09-12-2011
On the 9th of December the moment has finally arrived: the new Percossa show KO has its first try-out in Westlandtheater De Naald in Naaldwijk. It may take your breath away...

04-10-2011
Finally. Percossa starts on their 10 day-tour to Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovenia. Unfortunately Belgrade dropped out but Szombathely (Hungary) was added.

24-09-2011
Readers of the Dutch specialist percussion magazine De Slagwerkkrant voted Percossa 'Best Percussion Group of the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg). Year after year Percossa rose closer to the #1 position finally grabbing it this year. René, Janwillem, Niels and Eric are very proud and thank the readers for their vote.

15-06-2011
Percossa will open the renowned Edison Classical Gala 2011. The venue is the famous Kurhaus in Scheveningen, where the winners of the Edisons 2011 will perform. Among them is life achievement winner conductor and master pianist Daniël Barenboim. On national television on Sunday 19 June, Channel 2 at 21:05.

14-04-2011
After playing in collaboration with Circle Percussion during the TV-event Netherlands help Japan on April 13, Percossa will also appear in the opening of Dancing on Ice: The Final on Dutch television channel SBS6. Friday April 15, 20:30, SBS6

16-01-2011
After completing the dutch tour of 'Ten Years off the Streets', Percossa made the trip down to Slovenia for an exclusive show during the Bumfest in Zalec. It turned to be an amazing experience. Beautiful country, heartwarming reception and a great audience. In short: a big succes!

10-01-2011
It's a shame, but the last performance of "10 Years off the Streets" is done. Of course, percossa is not going to slow down; there simply isn't time for that! The group is being pulled abroad. Slovenia and Budapest are first. After that, on the 5th of February, a show specially for children, The Case Brothers, will premiere in The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Then, in March, it's off to Budapest again and later in the year Croatia, Paris and London are in the cards. Dutch Percossa fans can look forward to the new show, again directed bij Karel de Rooij, starting early 2012.

15-10-2010
In August Percossa member Eric broke his foot during a performance. Therefor Percossa had to cancel and reschedule the shows in September. Now that foot is as good as new and the group has started touring.

03-03-2010
With Itzik Galili, Percossa created A Linha Curva. This piece was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production in London. The Laurence Olivier Awards are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre and are awarded to recognise excellence in professional theatre. Named after the renowned British actor Laurence Olivier and commonly known simply as the Olivier Awards, they are given for West End shows and other productions staged in London. The Olivier Awards are recognised internationally as the highest honour in British theatre and are considered to be the theatre industry equivalent of the BAFTA Awards for television and film; in terms of theatre, they are the British equivalent of Broadway's Tony Awards. The Olivier Awards will take place on the 21st of March 2010

15-02-2010
The Netherlands are not only represented as a sporting nation in Vancouver, but also play an important role during the Olympic Cultural Festival. Percossa themselves aren't in Canada but their music was played during a performance of the ballet Hikarizatto by The Royal Winnipeg Ballet at the Olympic Ballet Gala.

"Take two of Canada’s finest ballet companies and create a once-in-a-lifetime Olympic gala featuring two separate presentations. The National Ballet of Canada will perform choreographer Marie Chouinard’s startlingly beautiful 24 Preludes by Chopin, evoking passion, introspection and rebellion with every step, while the Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents Itzik Galili’s trademark off-balance, hyper-kinetic movement, accompanied by rhythmic drumming, in Hikarizatto."
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21-01-2010
Itzik Galili's ballet A Linha Curva, with music composed by Percossa, is nominated for the UK Dance Awards in the category Best Choreography

21-01-2010
In the beginning of january, Percossa performed a special program for the new citizens of the Netherlands. People from all over the world witnessed a spectaculair show, containing various styles and acts.

21-01-2010
On the 29th of january, the National Dance Company of Wales will premiere a new ballet by Itzik Galili. Ones again, Itzik asked Percossa to compose the music for the new ballet. After the premiere the ballet will be performed all over Europe by the Nationale Dance Company and Dancegroup Amsterdam

01-06-2009
The unique collaboration between Percossa and Dansgroep Amsterdam was a great succes. More than 2000 visitors witnessed the daring choreography on the glass roof. Percossa acompanied the dancers with their newest balletcomposition.

