Nicholas Lens
{{short description|Belgian composer of contemporary music (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nicholas Lens
| image = N. Lens (2007-Paris).jpg
| caption = Nicholas Lens in Paris in 2007
| birth_name = Nicholas Lens Noorenbergh
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1957}}
| birth_place = Ypres, Belgium
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Composer, librettist, author
| URL = {{URL|http://www.nicholaslens.com}}
}}
Nicholas Lens Noorenbergh (born 1957) is a Belgian composer of contemporary music, particularly known for his operas.{{cite web |url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/nicholas-lens/ |title=Nicholas Lens – Profile |publisher=Schott-music.com |date=1957-11-14 |access-date=2015-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131022183656/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/nicholas-lens/ |archive-date=22 October 2013 }}{{cite web | title=Nicholas Lens – Mute Song | website=Mute Song | url=http://mutesong.com/writers/nicholas-lens/ | access-date=21 September 2024}} His work is published by Schott Music and Mute Song[http://mutesong.com/writers/nicholas-lens/] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430091155/http://mutesong.com/writers/nicholas-lens/ |date=30 April 2014 }} and distributed by Universal Music Group and Sony BMG. In 2020 Nicholas Lens signed with Deutsche Grammophon.
Lens lives alternately in Brussels and Venice.https://www.bruzz.be/culture/music/nicholas-lens-aan-de-opera-met-nick-cave-2014-10-21 He has one daughter, the Berlin-based painter Clara-Lane Lens{{Cite web|url=https://www.bruzz.be/en/culture/art-books/masks-clara-lane-lens-reveals-her-take-corona-crisis-2020-06-24|title=Masks off: Clara-Lane Lens reveals her take on the corona crisis}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-nicholas-lens-nick-cave-12128|title=L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave}}
Works
=Operas=
- Is this the gate?,{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/is-this-the-gate/ |title=Is this the gate? |website=adelaidefestival.com.au |access-date=2023-11-04}} chamber opera with libretto by J. M. Coetzee, world premiere at Adelaide Festival, Australia 2024
- L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, trance-minimal chamber opera with libretto by Nick Cave, written and produced by Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave, release by Deutsche Grammophon 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-nicholas-lens-nick-cave-12128/insights|title = L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave – Insights}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/nick-cave-teams-up-with-composer-nicholas-lens-for-lockdown-opera-l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-2777504|title = Nick Cave teams up with composer Nicholas Lens for "lockdown opera" 'L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S'|website = NME|date = 8 October 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/nick-cave-nicholas-lens-collaborate-160534870.html|title=Nick Cave and Nicholas Lens Collaborate on New Opera L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S|date=9 October 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/il-4-dicembre-uscira-la-lockdown-opera-di-nick-cave/534553/|title=Il 4 dicembre uscirà la "lockdown opera" di Nick Cave | Rolling Stone Itali"|date=9 October 2020}}
