Filosofie Magazine: 4 Vragen aan Joris Roelofs (2021)

Filosofie Magazine 2021 4 Vragen aan Joris Roelofs

De Belofte van het Moment: Improviseren in Woord en Klank (2024)

Roelofs 2024 De Belofte van het Moment Muziek Zit Tussen Je Oren

Veilige Inclusie voor Allen en Niemand (2022)

Rekto:Verso (97). 29 November 2022.

Journal Article: “To Lie Beyond Good & Evil: A Musical Question of Truth” (2020)

Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 82, no.1 (May 2020): 57–92. Doi: 10.2143/TVF.82.1.0000000. Peer-reviewed article on Nietzsche, truth, and improvisation. Language: Dutch (draft in English). Click here for a link to the PDF. Keywords: Nietzsche, truth, lies, footing, correctness, art, music, improvisation. Summary: To Lie Beyond Good and Evil: A Musical Question of Truth (Joris Roelofs) In this article, […]

Opiniestuk in De Volkskrant (12 januari 2022)

Pascal Gielen en ik over de politieke waarde van muziek. Klik hier om te lezen.

Nietzsche als Improvisator (2022)

Hollands Maandblad (July 2022). Essay on Nietzsche’s perspective on improvisation in poetry, in music, and in life. Click here to read.

Opiniestuk in De Volkskrant (8 november 2021)

Opiniestuk over het identiteitsactivisme, en de beperkte opvatting van achterstelling en rechtvaardigheid die daar vanuit gaat. Klik hier om te lezen.

Short Essay on Nietzsche and Music (2020)

As part of the Rope Dance booklet (see Store). Click here to read. All the words in italics refer to the title tracks on Rope Dance.

Kurzes Essay über Nietzsche und die Musik (Deutsch, 2020)

As part of the Rope Dance booklet (see Store). Click here to read. All the words in italics refer to the title tracks on Rope Dance.

Petit Essai sur Nietzsche et la Musique (Francais, 2020)

As part of the Rope Dance booklet (see Store). All words in italics refer to the title tracks of that album. Click here to read.

Opiniestuk in De Volkskrant (5 mei 2021)

Over de spanning tussen vrijheid en veiligheid. Klik hier om te lezen.

Opinion Article in De Volkskrant (22 December 2020)

In response to the removal of Erik Kessels’ artwork Destroy my Face from a Dutch photo festival, I wrote this article on cancel culture, drawing from Isaiah Berlin’s thought. Click here to read (Dutch only).

Nietzsche’s Muses: Solo Bass Clarinet

In this lecture-concert, I play improvised versions of compositions that are all related to Nietzsche: Beethoven, Strauss, Wagner, Mahler, Bizet. In between, I elaborate on these composers and their connection to Nietzsche.

Master Course: Freedom and Improvisation (Conservatory of Amsterdam)

Freedom is key to improvisation. Jazz music, in particular, lends itself to freedom of form, of imagination, of expression. But freedom is a porous concept, subject to diverse and even conflicting interpretations. In this course, we will reflect on the interplay between freedom and improvisation. Together, we’ll explore the following questions: What is freedom? Does freedom have […]

Lecture: Nietzsche’s Muses: An Examination of Nietzsche’s Philosophy as it Relates to Music and Dance

Language: German or English. This lecture elaborates on Nietzsche‘s ideas of identity, freedom, and creativity and connects these ideas to the world of music. I examine Nietzsche‘s relationship to Richard Wagner and his music, Nietzsche‘s studies on rhythm, as well as his own ambitions as a composer. I also discuss Nietzsche’s relationship to improvisation: he was an excellent improviser himself. The lecture includes audio […]

Essay: Plato, Pluto en The Ninth Planet (Dutch)

Here’s an article that I wrote on Plato, Pluto and The Ninth Planet (in Dutch)

De Dubbele Beweging (2014)

This is an article I wrote for Jazz Bulletin (in Dutch!)