yasuo Sueyoshi – Mirage
    Toshimitsu Tanaka – Two movements
    Andrew Thomas – Merlin
    Alejandro Vinao – Khan variations
    Joji Yuasa – Music for marimba

  • Keiko Abe - Prism Rhapsody for marimba solo / marimba duo & orchestra (1996)
    Keiko Abe - Wave Impressions II for marimba and orchestra (2014)
    Johann Sebastian Bach - all Concerto's for harpsichord and orchestra BWV 1052 t/m 1060 *
    Harrison Birtwistle - 'Panic' for drums, saxophone and orchestra (1995)
    Marcin Blazewicz - Concerto Rustico for marimba and string orchestra (2006-2007)
    Akira Ifukube - Lauda Concertata for marimba and orchestra (1976)
    Peter Klatzow - Concerto for marimba and orchestra (1985)
    James MacMillan - Veni, Veni, Emmanuel for percussion and orchestra (1992)
    Joey Roukens - Percussion Concerto for percussion and orchestra (2011)
    Aart Strootman - 'Darkness Rises' for band (electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, marimba/percussion) & chamber orchestra with film (2016)
    Michael Torke - 'Mojave' Concerto for marimba and orchestra (2011)
    Jacob ter Veldhuis - Barracuda Concerto for marimba/percussion & orchestra (2006)
    Jacob ter Veldhuis - Goldrush concerto for percussion duo and orchestra (1997/1999)

    * adaptation for 2 marimba's and orchestra by Ramon Lormans

  • Keiko Abe – Breath of the tree
    Keiko Abe – Wind across mountains
    Keiko Abe – Wind sketch
    Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia in c-moll BWV. 906 *
    Gerben van Etten – Mimic
    Tomasz Golinski – Flow
    Gerard Grisey – Stele
    Simeon ten Holt – Eadem sed aliter *
    Anna Ignatowicz-Glinka – Passacaglia
    Peter Klatzow – Ambien Resonances
    Anders Koppel – Toccata
    Ton de Leeuw – Music for marimbaphone, vibraphone and Japanese temple bells
    Gyorgi Ligeti – Hungarian Rock *
    Theo Loevendie – Kazan trilogy
    Ned McGowan – Urban Turban
    Marc Mellits – Red
    Adi Morag – Octabones
    Frank Nuyts – Give me your bunch of fives
    Andy Pape – CaDance
    Tristan Perich – Observations (with 6 channel 1-bit music)
    Steve Reich – Marimba phase
    Steve Reich – Nagoya marimbas
    Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer – Le vertigo *
    Alessandro Scarlatti – Folia d’espagne *
    Katsuhiro Tsubonoh – Fantom Fire
    Jacob ter Veldhuis – Goldrush duo
    Alejandro Vinao – Book of grooves
    Ben Wahlund – In the history of man
    Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic – Ultimatum 2

    *Adaptations by Ramon Lormans

  • Louis Andriessen – Plain Chant (soprano saxophone & marimba/vibes/tubular bells)
    Harisson Birtwistle – Pulse sampler (oboe & claves)
    Daniel Bjarnasson – Skelja (harp & percussion)
    Gerard Brophy – We Bop (alto saxophone & vibraphone)
    Gerard Brophy – The room of the saints (violin & darbuka)
    Masao Endo – Foaming eternity (cello & marimba)
    Ron Ford – Linea (baritone saxophone & marimba)
    Norio Fukushi – Silica (vibraphone & piano)
    Oene van Geel – North Adams (vibraphone & cello)
    Wim Henderickx – African suite (soprano saxophone / violin & percussion)
    Wim Henderickx – Gishora (soprano saxophone / trumpet & percussion)
    Toshi Ichiyanagi – Paganini personal (marimba & piano)
    Chikage Imai – Five for the circle (saxophones & percussion)
    Peter Klatzow – Figures in a landscape (flute & marimba)
    Barbara Kolb – Homage a Keith Jarrett & Gary Burton (flute & vibraphone)
    Christian Lauba – Dream in a bar (baritone saxophone & percussion)
    Philippe Manoury – Last (bass clarinet & marimba)
    Niels Marthinsen – Burst (saxophone & percussion)
    Askell Masson – Glacier (baritone saxophone & vibraphone)
    Ned McGowan – Urban Turban (alto saxophone & marimba)
    Peter van Onna – Geographies: Kyoto Anmintaku (alto saxophone & percussion with tape)
    Misha Sporck – Reflections (alto saxophone & marimba)
    Karlheinz Stockhausen – Nasenflugeltanz (synthesizer & percussion)
    Karlheinz Stockhausen – Saxophon (aus Jahreslauf) (soprano saxophone & bongo)
    Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontakte (piano, percussion & quadrophonic tape)
    Gordon Stout – Duo dance song (soprano saxophone & marimba)
    Toru Takemitsu – Towards the sea (alto flute & marimba)
    Kevin Volans – Walking song (flute & marimba)
    Bart de Vrees – Duo 1 (bass clarinet & percussion)
    Peter-Jan Wagemans – Ewig (piano & percussion)
    Nick Woud – Ridge 1 (soprano&alto saxophone & marimba)
    Cody Wright – Daydream (tenor saxophone, vibraphone & tape)
    Iannis Xenakis – Dmaathen (soprano saxophone & percussion)
    Akira Yuyama – Divertimento (alto saxophone & marimba)