- Shell Shock, opera with libretto by Nick Cave, world premiere on 24 October 2014 at the Royal Opera House La Monnaie{{cite web|url=http://www.lamonnaie.be/en/421/421/ |title=La Monnaie ¦ De Munt |publisher=Lamonnaie.be |access-date=2015-05-15}}{{cite web|url=http://louderthanwar.com/nick-cave-has-written-an-opera-shell-shock-premiere-in-october/ |title=Nick Cave Has Written An Opera 'Shell Shock' To Premiere in October |publisher=Louderthanwar.com |date=2014-03-20 |access-date=2015-05-15}}{{cite web |url=http://theartserver.org/persberichten/2014/03/21/nick-cave-en-nicholas-lens-creren-opera-shell-shock/ |title=Nick Cave en Nicholas Lens creëren opera 'Shell Shock' |publisher=Theartserver.org |date=2014-03-21 |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213015503/http://theartserver.org/persberichten/2014/03/21/nick-cave-en-nicholas-lens-creren-opera-shell-shock/ |archive-date=13 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.dieburger.com/vermaak/2014-04-08-cave-en-lens-skep-opera-oor-woi |title=Cave en Lens skep opera oor WOI |publisher=Dieburger.com |date=2014-04-08 |access-date=2015-05-15}}
- Slow Man,{{cite web|url=http://thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/104668,JM-Coetzee-opera-to-have-world-premiere-in-Poznan |title=J.M. Coetzee opera to have world premiere in Poznan – Thenews.pl :: News from Poland |publisher=Thenews.pl |access-date=2015-05-15}}[http://classicfeel.co.za/2012/11/a-certain-age-j-m-coetzee/] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105104934/http://classicfeel.co.za/2012/11/a-certain-age-j-m-coetzee/ |date=5 November 2013 }} opera with libretto by J. M. Coetzee based on his novel Slow Man,{{cite web|url=http://www.empik.com/zwykly-czlowiek-rozmowa-z-nicholasem-lensem-wywiady-empikultura,87136,a |title=Zwykły człowiek – rozmowa z Nicholasem Lensem – Wywiady |language=pl |publisher=Empik.com |access-date=2015-05-15}} world premiere on 5 July 2012 at the Malta Festival, Grand Theatre, PoznańRoszak, Joanna (July 2012). [http://www.biweekly.pl/article/3800-and-we-break-down-ourselves.html "And We Break Down Ourselves"] Bi-Weekly, Polish National Audiovisual InstituteDerkaczew, Joanna (11 July 2012). [http://wyborcza.pl/1,75475,12106151,_Slow_Man____Coetzee_w_operze__Jak_gasnie_czlowiek.html#ixzz2jhOObeg4 "'Slow Man' – Coetzee w operze. Jak gaśnie człowiek"]. Gazeta Wyborcza.{{cite web|url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2011/08/29/jm-coetzee-writes-libretto-for-slow-man-the-opera/ |title=JM Coetzee Writes Libretto for Slow Man – The Opera |publisher=Bookslive.co.za |access-date=2015-05-15}}{{cite web|url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/07/06/multimedia-slow-man-the-opera-premiers-in-poland-plus-honorary-doctorate-for-coetzee/ |title=Multimedia: Slow Man the Opera Premiers in Poland (Plus: Honorary Doctorate for Coetzee) |publisher=Booklive.co.za |access-date=2015-05-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/nieuwsbericht/J.M.-Coetzee-op-de-planken-N100.php |title=Uitgeverij Cossee :: Nieuwsbericht :: J.M. Coetzee op de planken |publisher=Uitgeverijcossee.nl |date=2011-04-13 |access-date=2015-05-15}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jmcoetzee.nl/nieuws-016-operaversie.asp |title=J.M. Coetzee – nieuws |publisher=Jmcoetzee.nl |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213224706/http://www.jmcoetzee.nl/nieuws-016-operaversie.asp |archive-date=13 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lepszypoznan.pl/2012/06/20/znany-noblista-odwiedzi-poznan.html |title=Znany noblista odwiedzi Poznań | Lepszy Poznań – informacje z Twojego fyrtla |publisher=Lepszypoznan.pl |date=2012-06-20 |access-date=2015-05-15}}
=Vocal and chamber music=
- The Puppet Designer (Der Bashafer fun Marionetn) for baritone and chamber orchestra, live performance at UNESCO (The Power of Culture, Festival 18 June 1996), published by Schott Music 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/9/show,234687.html |title=Shop – Nicholas Lens – The Puppet Designer |publisher=Schott-music.com |date=1996-06-18 |access-date=2015-05-15}}
- Wired, theatrical chamber music for harp and soprano, premiered at Beijing, China on 5 December 2006.
