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Douwe Eisenga

After a short career in pop music, Douwe Eisenga studied composition at the Conservatory in Groningen (NL). Firmly shaken by all sorts of contemporary composing techniques, it took a while until Eisenga found his own sound after his study. Around 2001 this own musical language developed rapidly, which resulted in the chamberopera Kabaal, the large-scale Requiem and the premiere of his Piano Concerto in Yokohama, Japan. He worked with the writer David Mitchell for the project Cloud Atlas, and with theatre company Schweigman+ for the danceperformance Wiek. Since 2010 his music attained more and more attention worldwide

The Border

By Douwe Eisenga

Label: V2 Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: At The Coast; Encounter; Perfect Picture; The Voyage; Here; Coming Back; Drifted Ashore; The Border; Confrontation; Departure

Poetry of a City

By Douwe Eisenga

Label: Butler Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Have I not Tried; Elements; Always the Sea; Suddenly he Sang; Zilverspa for Piano; Evening; Posters; If I Were Made of Glass.

Douwe Eisenga: Poetry of a City

by James Fleming
September 21, 2023

Poetry of a City begins with the gentle, rolling arpeggios of “Have I Not Tried." Douwe Eisenga's triplets stretch the tension in the chord out across the beat. The melody is played in double stops to add weight to the rhythm's swing. A violin enters, far below the piano, drawing out long, mournful notes. The chord ...

Douwe Eisenga: The Border

by James Fleming
January 15, 2023

The brass section on The Border's opening track, “At The Coast," tolls like a foghorn through its two-note riff, pauses, then returns, pierced this time by a synthesizer's shimmering. Douwe Eisenga's piano does not make an appearance until the second track, “Encounter." He rolls through an arpeggio, changing just one note every bar to transform the ...

Open

Label: V2 Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Left Out I; Time Diggers; Bruno; Theme I - Version 2019; Walk; Searching; Slow Dance; Left Out II; Jump

Douwe Eisenga: Open

by James Fleming
November 3, 2021

Douwe Eisenga's riffs cycle around slight, subtle variations, echoing through the space of the studio. His right hand on “Left Out I," the opening piece, explores the possibilities his left hand opens up for it: two riffs on the left; chiming melodies on the right. “Bruno" feels like it has always been here, moving along a ...

For Mattia

By Douwe Eisenga

Label: Trptk
Released: 2019
Track listing: For Mattia; Summit; The Opposite; Gentleman; Julia; Pendulum Waves; The Cooper; Carried Away; On The Edge.

Douwe Eisenga: For Mattia

by James Fleming
June 12, 2019

The music on Douwe Eisenga's For Mattia flows like a ballet dancer's movements. Its nine songs, all solo piano compositions, glitter with a lyricism many vocalists cannot manage. As if Eisenga is playing with light as well as melody. Weaving the two about each other like threads of sound and aether. This is a ...