Lieke van der Voort
Dutch composer and vocalist Lieke van der Voort’s work have been described as having “rare dramatic intensity”, “a strong signature” and “a voice that is important within the new generation of composers”. She focuses heavily on improvisation and unconventional vocal use and her roots lie in combining jazz, new music, electronics and all aspects of the human voice. Lieke frequently uses her own text in her pieces, confronting the emotional-psychological impact of ongoing social issues.
She has been commissioned by Soundstreams, Continuum Contemporary Music, Jumblies Theatre, Cheryl Duvall, Émilie Girard-Charest, Amplified Opera, Thin Edge New Music Collective, junctQín keyboard collective and others.
Her voice can be heard in ensemble The Band Named Crow. She is also featured on Veryan Weston’s “Make”; Schafer’s “Apocalypsis”; soundtracks of movies “The VVitch”, “Clara”, Tumbbad and “In the Tall Grass” and various Tanya Tagaq shows with Christine Duncan's Element Choir. Lieke also leads and vocalizes in Kontraband Kollektif, an art music collective, with its debut EP “Atropos” having been released in January 2018.
Lieke was selected as a composer for Toronto Creative Music Lab 2017, Soundstreams Emerging Composer Workshop 2018 (under the mentorship of David Lang and James Rolfe), PIVOT 2018/19 (under the mentorship of Juliet Palmer) and participated at Banff’s International Workshop in Jazz and Creative music, where she studied under the guidance of Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey and Okkyung Lee. Her works have been supported by Toronta Arts Council, Canada Council of the Arts and Ontario Arts Council.
She has been commissioned by Soundstreams, Continuum Contemporary Music, Jumblies Theatre, Cheryl Duvall, Émilie Girard-Charest, Amplified Opera, Thin Edge New Music Collective, junctQín keyboard collective and others.
Her voice can be heard in ensemble The Band Named Crow. She is also featured on Veryan Weston’s “Make”; Schafer’s “Apocalypsis”; soundtracks of movies “The VVitch”, “Clara”, Tumbbad and “In the Tall Grass” and various Tanya Tagaq shows with Christine Duncan's Element Choir. Lieke also leads and vocalizes in Kontraband Kollektif, an art music collective, with its debut EP “Atropos” having been released in January 2018.
Lieke was selected as a composer for Toronto Creative Music Lab 2017, Soundstreams Emerging Composer Workshop 2018 (under the mentorship of David Lang and James Rolfe), PIVOT 2018/19 (under the mentorship of Juliet Palmer) and participated at Banff’s International Workshop in Jazz and Creative music, where she studied under the guidance of Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey and Okkyung Lee. Her works have been supported by Toronta Arts Council, Canada Council of the Arts and Ontario Arts Council.