Jeroen van Veen (pianist)
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Jeroen van Veen is a Dutch
classical pianist and composer.
Conservatory with Alwin Bär and Håkon Austbø
. Since 1988 he has played concerts and recitals throughout Europe and North America and has recorded over 50 CDs for Mirasound, Koch
, Naxos
, Brilliant Classics
and his own label PIANO. Van Veen's compositions are mostly solo piano works and could be described as mostly minimal music. His latest recordings have also focused on minimal music, including a 9 CD Minimal Piano Collection box set, somewhat dominated by music by Philip Glass
, the complete piano music of George Crumb
and a collaboration on recording all Steve Reich
's Chamber Music.
Among other functions, Van Veen is the director of the Van Veen Productions http://www.vanveenproductions.com, Piano Mania http://www.jeroenvanveen.com, and the Simeon ten Holt
Foundation http://www.simeontenholt.org. He is also artistic director of the Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition http://www.dranoff2piano.org, based in Miami, where he and his brother Maarten van Veen were prize winners in 1995.
Jeroen Van Veen (1969) started playing the piano at the age of 7. He studied at the Utrecht Conservatory with Alwin Bär and Håkon Austbö. In 1993 he passed the Performing Artists' Exam. Van Veen has played with orchestras conducted by Howard Williams (Adams), Peter Eötvös (Zimmermann) in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Vienna and Budapest and in the United States with Neal Stulberg (Mozart & Bartok) and Robert Craft
(Stravinsky) He has played recitals in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia & the USA.
Van Veen attended master classes with Claude Helffer
, Hans-Peter & Volker Stenzl and Roberto Szidon
. He was invited to several festivals; Reder Piano Festival (1988), Festival der Kunsten in Bad Gleichenberg (1992), Wien Modern (1993), Holland Dance Festival (1998) Lek Art Festival (1996–2007). Van Veen recorded for major Dutch Radio- and Television companies like AVRO, NOS, IKON, NCRV, TROS/Internet, WTBC-TV & Radio (Florida, U.S.A.) and Moscow Television. In 1992, Van Veen recorded his first CD with his brother Maarten as the internationally recognized Piano duo Van Veen. In 1995 Piano duo Van Veen made their debut in the United States. They were prizewinners in the prestigious 4th International Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition in Miami, Florida. After this achievement they toured the United States and Canada many times. The documentary "Two Pianos One Passion" (nominated with an Emmy Award 1996) documents them as a duo.
Besides performing, Jeroen is co-founder and artistic director of the International Student Piano Competition, which is held in Utrecht every two years. In 1995 Jeroen Van Veen founded Van Veen & Van Veen (Van Veen & Co.), a piano duo with Sandra Van Veen. As such, they mainly perform music for multiple pianos by the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt. Furthermore, in 1999 Van Veen initiated a concert series ‘Pianova’ in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Beside his career as a solo pianist Van Veen also participates in the following ensembles: ‘Kunstgroep vier man op de stoep’, ‘Piano Ensemble’, ‘The International Piano Quartet’, ‘The Simeon Quartet’ ‘Piano Mania’, ‘DJ Piano’ and ‘Jeroen van Veen & Friends’.
The various compositions by Van Veen may be described as ‘Minimal Music’ with different faces, Crossovers to Jazz, Blues, Soundscape, Avant-Garde, Techno, Trance and Pop Music. Currently Mr. Van Veen is director of Van Veen Productions, Chairman of the Simeon ten Holt Foundation, Culemborg Cultural Foundation, Pianomania Foundation and artistic director of several music festivals in Culemborg, Utrecht and Veldhoven. He is active in the International Utrecht Student Piano Competition and the Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition. Over the last 15 years Van Veen recorded more than 50 CDs for several labels (Mirasound, Koch, Naxos, Brilliant Classics) and his own label PIANO. The latest box is an eleven Cd box with his project called the Minimal Piano Collection volume X-XX as an extension for his successful Minimal Piano Collection Volume I-IX.
The recording of Les Noces for Koch and Naxos was stated in the New York Times as " the best recording ever".
