SPELLTOWN 2
MARIELLE GROVEN, MARC NUKOOP, DONIA JOURABCHI, New Emergences
THURSDAY 05 June 2025, 20:00CET
GROND – Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / solidarity €7 – available at the door or Online
Spelltown is NE’s new concert series, a gathering for experimentation and improvisation. In this series we aim at stimulating the invited artists to explore new musical expressions and/or form new collaborations. Each event closes with an improvisation set where artists and (some of) the NE members meet altogether on stage.
For a second time, Spelltown is taking place at GROND, a collective and performance venue in Amsterdam Oost. For this evening, in collaboration with several GROND members, we invited the electronic music performer Donia Jourabchi, the multi-instrumentalist and composer Marielle Groven, and the sound & movement artist Marc Nukoop.
On stage with them the NEs Dan Gibson, Anne Wellmer, Semay Wu, and Fani Konstantinidou.
About the artists
Marielle Groven, Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer, has been based in Amsterdam since 2019. She performs on violin, piano and pipe organ and composes for various ensembles.
Her composed music foregrounds the beauty and complexity of raw sound roughly hewn. Her scores are handmade, using a very personal style of notation with graphic elements.
For Spelltown, she brings her violin and solo improvising talents, inspired by Amsterdam’s international free improvised music scene. In this she has developed a personal approach embracing her musical roots in Atlantic Canada and her background in experimental music. Lately she is experimenting with amplification.
*Photo by Aaron Lumley
Donia Jourabchi is a sound artist whose work explores the relationship between body, space, and sound. She engages in sound art, experimental music, and listening practices, with a focus on spatial sound and site-specific projects. Through her sound explorations, she examines how listening shapes both spaces and communities.
Marc Nukoop is a sound & movement artist, composer, and improviser. Among others, he works as a theater-maker, choreographer, and as an independent music performer. He is member of GROND and one of the initiators of the GROND Improvisers Group where he brings joy and inspiration with his creative and energetic spirit.
Marc Nukoop 
Donia Jourabchi