- The trilogy The Accacha Chronicles (2005),{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/mar05/Lens_82876662392.htm |title=LENS Accacha Chronicles BMG CLASSICS 82876 66239 2 [MC]: Classical CD Reviews- March 2005 MusicWeb-International |publisher=Musicweb-international.com |access-date=2015-05-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tunecore.com/music/nicholaslens |title=Nicholas Lens |publisher=TuneCore.com |access-date=2015-05-15}} for soprano, tenor, countertenor, mezzo-soprano, baritone, bass, male actor, small choir, mixed choir and chamber orchestra, Sony BMG 82876 66239 2, published by Schott Music{{cite web|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/cover-story-greatest-albums-you-never-heard-of/article_85d3cf20-f93b-5d40-b4c7-17b267d351f0.html |title=Cover Story: 100 Greatest Albums you never heard of – Tulsa World: Archives |publisher=Tulsaworld.com |date=1999-12-31 |access-date=2015-05-15}}
- # Flamma Flamma – The Fire Requiem (1994), Sony Classical SK 66293Time Magazine (1995). [https://web.archive.org/web/20000817094129/http://www.time.com/time/international/1995/951009/sightings.html "MEMENTO MORI"]. 'Time Inc, 1995', Retrieved on 23 February 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.noosfere.com/icarus/livres/niourf.asp?numlivre=2146576516 |title=Flammagories, hommage à Nicholas Lens – ANTHOLOGIE – Fiche livre – Critiques – Adaptations |publisher=nooSFere.com |date=2010-03-21 |access-date=2015-05-15}}
- # Terra Terra – The Aquarius Era (1999), BMG Classics 74321 697182
- # Amor Aeternus – Hymns of Love (2005), Sony BMG 82876 66238 2
- Orrori dell'Amore (1995) for soprano, baritone, counter tenor and chamber orchestra, CD release on Sony Classical (SK 62016), published by Schott Music.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmkrant.nl/_titelindex_M/4063 |title=De Filmkrant :: Marie Antoinette Is Niet Dood |publisher=Filmkrant|date= 9 December 2010|access-date=2015-05-15}}
=Study books=
- 100 Etudes, Exercises and Simple Tonal Phrases for Piano (Volume I and volume II), published by Schott Music.{{Cite web|url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/100-etudes-exercices-et-phrases-tonales-simples-noq41647.html|title = 100 etudes, exercises and simple tonal phrases}}
- Venticinque Movimenti per Contrabbasso solo (25 Movements for solo double bass), published by Schott Music.{{Cite web|url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/venticinque-movimenti-no355673.html|title = 25 Movements}}
=Films and film scores=
- The film (22 min.) Love Is the Only Master I'll Serve, premiered at the Brooklyn International Film Festival New York, June 2006, directing, script and music score{{cite web|url=http://www.wbff.org/films/detail.asp?fid=607 |title=LOVE IS THE ONLY MASTER I'LL SERVE by Nicholas Lens – Experimental Film @ Brooklyn Film Festival |publisher=Wbff.org |access-date=2015-05-15}}
- The soundtrack of Mein erstes Wunder, a film by Anne Wild, world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival, 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.meinersteswunder.de |title=Mein erstes Wunder |publisher=Meinersteswunder.de |access-date=2015-05-15}}
- The soundtrack of ‘'Marie Antoinette is niet dood'’, a film by Irma Achten, world premiere at Rotterdam International Film Festival, 1996{{cite web|title=Marie Antoinette is niet dood|website=Filmkrant| date=9 December 2010|url=https://filmkrant.nl/recensies/marie-antoinette-is-niet-dood/|language=nl|access-date=21 September 2024}}
=Novel publication=
Nicholas Lens is the author of the novel (Dutch language) called Het bed van lucht released by Borgerhoff & Lamberights.{{cite web|url=https://focus.knack.be/meer/boeken-strips/drie-vragen-aan-nicholas-lens-het-creatieproces-is-voor-mij-het-machtigste-wat-bestaat/ |title=Drie vragen aan Nicholas Lens: ‘Het creatieproces is voor mij het machtigste wat bestaat’ |website=focus.knack.be |access-date=2025-03-21}}
==Artistic residencies==
- Academia Belgica, Rome 1 September 2021 – 31 January 2022{{cite web | url=https://www.academiabelgica.it/newsletter-07-2021 | title=Newsletter Luglio 2021 | Academiabelgica.it }}
- Geneva, Vandoeuvres, Fondation JAT - M.M., 6 residencies in 2023, 2024, 2025https://maisonsmainou.ch/residents2024.html
- Chang Mai, artistic residency at Prem Tinsulanonda - patronized by Mom Luang Tridhosyuth Devakul -, 2023 https://artistresidencythailand.com/
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nicholaslens.com}}
- {{cite web | title=Nicholas Lens | website=Schott Music | url=https://www.schott-music.com/de/person/nicholas-lens | language=de | ref={{sfnref|Schott Music}} | access-date=21 September 2024}}
- {{cite web | title=Nicholas Lens – Mute Song | website=Mute Song | url=http://mutesong.com/writers/nicholas-lens/ | access-date=21 September 2024}}
- {{IMDb name|0502203}}
- {{cite web | last=Reilly | first=Nick | title=Nick Cave teams up with composer Nicholas Lens for "lockdown opera" 'L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S' | website=NME | date=8 October 2020 | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/nick-cave-teams-up-with-composer-nicholas-lens-for-lockdown-opera-l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-2776635 | access-date=21 September 2024}}
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