Wrengill Resonances

Presentation of a new sound work by Justin Bennett using Groupe de Recherches Musicales’s Acousmonium sound system at Amare, Den Haag
07/03/2026, 16h

Concert in Den Haag with works by Justin Bennett, Beatriz Ferreyra, Gabriel Paiuk, and Éliane Radigue as part of a 3-day festival using the famous Acousmonium loudspeaker orchestra of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris (GRM). The Acousmonium system consists of a large number of specially designed loudspeakers which allow the artist to ‘perform’ their sound pieces while exploiting the spatial possibilities of the system.

Justin Bennett’s work Wrengill Resonances is part of the project A Heap of Stones exploring the geology and history of landscapes in northern England.

The Institute of Sonology and the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris (GRM) are among the few institutes whose history extends in an uninterrupted line back to the early years of electronic music and musique concrète. Despite the initially large differences in theoretical and aesthetic principles, mutual respect has always been strong. On the initiative of then GRM director Daniel Teruggi, a partnership with the Institute of Sonology was established in 2009 that has led to cooperation in organising concerts and symposia on several occasions.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Royal Conservatoire The Hague and to celebrate that the Institute of Sonology has been part of the Royal Conservatoire for 40 years, GRM will visit The Hague with its Acousmonium from 5 to 7 March 2026. In a series of concerts in the Conservatoriumzaal, works by teachers, students and alumni of the Institute of Sonology, as well as classics from the GRM repertoire, will be spatially performed on this extensive loudspeaker system.

Practical

Institute of Sonology
Conservatoriumzaal Amare
Spuiplein 150
2511 DG The Hague

Admission for these concerts is free, but registration is required. Tickets can be reserved here soon.