List of Dutch composers
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The following is a list of Dutch composers.
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- Michel van der AaMichel van der AaMichel van der Aa is a Dutch composer of contemporary classical music.- Early years :Michel van der Aa trained as a recording engineer at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague...
(born 1970) - Emmanuel AdriaenssenEmmanuel AdriaenssenEmmanuel Adriaenssen was a Flemish lutenist and influential author of Pratum Musicum...
(c. 1554–1604) - Maarten Altena (born 1943) (:nl:Maarten Altena, :de:Maarten Altena)
- Gijs Andriessen (born 1957) (:nl:Gijs Andriessen)
- Hendrik AndriessenHendrik AndriessenHendrik Franciscus Andriessen was a Dutch composer and organist. He is remembered most of all for his improvisation at the organ and for the renewal of Catholic liturgical music in the Netherlands. Andriessen composed in a musical idiom that revealed strong French influences...
(1892–1981) - Jurriaan AndriessenJurriaan AndriessenJurriaan Hendrik Andriessen was a Dutch composer, whose father, Hendrik, brother Louis, and uncle Willem have also been notable composers...
(1925–1996) - Louis AndriessenLouis AndriessenLouis Andriessen is a Dutch composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague...
(born 1939) - Willem AndriessenWillem AndriessenWillem Andriessen was a Dutch pianist and composer.-Biography:Andriessen studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory, completing his studies in 1906, and was awarded the school's Outstanding Achievement Prize for piano. He appeared frequently in concert performances in the Netherlands, and was noted for...
(1887–1964) - Caroline AnsinkCaroline AnsinkCaroline Ansink is a Dutch musician, music educator and composer.-Biography:Ansink studied music at Utrechts Conservatorium, flute with Abbie de Quant and composition with Joep Straesser...
(born 1959) - Dina AppeldoornDina AppeldoornChristina Adriana Arendina Koudijs-van Appeldoorn was a Dutch composer and pianist.-Biography:Dina Appeldoorn was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She attended the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where she studied composition under F.E.A. Koeberg and later with Johan Wagenaar...
(1884–1938) - Joseph AscherJoseph AscherJoseph Ascher was a Dutch-Jewish composer and pianist.He was born in Groningen, the son of the chazzan of the city, who went on to become a cantor in London. Ascher started his music studies in London...
(1829–1869) - Svitlana AzarovaSvitlana Azarovathumb|Svitlana AzarovaSvitlana Azarova is a Ukrainian/Dutch composer of contemporary classical music born January 9, 1976 in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.-Early years:...
(born 1976)
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- Kees van BaarenKees van BaarenKees van Baaren was a Dutch composer and teacher.Van Baaren was born in Enschede. His early studies were in Berlin with Rudolph Breithaupt and Friedrich Koch at the Stern conservatory. After returning to the Netherlands in 1929, he studied with Willem Pijper...
(1906–1970) - Henk BadingsHenk BadingsHenk Badings was a Dutch composer.Born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of Herman Louis Johan Badings, an officer in the Dutch East Indies army, Badings became an orphan at an early age...
(1907–1987) - Jacques Bank (born 1943) (:nl:Jacques Bank)
- Harry BanninkHarry BanninkHarry Bannink was a Dutch composer, arranger and pianist. He wrote over 3,000 songs....
(1929–1999) - Josquin BastonJosquin BastonJosquin Baston was a Dutch contrapuntist of the first half of the sixteenth century. From the 1550s, he worked as kapellmeister at the court of Christian III. After Christian III's death, he found work at a Swedish court...
(fl. 1542–1563) - Gilius van BergeijkGilius van BergeijkGilius van Bergeijk is a Dutch composer.Taught by Kees van Baaren and Dick Raaymakers , Gilius van Bergeijk is a highly respected teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag...