01-05-2009
It started with an amazing workshop in the afternoon, but resulted in a huge party in the evening. Percossa was asked to perform at the European Youth Music Festival in Neerpelt. To make the performance even more exciting, Percossa invited 80 musicians from all over the world to play with them on stage. They used the afternoon to prepare two pieces: samba and streetpercussion. The concert in the evening was a great succes: 2500 visitors listened, sang, clapped, shouted and danced to the music of Percossa.

09-04-2009
At Sonnenborgh - museum & observatory you’ll feel the contrast of celestial and underground atmospheres thanks to the special cooperation between the percussion group Percossa and the Dancegroup Amsterdam.

09-02-2009
The 12th of February 2009 will be a busy day in the media for Percossa; first of all an internet broadcast featuring the group will air on spektakeltv.nl. The same night Percossa will be live on 'Babbels' on Zaanradio.

12-12-2008
In honour of the new Martini Hospital in Groningen, the four men of Percossa performed the spectacular piece Drum Machinery from their latest show.

08-12-2008
Percossa performed in the Schouwburg in Groningen at the farewell gala for Itzik Galili. He is leaving Galili Dance/NND. It was a beautiful programme of which Percossa filled big chunk. One part consisted of their own repetoire, in an other part they accompanied the dancers in Galili's ballet 'For Heaven's Sake'.

24-11-2008
Santa Says: Cut it!, a ballet by Uri Ivgy and Johan Greben with music by Percossa receives a rerun by the Ballet of the National Theatre in Prague. The piece premiered in June 2008.
Performance dates:
Nov 11 2008
Apr 09 2009
Apr 11 2009 (14:00)
Apr 11 2009 (19:00)
Apr 23 2009 (14:00)
Apr 23 2009 (19:00)
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11-11-2008
Clik on the link for Percossa's performance and interview at Radio Rijnmond

27-10-2008
The long awaited premiere of "10 Years off the Streets" finally took place at the Leiden Theatre (Hollands oldest theatre, founded 1705). More and more people are starting to realise that Percossa is so much more then a percussion group; with this new show, directed by Karel de Rooij and Hans Minnaert, the group comfortably enters the ranks of top entertainment. The papers hail Percossa's "clockwork ensemble playing", the show elements and "the irresistible energy that radiates from the stage".

15-10-2008
Finally, Percossa's new show has started touring. The men are still in the Try-out process and with the demanding directors Karel de Rooij and Hans Minnaert the show is still being clipped, formed, extended to bring it to perfection. One thing is clear; it is going to be an absolute blast!

13-10-2008
Recently Percossa played their praised Kitchen-act with Cesar Zuiderwijk in the cooking section of the world's most famous department store; Harrod's of London. The theatre savvy audiences of 'theatre city' London applauded the performance of the five friends enthousiastically.

22-09-2008
Recently Percossa played in Schweinfurt in Germany during the "Nachsommer 2008" Festival. Although the four men thought they'd seen it all in Taiwan as far as public appreciation goes, they were surprised by the reception in Schweinfurt. Getting ready to go to the foyer to sell DVD's they found the German audience still shouting for more. Somewhat bewildered they played a second encore, thus capturing the hearts of all present.

15-06-2008
The latest choreography of Ivgy and Greben, Santa Says Cut It!, has premiered on the 14th of June in the National Theatre of Prague. The choreographers invited Percossa to compose the music for this 40 minute ballet. The four men of Percossa where flown in to attend the premiere. The physically demanding choreography, combined with the percussive music was received extremely well by the classical ballet-audience of Prague. Santa Says Cut It! will be performed ten times in June and October.

06-06-2008
Dutch percussion group Percossa is back in Holland from Taiwan. The drummers played their show "From Holland" in the huge national Concert Hall in Taipei and in the Performing Arts Hall in Tainan after being invited by TIPC (Taipei International Percussion Convention). Both concerts were incredibly successful. Afterwards, hundreds of Taiwanese fans queued up for autographs and photo's with the four players. Some even offered their mobile phone to be autographed. The autograph session lasting already over an hour, it had to be stopped and hundreds of fans had to return home without autographs. The concert were part of one of the biggest international percussion conventions in the world. Percossa did not only meet approval from the Taiwanese audiences, collegues attending were also full of praise. Among them some important names like Percussions de Stasbourg, keiko Abe, Emmanuel Séjourné, Gary Cook and Steve Houghton (President and President-elect of the Percussive Arts Society from the US). The Percussive Arts Society (PAS) invites Percossa to apply for their own international convention, PASIC, in 2009. Talks are being held with South-Korea (Seoul), Hong Kong and China (Beijing, Shanghai, Macau). Spain and Mexico also showed interrest. The Dutch group seems to be in demand; TIPC organiser Mr. Ju invited Percossa for the next edition of TIPC in 2011 straight after performance. But first there are plans for a Taiwanese tour for next year.