Classics Today on Erik Satie pianoworks four hands, 10 artistic quality, 10 sound quality
(11 cd) Canto Ostinato, Horizon, Lemniscaat, Incantatie IV, Meandres, Shadow nor Prey, Piano Ensemble: Irene Russo, Fred Oldenburg, Jeroen en Sandra van Veen.
Jeroen van Veen, piano solo
version for four grand pianos. Brilliant CD 8812
Piano Ensemble: Elizabeth & Marcel Bergmann, Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, piano
Sandra & Jeroen for Brilliant Classics
Jeroen & Maarten van Veen, piano
Jeroen & Maarten van Veen, e.v.a. piano
o.a. Jeroen van Veen & Tamara Rumiantsev
I.P.Q. (Elisabeth, Marcel Bergmann & Jeroen, Maarten van Veen)
International Piano Quartet, piano
Tamara Rumiantsev & Jeroen van Veen, piano
AT Van Veen Productions Label PIANO:
Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, piano
Sandra, Jeroen van Veen & Tamara Rumiantsev, pianos
Jeroen van Veen, piano
Sandra, Jeroen van Veen, piano & Esther Doornink and Peter Elbertse, marimba
Jeroen van Veen, piano
Live recording Finals at Vredenburg, Utrecht
Marcel Bergmann, Jeroen van Veen, two pianos, Peter Elbertse percussion
Fred Oldenburg & Jeroen van Veen, two pianos
Single Judith Jobse, 2nd placing national selection Euovision Songcontest.
Judith Jobse & Jeroen van Veen
by Alexander Polishchuk, live recording.
DJ Paul Adriaanse & Jeroen van Veen, piano & synthesizers
Peter Elbertse, hang & Jeroen van Veen piano
OTHER INFORMATION:
Van Veen Productions, (1995-) director
International Students Piano Competition, Utrecht (1994-) artistic director
Lek Art Foundation, Culemborg (1994–2007) artistic director
Simeon ten Holt Foundation, Culemborg (2004-) chair
Culemborg Cultureel, Culemborg (2005-2007) chair
Ostinato Festival, Veldhoven (2006-) artistic director
Piano Mania Foundation, Culemborg (2006-) chair
Dranoff Two Piano Foundation Miami, Artistic Director development (2002-)
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
classical pianist and composer.
Short biography
Jeroen Van Veen studied at the UtrechtUtrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
Conservatory with Alwin Bär and Håkon Austbø
Håkon Austbø
Håkon Austbø is a Norwegian classical pianist, born in Kongsberg. He is also a professor at the Amsterdam conservatory....
. Since 1988 he has played concerts and recitals throughout Europe and North America and has recorded over 50 CDs for Mirasound, Koch
Koch Records
E1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe under the name E1 Universal...
, Naxos
Naxos Records
Naxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest...
, Brilliant Classics
Brilliant Classics
Brilliant Classics is a Dutch classical music record label, based in Leeuwarden, formerly part of Foreign Media Music BV, but since March 2011 acquired by Triacta. The company is notable for its ultra-budget market approach turning around decline in classical records sales with "Complete Mozart...
and his own label PIANO. Van Veen's compositions are mostly solo piano works and could be described as mostly minimal music. His latest recordings have also focused on minimal music, including a 9 CD Minimal Piano Collection box set, somewhat dominated by music by Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...
, the complete piano music of George Crumb
George Crumb
George Crumb is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres, alternative forms of notation, and extended instrumental and vocal techniques. Examples include seagull effect for the cello , metallic vibrato for the piano George Crumb (born...
and a collaboration on recording all Steve Reich
Steve Reich
Stephen Michael "Steve" Reich is an American composer who together with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass is a pioneering composer of minimal music...
's Chamber Music.
Among other functions, Van Veen is the director of the Van Veen Productions http://www.vanveenproductions.com, Piano Mania http://www.jeroenvanveen.com, and the Simeon ten Holt
Simeon ten Holt
Simeon ten Holt is a Dutch composer. Ten Holt studied with Jakob van Domselaer, eventually developing a highly personal style of minimal composition...
Foundation http://www.simeontenholt.org. He is also artistic director of the Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition http://www.dranoff2piano.org, based in Miami, where he and his brother Maarten van Veen were prize winners in 1995.
