Solanum
Postcards from a spoonbill
Tjibbe Stelwagen and Caspar Koolstra take you on the musical journey of a spoonbill called Solanum. The music follows Solanum on her migration from the Frisian Wadden Sea island of Schiermonnikoog to North-Afrika.
Solanum was the first ever spoonbill to be equipped with a tiny GPS logger with a built-in microphone. She sent us over 2000 recordings as postcards from her journey south. The sounds that she heard along the way form the basis of our musical pieces.
Tour dates
Upcoming:
2026
June 27, Diele fan it Waad (special performance with Frisian poets), Salt Marsh at De Zwarte Haan, Sint Jacobiparochie
July 8, Natuureducatiecentrum de Lepelaar, Vlieland
Past events:
2026
April 25, Zeevonk, Badweg Beach, Schiermonnikoog
February 3, house concert, Schiermonnikoog
Janurary 12, Amsterdam Zoo Artis, private performance for students of the Conservatory of Amsterdam
2025
December 7, launch poetry collection book Grûnwetter by Remco Kuiper, Theater de Bres, Leeuwarden
October 18, Spijkers met Koppen, NPO Radio 2
September 26, Nacht van Nijlân, Leeuwarden
September 26, International Wader Study Group Conference, DOT, Groningen
September 24, XI International Spoonbill Workshop, World Heritage Centre, Lauwersoog
September 17, De Mus, Amsterdam
September 11, Conservatory of Amsterdam
July 5, Dudeljo Festival, Lauwersoog
Photo by Martin Rijpsma