(born 1946) - Gertrude van den BerghGertrude van den BerghGertrude van den Bergh was a Netherlands pianist and composer.-Life:Gertrude van den Bergh was baptized in Cologne, the eldest daughter of Dutch farmer Henderik van den Bergh and German Maria Theresia Leydel. Van den Bergh showed talent for music at an early age, took piano lessons at six and...
(1793–1840) - Anton Berlijn (Aron Wolf) (1817–1870) (http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3082-berlijn-anton-aron-wolf)
- Bart BermanBart BermanBart Berman is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music....
(born 1938) - Henk Bijvanck (1909–1969) (:de:Henk Bijvanck)
- Konrad BoehmerKonrad BoehmerKonrad Boehmer is a Dutch composer and writer of German birth.Boehmer was born in Berlin. His music reflects his Marxist political agenda, which is made explicit in many of his writings from the late 1960s and 1970s...
(born 1941) - Willem Frederik Bon (1940–1983) (:nl:Willem Frederik Bon)
- Cornelis de BondtCornelis de BondtCornelis de Bondt is a Dutch composer. Born in The Hague, de Bondt attended the Royal Conservatory there and currently teaches composition and music theory at the same institution.-References:...
(born 1953) - Johanna Bordewijk-RoepmanJohanna Bordewijk-RoepmanJohanna Bordewijk-Roepman was a Dutch composer. She was born in Rotterdam, and began composing in 1917 without instruction...
(1892–1971) - Cornelis BoscoopCornelis BoscoopCornelis Boscoop was a Dutch organist, singer, and composer. He was organist at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam in the middle of the 16th century and was one of the predecessors of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck in this position.-Works:...
(before 1531–1573) - Henriëtte Hilda BosmansHenriëtte BosmansHenriëtte Hilda Bosmans was a Dutch composer.Bosmans was born in Amsterdam, the daughter of Henri Bosmans, principal cellist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the pianist Sara Benedicts, piano teacher at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Her father died when she was 6 months old...
(1895–1952) - Jan Brandts BuysJan Brandts BuysJan Willem Frans Brandts Buijs was a Dutch-Austrian composer who came from a long line of Dutch organists and composers of protestant church music....
(1868–1933) - Johannes Bernardus van BreeJohannes Bernardus van BreeJohannes Bernardus van Bree was a Dutch composer, violinist and conductor. He was a pupil of Jan George Bertelman.From 1829 to the year of his death he directed the Felix Meritis Society...
(1801–1857) - Willem BreukerWillem BreukerWillem Breuker was a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist....
(1944–2010) - Gerard von Brucken FockGerard von Brucken FockGerard von Brucken Fock, born Gerardus Hubertus Galenus von Brucken Fock in Koudekerke, on 28 December 1859 and died on 15 August 1935 in Aerdenhout, Netherlands, was a nineteenth-century classical Dutch piano player who gave up his career as a performer to compose and paint..Constantly torn...
(1859–1935) - Theo BruinsTheo BruinsTheo Bruins was a Dutch pianist and composer.Bruins' earliest piano lessons were with his mother. His professional piano studies commenced in 1946 with Jaap Spaanderman at the Conservatoire of the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum Foundation...
(1929–1993) - Gerard Bunk (1888–1958) (:de:Gerard Bunk)
- Benedictus BunsBenedictus BunsBenedictus Buns, Benedictus à sancto Josepho, born Buns, also named Buns Gelriensis, was a priest and composer.-Biography:...
(1642–1716) - Pieter BustijnPieter BustijnPieter Bustijn was a Dutch composer, organist, harpsichordist and carillon player of the Baroque period....
(c. 1649–1729)
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- Jozef CleberJozef CleberJozef Cleber , also known as Jos Cleber or Jozef van Cleber, was a Dutch composer and conductor. He worked in the Netherlands, South-Africa and the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia...
(1916–1999) - Jacob Clemens non PapaJacob Clemens non PapaJacobus Clemens non Papa was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance based for most of his life in Flanders...