Extended biography
'Dutch pianist and composer, Jeroen van Veen, the leading exponent of minimalism in Holland today, Alan Swanson (Fanfare)'Jeroen Van Veen (1969) started playing the piano at the age of 7. He studied at the Utrecht Conservatory with Alwin Bär and Håkon Austbö. In 1993 he passed the Performing Artists' Exam. Van Veen has played with orchestras conducted by Howard Williams (Adams), Peter Eötvös (Zimmermann) in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Vienna and Budapest and in the United States with Neal Stulberg (Mozart & Bartok) and Robert Craft
Robert Craft
Robert Lawson Craft is an American conductor and writer. He is best known for his intimate working friendship with Igor Stravinsky, a relationship which resulted in a number of recordings and books.-Life:...
(Stravinsky) He has played recitals in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia & the USA.
Van Veen attended master classes with Claude Helffer
Claude Helffer
Claude Helffer was a French pianist noted particularly for his advocacy of 20th-century music.-Biography:...
, Hans-Peter & Volker Stenzl and Roberto Szidon
Roberto Szidon
Roberto Szidon is a Brazilian classical pianist who has had an international performing and recording career, and has settled in Germany.He gave his first concert at age 9, in his home town of Porto Alegre...
. He was invited to several festivals; Reder Piano Festival (1988), Festival der Kunsten in Bad Gleichenberg (1992), Wien Modern (1993), Holland Dance Festival (1998) Lek Art Festival (1996–2007). Van Veen recorded for major Dutch Radio- and Television companies like AVRO, NOS, IKON, NCRV, TROS/Internet, WTBC-TV & Radio (Florida, U.S.A.) and Moscow Television. In 1992, Van Veen recorded his first CD with his brother Maarten as the internationally recognized Piano duo Van Veen. In 1995 Piano duo Van Veen made their debut in the United States. They were prizewinners in the prestigious 4th International Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition in Miami, Florida. After this achievement they toured the United States and Canada many times. The documentary "Two Pianos One Passion" (nominated with an Emmy Award 1996) documents them as a duo.
Besides performing, Jeroen is co-founder and artistic director of the International Student Piano Competition, which is held in Utrecht every two years. In 1995 Jeroen Van Veen founded Van Veen & Van Veen (Van Veen & Co.), a piano duo with Sandra Van Veen. As such, they mainly perform music for multiple pianos by the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt. Furthermore, in 1999 Van Veen initiated a concert series ‘Pianova’ in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Beside his career as a solo pianist Van Veen also participates in the following ensembles: ‘Kunstgroep vier man op de stoep’, ‘Piano Ensemble’, ‘The International Piano Quartet’, ‘The Simeon Quartet’ ‘Piano Mania’, ‘DJ Piano’ and ‘Jeroen van Veen & Friends’.
The various compositions by Van Veen may be described as ‘Minimal Music’ with different faces, Crossovers to Jazz, Blues, Soundscape, Avant-Garde, Techno, Trance and Pop Music. Currently Mr. Van Veen is director of Van Veen Productions, Chairman of the Simeon ten Holt Foundation, Culemborg Cultural Foundation, Pianomania Foundation and artistic director of several music festivals in Culemborg, Utrecht and Veldhoven. He is active in the International Utrecht Student Piano Competition and the Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition. Over the last 15 years Van Veen recorded more than 50 CDs for several labels (Mirasound, Koch, Naxos, Brilliant Classics) and his own label PIANO. The latest box is an eleven Cd box with his project called the Minimal Piano Collection volume X-XX as an extension for his successful Minimal Piano Collection Volume I-IX.
The recording of Les Noces for Koch and Naxos was stated in the New York Times as " the best recording ever".
Classics Today on Erik Satie pianoworks four hands, 10 artistic quality, 10 sound quality
Discography
- Minimal Multiple Piano Collection (11CD) , Brilliant Classics CD 9171
- Complete Multiple Piano Works, (11Cds) Simeon ten Holt, Brilliant Classics CD 7795
(11 cd) Canto Ostinato, Horizon, Lemniscaat, Incantatie IV, Meandres, Shadow nor Prey, Piano Ensemble: Irene Russo, Fred Oldenburg, Jeroen en Sandra van Veen.