  • John Adams – Chamber symphony (chamber ensemble)
    Louis Andriessen – Hout (electric guitar, tenor saxophone, piano, marimba)
    Louis Andriessen – Workers Union (any loud sounding group of musicians)
    George Antheil – Ballet Mechanique (4 piano’s, 9 percussionists)
    Bela Bartok – Sonata (2 pianos & 2 percussionists)
    Nik Bärtsch – Rofu (2 pianos & 2 percussionists)
    Nik Bärtsch – Mantra (2 pianos & 2 percussionists)
    Luciano Berio – Linea (2 pianos & 2 percussionists)
    Luciano Berio – Folksongs (mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, harp & 2 percussionists)
    Daniel Bjarnasson – Four seasons of Yosa Buson (harp, violin, percussion)
    Daniel Bjarnasson – Qui tollis (percussion quartet & live electronics)
    Pierre Boulez – Derive (flute, clarinet, piano, vibraphone, violin, cello)
    Theodor Burkali – Trainsport (bassoon & 2 percussionists)
    John Cage – first, second, third construction (percussion ensemble)
    Elliot Carter – Esprit Rude/Esprit doux II (flute, clarinet, marimba)
    George Crumb - Madrigals (Soprano, flute/harp/double bass & percussion)
    George Crumb – Music for a summer evening (Makrokosmos III) (2 pianos & 2 percussionists)
    Franco Donatoni – Darkness (percussion sextet)
    Franco Donatoni – Mari II (marimba quartet)
    Tan Dun – Snow in June (cello and percussion quartet)
    Henri Dutilleux – Les Citations (oboe, harpsichord, double bass & percussion)
    Morton Feldman – Four instruments (violin, cello, piano, tubular bells)
    Anthony Fiumara – Impure (flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion)
    Nodar Gabunia – Sonata (trumpet, piano, percussion)
    Phillip Glass – Music in contrary motion
    Phillip Glass – Music in piece of a square
    Phillip Glass
    – Music in similar motion
    Sofia Gubaidulina – In erwartung (saxophone quartet & percussion sextet_
    Simeon ten Holt – Canto Ostinato * (piano & mallet quartet)
    Maki Isii – Marimbastück mit zwei Schlagzeuger (marimba & percussion duo)_
    Willem Jeths – Timba (piano & percussion trio with gamelan)
    Hans Koolmees – Trapped (recorder quartet & marimba)
    David Lang – Cheating, Lying, Stealing (bass clarinet, cello, piano, 2 percussionists & electric guitar)
    Michel Laurello – Spine (prepared piano & percussion trio)
    Theo Loevendie – Six Turkish Folkpoems (mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, harp, violin, cello)
    Steve Martland
    – Starry night (string quartet & marimba)
    Marc Mellits – Gravity (mallet quartet or quintet)
    Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk – Danse Macabre (mezzo soprano, tenor saxophone & marimba)
    John Psathas – Kyoto (percussion quintet)
    Marta Ptaszynska – Enigma (clarinet, French horn, cello & marimba)
    Richard Reed Parry – Music for the heart and breath (for mixed ensemble)
    Steve Reich – 2x5
    Steve Reich – sextet
    Steve Reich – 2x6
    Steve Reich – Drumming
    Steve Reich – Mallet quartet
    Steve Reich - Music for mallet instruments, voices and organ
    Steve Reich – phase patterns
    Steve Reich – Music for 18 musicians
    Steve Reich – Six marimbas
    Terry Riley – In C
    Joey Roukens – In transit (string quartet & marimba/percussion)
    Joey Roukens – Lost in a surreal trip (violin, cello, piano, percussion)
    Stephen Rush – Rebellion (trombone, piano, percussion)
    Frederic Rzewski – Coming together (mixed setting with voice)
    Caroline Shaw – Boris Kerner (cello & flower pots)
    Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony no. 15 arr. Victor Derevianko (piano trio & percussion trio)
    Igor Stravinsky – L’histoire du soldat (clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, double bass, percussion and narrator)
    Toru Takemitsu – Rain tree (percussion trio)
    Jacob ter Veldhuis – Insomnia (soprano, accordeon, bass clarinet & percussion)
    Alexandre Voustine – Musique pour l’Ange (tenor saxophone, cello & vibraphone)
    Guo Wenjing – Drama (percussion trio)
    Julia Wolfe – Lick (soprano saxophone, piano, electric guitar, percussion, cello & double bass)
    Iannis Xenakis – Okho (percussion trio)
    Iannis Xenakis – Pleiades (percussion sextet)
    Iannis Xenakis – Persephassa (percussion sextet)