(c. 1510/1515–c. 1555) - Karel Arnoldus Craeyvanger (1817–1868) (http://www.naxos.com/person/K_A__Craeyvanger/137637.htm)
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- Ghiselin DanckertsGhiselin DanckertsGhiselin Danckerts was a Dutch composer, singer, and music theorist of the Renaissance. He was principally active in Rome, in the service of the Sistine Chapel, and was one of the judges at the famous debate between Nicola Vicentino and Vicente Lusitano in 1551.-Life:He was born in Tholen, in...
(c. 1510–c. 1565) - Lex van DeldenLex van Delden-Early life and education:Born Alexander Zwaap in Amsterdam as the only child of Wolf Zwaap, a school-teacher, and his wife Sara Olivier, Lex van Delden took piano-lessons from an early age - first from Martha Zwaga and later from the celebrated pianist, Cor de Groot...
(1919–1988) - Patrick van DeurzenPatrick van DeurzenPatrick van Deurzen is a Dutch composer.- Biography :Patrick Deurzen studied guitar with Dick Hoogeveen and Music Theory with Peter-Jan Wagemans and Jan Kleinbussink at the Rotterdam Conservatory. As a composer he is self-taught but attended classes of instrumentation Klaas de Vries with whom he...
- Alphons DiepenbrockAlphons DiepenbrockAlphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock was a Dutch composer, essayist and classicist.-Life and work:...
(1862–1921) - Bernard van DierenBernard van DierenBernard Hélène Joseph van Dieren was a Dutch composer, critic, author, and writer on music.Van Dieren was the last of five children of a Rotterdam wine merchant, Bernard Joseph van Dieren, and his second wife, Julie Françoise Adelle Labbé...
(1887–1936) - Rudi Martinus van DijkRudi Martinus van DijkRudi Martinus van Dijk was a Dutch composer of classical orchestral, chamber and vocal music, often featuring violin or piano....
(1932–2003) - Oscar van DillenOscar van DillenOscar Ignatius Joannes van Dillen is a Dutch composer, conductor, and instrumentalist.-Education:Van Dillen studied North-Indian classical music with Jamaluddin Bhartiya at the Tritantri School in Amsterdam and bansuri with Gurbachan Singh Sachdev at the Bansuri School of Music in Berkeley,...
- Jakob van DomselaerJakob van DomselaerJakob van Domselaer was a Dutch composer.Domselaer was born at Nijkerk, Netherlands...
(1890–1960) - Cornelis DopperCornelis DopperCornelis 'Kees' Dopper was a Dutch composer, conductor and teacher.-Reputation:Dopper's reputation as a composer has suffered from the accusation of being 'too German' for much of his career, and still haunts him to this day...
(1870–1939) - Sem DresdenSem DresdenSamuel Dresden was born in Amsterdam, April 20, 1881, and died at The Hague, July 30, 1957). He was a Dutch conductor, composer and teacher.-Life:...
(1881–1957)
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- Margriet EhlenMargriet EhlenMargriet Ehlen is a Dutch poet and a composer, conductor and educator of classical music.-Life and career:She has composed for a large variety of instruments, yet is particularly active in composition for voice. These works extend from solo vocalists to choir music. Many of her compositions for...
(born 1943) - Douwe EisengaDouwe EisengaDouwe Eisenga is a Dutch composer. His most known work is Requiem Aeternam 1953, composed on an occasion of the 50th North Sea flood of 1953 anniversary....
(born 1961) - Huib EmmerHuib EmmerHuib Emmer is a Dutch composer. He also plays electric guitar and electric bass guitar.From 1976 to 1986 Emmer was a member of the Dutch minimal ensemble Hoketus and he has performed since 1988 in the ensemble LOOS...
(born 1951) - Ivo van EmmerikIvo van EmmerikIvo van Emmerik is a Dutch composer.Ivo van Emmerik lives and works in Zwolle, where he teaches twentieth-century music at the Arnhem/Zwolle School of Music ....