- Minimal Piano Collection, (9CD) Brilliant Classics CD 8551 (9 cd)
Jeroen van Veen, piano solo
- Tubular Bells, Part I, version for two pianos and two synthesizers and
version for four grand pianos. Brilliant CD 8812
Piano Ensemble: Elizabeth & Marcel Bergmann, Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, piano
- Complete works for piano four hands, Erik Satie, Brilliant Classics CD 9129
Sandra & Jeroen for Brilliant Classics
- Pianoduo van Veen (1992) Mirasound
Jeroen & Maarten van Veen, piano
- Two Piano’s, One Passion (1997 US only)
Jeroen & Maarten van Veen, e.v.a. piano
- Oranje en de Muziek (1999)
o.a. Jeroen van Veen & Tamara Rumiantsev
- Les Noces van Stravinsky (2001) Koch International
I.P.Q. (Elisabeth, Marcel Bergmann & Jeroen, Maarten van Veen)
- Les Noces, I. Stravinsky o.l.v. Robert Craft, NAXOS
International Piano Quartet, piano
- In naam van Oranje, MOMU
Tamara Rumiantsev & Jeroen van Veen, piano
AT Van Veen Productions Label PIANO:
- Canto Ostinato (1996) PP 9600
Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, piano
- Incantatie IV (1998, 2-cd) PP 9800
Sandra, Jeroen van Veen & Tamara Rumiantsev, pianos
- Minimal Piano Works Volume I (1999) PP 9910
Jeroen van Veen, piano
- Canto Ostinato for 2 pianos and 2 marimbas (2000) PP 2010
Sandra, Jeroen van Veen, piano & Esther Doornink and Peter Elbertse, marimba
- Minimal Piano Works Volume II, (2001) PP 2011
Jeroen van Veen, piano
- International Students Piano Competition (2002) PP 2012
Live recording Finals at Vredenburg, Utrecht
- Culemborg City Soundscape, (2004) PP 2015
Marcel Bergmann, Jeroen van Veen, two pianos, Peter Elbertse percussion
- Shadow nor Prey, Simeon ten Holt, (2004) PP 2013
Fred Oldenburg & Jeroen van Veen, two pianos
- Love Me, (2004) PP 2017
Single Judith Jobse, 2nd placing national selection Euovision Songcontest.
Judith Jobse & Jeroen van Veen
- Chamber Orchestra Novosibirsk (2005) PP 2022
by Alexander Polishchuk, live recording.
- DJ PIANO ( demo)
DJ Paul Adriaanse & Jeroen van Veen, piano & synthesizers
- Piano & Hang
Peter Elbertse, hang & Jeroen van Veen piano
List of works
- Culemborg City Soundscape, (2002) (on CD)
- Weeshuis Soundscape (2005) (on tape)
- Words on Kindness, for 2 pianos and 5 voices (2006) (premiered 2006)
- 12 Minimal Preludes, BOOK I, (1999–2003) (on CD 8551) for piano
- 12 Minimal Preludes, BOOK II, (2004–2006) (on CD 8551) for piano
- In de Doelen, leadermuziek (2006) on DVD For piano
- Tango for Amalia, Alexia & Ariane (2007) (premiered 2007) For piano four hands
- Incanto nr 1 for two pianos (2011) on CD
- Snake it easy for 6 pianos
- Draughts for multiple pianos
- Novosibirsk Chamber Orchestra, A. Polishchuk with Jeroen van Veen (Dvorak Pianoquintet, arranged for piano and String Orchestra)
- Pianomania, piano improvisations on 3 pianos.
OTHER INFORMATION:
Van Veen Productions, (1995-) director
International Students Piano Competition, Utrecht (1994-) artistic director
Lek Art Foundation, Culemborg (1994–2007) artistic director
Simeon ten Holt Foundation, Culemborg (2004-) chair
Culemborg Cultureel, Culemborg (2005-2007) chair
Ostinato Festival, Veldhoven (2006-) artistic director
Piano Mania Foundation, Culemborg (2006-) chair
Dranoff Two Piano Foundation Miami, Artistic Director development (2002-)