BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21823@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Jump Cuts #8 DTSTAMP:20260505T182428Z DTSTART:20260508T183000Z DESCRIPTION:Nu! Presents:\n\n\nJUMP CUTS #8\n\nYvonne Melissa | Shira Wolfe | Jump Cuts All-Stars\n\nJump Cuts #8\n\nJump Cuts is a monthly series at Zaal 100 celebrating the musical underground of\nAmsterdam and beyond. In collaboration with Nu! Presents.\n\nYvonne Melissa (violin\, viola\, voic e\, composition)\n\nYvonne Melissa was born in Kavala\, Greece\, in 1998. She began her studies on the\nviolin at the age of seven\, under the tutel age of Z. Zlateva. She studied\nclassical violin and music theory and obta ined her diploma with “excellency\nunanimously” in 2022 at “Orfeio” Conser vatory in Athens\, guided by her\nprofessors M. Plesti and D. Semsis. From 2023 she has been studying Turkish\nmusic at Codarts WMDC. She has been a member of many orchestras\, as well as in\nnumerous chamber musical ensem bles\, seminars and she has performed in some of\nthe most important music scenes of Greece and beyond. She has composed music for\ndance performanc es and short movies. Moreover\, she is a postgraduate student of\nNational and Kapodistrian Athens Law School. Her first album named “Myrra” with\nT . Kofodimos was released in 2023\, and a second album “Kormos” is set to b e\nreleased during autumn of 2026.\n\n—\n\nShira Wolfe\n\nShira Wolfe is a multilingual poet\, writer and translator from Amsterdam. After\ncompleti ng her master’s in International Performance Research with a project\nabou t the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish\, she lived primarily in Belgrade\n between 2016 and 2021. There\, she started working on her poetry trilogy W ider\nThan the Sky (2021)\, Wider Wings (2022) and Fallen Angel (2023) – a n ongoing\npoetry project in which she captures each day of her life in a short poem. In\n2025\, she published her English-Serbian poetry collection Jugoslovenska Kinoteka\n– a cinematic journey through the Balkans and Pal estine – with The New Menard\nPress. Shira leads poetry and writing worksh ops for asylum seekers in the\nNetherlands with De Vrolijkheid Foundation\ , always focusing on the strength of\nmultilingualism.\n\n—\n\nJump Cuts A ll-Stars\n\nAs a special treat for the occasion\, a first time meeting of masterly\nimprovisers has been carefully put together. The complete line-u p is to be\nannounced\, but you better watch out because this one is going to be great!!!\n\n\nJump Cuts is a new series bringing together music and performing arts from\nAmsterdam's diverse underground scenes. Surprising and unexpected jump-cut\ncombinations on the program shed new light on the music of today. A series\ncurated by artists featuring the latest young a nd up-and-coming projects. Not to\nbe missed!\n\nNO PIN / CASH ONLY URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/jump-cuts-8 GEO:52.3830202;4.8780599 LOCATION:Zaal 100 - De Wittenstraat 100\, 1052 BA Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,dance,film,music,orchestra,performance,poetry,sho rts,staatsliedenbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Nu! Presents:

Jump Cuts #8

Yvonne Mel issa | Shira Wolfe | Jump Cuts All-Stars

Jump Cuts #8

Jump Cuts is a monthly series at Zaal 100 celebrating the musical underground of Amsterdam and beyond. In collaboration with Nu! Presents.

Yvonne Melissa (violin, viola, voice, composition)

Yvonne Melissa was born in Kavala, Greece, in 1998. She began her studies on the violin at the age of seven, under the tutelage of Z. Zlatev a. She studied classical violin and music theory and obtained her diploma with “excellency unanimously” in 2022 at “Orfeio” Conservatory in Athens, guided by her professors M. Plesti and D. Semsis. From 2023 she has been s tudying Turkish music at Codarts WMDC. She has been a member of many orche stras, as well as in numerous chamber musical ensembles, seminars and she has performed in some of the most important music scenes of Greece and bey ond. She has composed music for dance performances and short movies. Moreo ver, she is a postgraduate student of National and Kapodistrian Athens Law School. Her first album named “Myrra” with T. Kofodimos was released in 2 023, and a second album “Kormos” is set to be released during autumn of 20 26.

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Shira Wolfe

Shira Wolfe is a multilingual poet, writer and translator from Amsterdam. After completing her master’s in International Performance Research with a project about th e Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, she lived primarily in Belgrade betwee n 2016 and 2021. There, she started working on her poetry trilogy Wider Th an the Sky (2021), Wider Wings (2022) and Fallen Angel (2023) – an ongoing poetry project in which she captures each day of her life in a short poem . In 2025, she published her English-Serbian poetry collection Jugoslovens ka Kinoteka – a cinematic journey through the Balkans and Palestine – with The New Menard Press. Shira leads poetry and writing workshops for asylum seekers in the Netherlands with De Vrolijkheid Foundation, always focusin g on the strength of multilingualism.

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Jump Cuts All-Stars

As a special treat for the occasion, a first tim e meeting of masterly improvisers has been carefully put together. The com plete line-up is to be announced, but you better watch out because this on e is going to be great!!!

Jump Cuts is a new series bringing t ogether music and performing arts from Amsterdam's diverse underground sce nes. Surprising and unexpected jump-cut combinations on the program shed n ew light on the music of today. A series curated by artists featuring the latest young and up-and-coming projects. Not to be missed!

NO PIN / CASH ONLY

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