(born 1961) - Rudolf EscherRudolf George EscherRudolf Escher was a Dutch composer and music theorist. He left compositions for chamber orchestra and orchestra, vocal and one electronic composition. Escher was also a poet, painter and writer.- Youth :...
(1912–1980) - Jacob van EyckJacob van EyckJonkheer Jacob van Eyck was a Dutch nobleman and musician. He was one of the best-known musicians in The Netherlands in the seventeenth century as a carillon player, expert in bell casting and tuning, organist, recorder virtuoso, and composer.Van Eyck was born blind into a noble family in the...
(c. 1590–1657)
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- Martinus FabriMartinus FabriMartinus Fabri was a North Netherlandish composer of the late 14th century.Fabri was probably either from Flanders or the Netherlands, and lived near the end of the Middle Ages. The surname "Fabri" was probably a Latinization of the name "Smeets" or perhaps "Le Fèvre" . Little is known about his...
(fl. 1395–1400) - Willem de FeschWillem de FeschWillem de Fesch was a virtuoso Dutch violone player and composer.The pupil of Karel Rosier, who was a Vice-Kapellmeister at Bonn, Willem later married his daughter, Maria Anna Rosier.De Fesch was active in Amsterdam between 1710 and 1725...
(1687–1761) - Amina FigarovaAmina FigarovaAmina Figarova is a jazz composer and jazz pianist. She currently lives in Rotterdam, Netherlands.-Education:Amina began studying music as a child, beginning learning the piano, and expanding into musical composition and arrangement as she matured...
(born 1966) - Eduard FlipseEduard FlipseEduard Flipse was a Dutch conductor and composer, the son of Cornelis Flipse and Geertje Kruis. He was noted as a champion of the music of Dutch composers, such as Léon Orthel. He prepared the chorus for one of the earliest Dutch performances of William Walton's oratorio Belshazzar's Feast...
(1896–1973) - Marius Flothuis (1914–2001) (:nl:Marius Flothuis)
- Carel Anton FodorCarel Anton FodorCarel Anton Fodor or Carolus Antonius Fodor was a Dutch pianist, conductor, and the most prominent composer of his generation in the Netherlands, writing in the manner of Joseph Haydn....
(1768–1846) - Géza FridGéza FridGéza Frid , was a Hungarian/Dutch composer and pianist.-Early years:Géza Frid was born in Máramarossziget in the Máramaros region of Hungary and studied piano and composition in Budapest with a.o. Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók. He settled in Amsterdam in 1929 and became a Dutch citizen in 1948...
(1904–1989)
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- Christian Ernst Graf (1723–1804) (:nl:Christian Ernst Graf)
- Jan van GilseJan van GilseJan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse was a Dutch composer and conductor. Among his works are five symphonies and the Dutch-language opera Thijl.-Life:...
(1881–1944) - Cor de GrootCor de GrootCor de Groot was a renowned Dutch pianist and composer.He was born in Amsterdam. He studied piano with Egbert Veen and Ulferts Schults, and composition and conducting under Sem Dresden. In 1932 he graduated with highest honours, playing a piano concerto written by himself...
(1914–1993) - Jean-Pierre Guiran (born 1957)
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- Carolus HacquartCarolus HacquartCarolus Hacquart was a composer, born c. 1640 in Bruges, in present-day Belgium.-Life:Hacquart received his education, comprising Latin and composition as well as viola da gamba, lute and organ, most probably in his native town...
(c. 1640–1701?) - Richard HagemanRichard HagemanRichard Hageman was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, composer, and actor.- Biography :...
(1881–1966) - Walter HeksterWalter HeksterWalter Hekster is a Dutch composer, clarinetist and conductor of classical music, specializing in contemporary classical music....
(born 1937) - Pieter HellendaalPieter HellendaalPieter Hellendaal was an organist and violinist, and one of the most famous composers of Dutch origin in the 18th century. At age 30, he migrated to England where he lived for the last 48 of his 78 years.-Early and Student Years:...