04-06-2008
In order to develop a new educational project, Percossa has received municipal funding, by the city of The Hague. Within this project Percossa educates vmbo-students to create, organize, rehearse and perform a full percussion-theatre show.

28-05-2008
Last night, Percossa gave their first performance in Taiwan. During the show the hall exploded by the crowds energy, and over 2000 spectators jumped out of their seats, and danced to the beats of the encore. The guys from Percossa were deeply touched by the nearly hysterical response during and after the show. Over a 1000 people were waiting in line for an autograph and photo.

25-05-2008
The first performance of Percossa in Taiwan is nearly sold out. Tuesday, the 27th of may, Percossa will play their latest show "From Holland" for over 2000 people at the Taipei National Concerthal

15-04-2008
Again Percossa wrote the music to a ballet for an internationally acclaimed company. This time choreographers IvgI & Greben created a work for the Czech National Ballet. Premiere: June 14 2008 at the National Theatre in Prague.

01-04-2008
Taipei National Concert Hall　May 27, 2008 Tue. 19:30 Tainan Performance Hall at Tainan Municipal Cultural Center May 29, 2008 Thu. 19:30 The internationally acclaimed act Percossa started to do musical theatre busking in the streets of southern France at the end of the 80s. There, the performers were forced to use a variety of means to captivate the attention of passers-by. It is clear that the spirit and nature of busking continue inspiring Percossa’s urge to entertain and its commitment to artistic renewal. It is also the cause for the inevitability of variety and the instinct for musical theatre which defines the group. In 1998, Percossa took all their musical and theatrical knowledge to the theatre. The group started their first theatre tour in February 1998, performing the ‘Rhythmix.’ The overwhelming success led to a rerun the following year. Percossa then staged their well-acclaimed productions, such as ‘Alle Gekheid met een Stokje’ in 2000, ‘HITMEN’ in 2001 and a rerun in 2003, ‘Pulse’ in 2003 and its rerun in 2005. In 2006, Percossa presented their fifth show, ‘From Holland,’ which they will bring to Taiwan during the 2008 TIPC. Official Website:http://www.percossa.nl/

23-03-2008
Recently three fan-sites were put on Hyves, the exclusively Dutch version of Face Book and the likes. Two of these were build by students that did worlshops with Percossa. There's also a number of film clips available on YoyTube.

13-01-2008
DJ Armin van Buuren won the Pop Prize 2007 during the Noorderaslag music festival in Groningen. The prize is meant for a band or artist that was most important to Dutch pop music. Percossa, with Golden Earring drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk, performed with Armin during his big Dance spectacle Armin Only in Rotterdam Ahoy' in late 2006.

16-11-2007
In Augsburg, Germany, another work by Percossa will be performed. Ballett Augsburg dance a new work, Ke Lo Aya, by Itzik Galili to a new version for five percussionists of 'Hikarizatto'. Premiere on the 7th of December 2007. Info

28-10-2007
Negotiations have started for a new tour of Itzik Galili/Percossa hit ballet with the Balé da Cidade de São Paulo through Germany and Austria. Performance venues will be in Bonn, Bregenz and Baden-Baden.

27-10-2007
LONDON - Readers of the British DJ Magazine have chosen Dutchman Armin van Buuren as Best DJ of the World in 2006. This announcement was made by his management last Thursday. Percossa, with Golden Earring drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk, performed with Armin during his big Dance spectacle Armin Only in Rotterdam Ahoy' in 2006.

30-11-1999
The latest choreography of Ivgy and Greben, Santa Says Cut It!, has premiered the 14th of june in the national theatre of Prague. The choreographers invited Percossa to compose the music for this 40 minute ballet. The four men of Percossa where flown in to attend the premiere. The physically demanding choreography, combined with the percussive music was received extremely well by the classical ballet-audience of Prague. Santa Says Cut It! will have ten performances in june and oktober.