DOMNIQ

Dominique Vleeshouwers, known professionally as DOMNIQ, is a virtuoso Dutch percussionist who combines solo performances with innovative projects and collaborations with dancers, artists, and writers, moving easily between classical, world and new music. Ceaselessly creative and curious, he has researched drumming traditions around the world and brought elements into his own performance and compositions.

As a soloist, DOMNIQ has performed a wide range of concertos, including Daniel Wohl’s Uncanny Valley with South Netherlands Philharmonic (and upcoming at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam), Daniel Bjarnason’s Inferno with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Eotvos’ Speaking Drums with Orchestre Métropolitain, Castile and León Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra and São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, and Fazil Say’s Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra with Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

He recently produced and released A New Dawn, an album of his own compositions, on CD and streaming platforms, with a limited-edition EP to be released soon. Its music is the basis of A New Dawn: Part II, a theatre production created with director Peter Leung and featuring breakdancer REDO, which translates the personal journeys of DOMNIQ and REDO into movement, light and sound. He performed it at Wonderfeel and Down the Rabbit Hole festivals, and this season brings it to Paleis Het Loo.

His current projects include OK AI, an innovative, immersive audiovisual travel installation that invites diverse communities to create music and visuals together. Designed to create connection, it also supports educational programmes, expanding outreach and engagement. Another upcoming project is Philip Glass in Concert, which presents a new interpretation of Glass’s Aguas da Amazonia.