Projects
On going projects:
-Spanish Memocratic Memory
-Legacy of composer Wim Henderickx
-The Rotterdam Music Route during the Day of the composer
Spanish democratic memory
We contributed to the creation of this very necessary documentary Spanish documentary "El ADN de la Memoria" (The DNA of Memory) for which we recorded the music written by Saskia Venegas.The documentyary will have it's premiere on the 2nd of November 2023 This production by Recuerdo y Dignidad is centered on unfolding the inheritance of grief caused by the traumas created during the Francoist Spanish regime.
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Composition, violin and voice Saskia Venegas
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Bass clarinet: Mayuko Takeda
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Flute: Carmen Terol
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Piano: Panos Gklistis
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Percussion: Robin Eggers
Spain's Silenced voices
On the 1st of July 2019 Saskia Venegas I was invited to Spanish National tv station, RTVE
“La hora cultural” to speak about the project Spain's Silenced Voices.
Spain's Silenced Voices​
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This project aims to commemorate the memory of Spanish composers who suffered the consequences of Francoist repression. During a period of two years Saskia Venegas, our artistic director, began a research through various archives in throughout Spain and south of France, unearthing the works of several composers whose lives and artistic contributions were cut short from the cultural activity of the Iberian Peninsula and condemned to oblivion.
With this project Venegas along with Ensemble Oihua,wants to contribute in keeping the dialogue alive and reinforcing the work of those who strive to bring to light the hidden stories that Spain conceals.
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Spain's Silenced Voice features works by:
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Rosa García Ascot,
Jesús Bal y Gay,
Salvador Bacarisse,
Antonio José,
Fernando Remacha,
José de Uruñuela,
Roberto Gerhard,
The program concludes with the composition, "A veces, el Silencio es la peor mentira" (Sometimes silence is the biggest lie) writen by Venegas in 2018 (with a title that quotes Miguel de Unamuno), which critiques the political, social, and historical silence that plagues Spain and programmatically describes the inhuman proportions, dark history, and questionable function of the Valley of the Fallen.
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This project had it's premiere at XIII Semana de la Memoria Histórica y de los derechos humanos Giulia Tamayo (Week of Democratic Memory and Human Rights, Gilulia Tamayo) in Soria (Spain). in 2020 the Spanish Ministry of Justice invited Saskia Venegas to present her research on music by Spanish oppressed composers. She programmed Los Silenciados at the closing ceremony of the exhibition "1939: Spanish Republican Exile," performed by Ensemble Oihua.
Saskia Venegas speaking about the project Spain's Silenced Voices in local tv of the region of Soria.
Wim Henderickx musical legacy
Wim Henderickx (Lier, 17 March 1962 – Antwerp, 18 December 2022)
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Composer Wim Henderickx was a visionary artist whose music, mentorship, and presence left a deep imprint on all of us at Ensemble Oihua. Since his passing, we have organized several concerts featuring his work, and he has become the most frequently performed composer in our repertoire.
His boundless creativity and generous spirit continue to guide and inspire our artistic journey.
We are currently gathering material to honor his memory and to share more about our connection with him. A list of the works we have performed will be added soon.
For now, we invite you to visit his website to explore his music and legacy:
The Rotterdam Music-Route
during the Day of the Composer
More information on this project
will follow up soon!
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