(1721–1799) - Gerard HengeveldGerard HengeveldGerard Hengeveld was a Dutch classical pianist, music composer and educationalist. He is especially known for his compositions of study material for piano. Other compositions include two piano concertos, a violin sonata, and a sonata for cello...
(1910–2001) - Hans HenkemansHans HenkemansHans Henkemans was a Dutch pianist, teacher, composer of classical music and psychiatrist....
(1913–1995) - Jonny HeykensJonny HeykensJonny Heykens was a Dutch composer of light classical music, remembered above all for his jaunty Ständchen No.1 Opus 21....
(1884–1945) - Rozalie Hirs (born 1965) (:nl:Rozalie Hirs)
- Simeon ten HoltSimeon ten HoltSimeon ten Holt is a Dutch composer. Ten Holt studied with Jakob van Domselaer, eventually developing a highly personal style of minimal composition...
(born 1923) - Joachim van den HoveJoachim van den HoveJoachim van den Hove was a Flemish/Dutch composer and a lutenist. He composed works for lute solo and for lute and voice. Moreover, he wrote many arrangements for lute of Italian, French, and English vocal and instrumental music, and of Flemish/Dutch folk music.Van den Hove was born Antwerp, and...
(c. 1567–1620) - Constantijn HuygensConstantijn HuygensConstantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
(1596–1687)
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- Otto Ketting (born 1935) (:nl:Otto Ketting)
- Piet Ketting (1904–1984) (:nl:Piet Ketting)
- Geert van Keulen (born 1943) (:nl:Geert van Keulen)
- Tristan KeurisTristan KeurisTristan Keuris was a Dutch composer.Keuris initially studied with Jan van Vlijmen in Amersfoort. At the age of 15 he started his studies with Ton de Leeuw at the Utrecht Conservatory. Upon graduating from the conservatory he received the 'Prijs voor compositie'...
(1946–1996) - Jan KleinbussinkJan KleinbussinkJan Kleinbussink is a Dutch classical musician who specializes in the performance of old music. He is the cantor-organist of the Central Church in Deventer, also known as the Lebuïnus Church. He is also well known for his contributions as an instrumentalist and conductor to recordings of J.S....
(born 1946) - Albert de Klerk (1917–1998) (:nl:Albert de Klerk, http://orgues.chartres.free.fr/klerk.htm)
- Gerard KockelmansGerard KockelmansGerard Kockelmans was a Dutch composer, conductor and music teacher.He studied at the conservatoires of Maastricht, The Hague and Utrecht, where Kees van Baaren, Sem Dresden and Henri Geraedts were among his teachers.As a composer he mainly wrote choral music. Other works comprise masses, motets,...
(1925–1965) - Hans KockelmansHans KockelmansHans Kockelmans is a Dutch composer, teacher, and performer of Early Classical and electronic music.He studied baroque lute with Mijndert Jape, as well as electronic music, and classical guitar at the Maastricht conservatory....
- Jan KoetsierJan KoetsierJan Koetsier was a Dutch composer and conductor.In 1950, Koetsier became the first Kapellmeister of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a composer, he wrote chamber music, and orchestral and choral works, as well as the opera Frans Hals...
(1911–2006) - Servaes de KoninckServaes de KoninckServaes de Koninck, or Servaes de Konink, Servaas de Koninck or Servaas de Konink was a baroque composer from the Netherlands, of motets, Dutch songs, chamber and incidental music, French airs and Italian cantatas....
(c. 1654–c. 1701) - Hans Kox (born 1930) (:nl:Hans Kox)
- Andreas KunsteinAndreas KunsteinAndreas Kunstein is a composer who was born in Brühl . In his youth, he received piano lessons and wrote his first compositions. After finishing high school, he studied History and Philosophy in Düsseldorf....
(born 1967)
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- Guillaume LandréGuillaume LandréGuillaume Landré was a Dutch composer of operas, 4 symphonies, and chamber music. His father, Willem Landré was also a composer; Guillaume studied under him. He also studied under Willem Pijper who had some influence on Landré's early works...
