- Creative Arts Practicioner in Residence Trinity College (TLRH) October 2016 - August 2017 | Dublin, Ireland | Writing/performing a music/theatre performance (practice as research) | www.tcd.ie/fellowships/2016/maarten-rischen.php
- Musical director/ composer for Broadcasting Girls July-August 2016 | Movie | Shenzhen, China
- Composition Hidden Wu June-October 2016 | Contemporary theatre/dance | Svitlana Zavialova | Premiered in Artron Centre Los Angeles, tour scheduled for Asia | www.svitlanazavialova.com
- Opening new music school/ recording studio Shenzhen (China) | May 2016 | www.maartenrischen.nl
- Artist in Residence Banff Centre, Canada November-December 2015 | www.banffcentre.ca
   

Long story short Judging by Maarten Rischen’s portfolio it seems he has been on a personal crusade against the Dutch neo-calvinistic attitude, by profiling himself in an ever-expanding multitude of shapes and forms in the musical and artistic field.

But it's a profound curiosity in - and untamable drive to explore – all possible means of genuine expression a man can have in his short life, that made him frantically bounce around from one instrument to the other, from smelly punk rock stages to the grandeur of the modern dance theatre, and everything in between. →Short story long