(1905–1968) - Vanessa LannVanessa LannVanessa Lann has been a composer and pianist since the age of five. She studied at the Tanglewood Institutewith Ruth Schonthal. She also attended the Westchester Conservatory of Musicat Harvard University, where her main teachers were Earl Kim, Peter Lieberson, and Leon Kirchner...
(born 1968) - Reinbert de Leeuw (born 1938) (:nl:Reinbert de Leeuw)
- Ton de LeeuwTon De LeeuwAntonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw was a Dutch composer. He was known for his experiments with microtonality....
(1926–1996) - Johan Nicolaas Lentz (c. 1719–1782) (:nl:Johan Nicolaas Lentz)
- Bertus van Lier (1906–1972) (:nl:Bertus van Lier)
- Rick van der LindenRick van der LindenRick van der Linden was a Dutch composer and keyboardist. Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption, but played in several other bands including most notably Trace, as well as solo...
(1946–2006) - Pietro LocatelliPietro LocatelliPietro Antonio Locatelli was an Italian composer and violinist.-Biography:Locatelli was born in Bergamo, Italy. A child prodigy on the violin, he was sent to study in Rome under the direction of Arcangelo Corelli...
(1695–1764) - Theo LoevendieTheo LoevendieTheo Loevendie is a Dutch composer and clarinet player.Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on jazz music. As off 1968 he also wrote concert music, among which operas, concertos and chamber music...
(born 1930) - Arjen Anthony LucassenArjen Anthony LucassenArjen Anthony "Oswold Jr." Lucassen is a progressive metal/rock composer, singer and musician from the Netherlands, best known for his long-running progressive opera project titled Ayreon....
(born 1960) - Erik van der LuijtErik van der LuijtErik van der Luijt is a Dutch jazz pianist / keyboard player, arranger, composer, producer and band leader.-History:Erik van der Luijt started playing the piano at the age of four...
(born 1970)
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- Willem van Manen (born 1940) (:nl:Willem van Manen)
- Gottfried Mann (1858–1904) (:nl:Gottfried Mann)
- Daan MannekeDaan MannekeDaan Manneke is a Dutch composer and organist.Manneke studied organ and composition from 1963 to 1967 at the Brabant Conservatory in Tilburg, under H. Houët and Louis Toebosch and Jan van Dijk then studied organ with Belgian organist Kamiel d’Hooghe in Brussels, followed by composition with Ton...
(born 1939) - Tera de Marez OyensTera de Marez OyensTera de Marez Oyens was a Dutch composer.De Marez Oyens was born as Woltera Gerharda Wansink. She studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with a major in piano. Here, her talent for composition was discovered as she wrote her first pieces. These included chamber music and song cycles...
(1932–1996) - Johan de MeijJohan de MeijJohannes Abraham de Meij is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1, nicknamed "The Lord of the Rings" symphony.- Biography :...
(born 1953) - Chiel MeijeringChiel MeijeringChiel Meijering is a Dutch composer. He studied composition with Ton de Leeuw, percussion with Jan Labordus and Jan Pustjens, and piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music....
(born 1954) - Misha MengelbergMisha MengelbergMisha Mengelberg is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961.-Biography:...
(born 1934) - Willem MengelbergWillem MengelbergJoseph Willem Mengelberg was a Dutch conductor, famous for his performances of Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.- Biography :...
(1871–1951) - Carlos MichánsCarlos MichánsCarlos Micháns is a Dutch composer of Argentine origin. He lives in Holland since 1982. His works are published in Amsterdam by Muziek Centrum Nederland . Micháns is also a writer...
(born 1950)
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- Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk (born 1955)
- Anthoni van NoordtAnthoni van NoordtAnthoni van Noordt was a Dutch composer and organist.Born in Amsterdam, where he lived throughout his life, he was the brother of Jacobus van Noordt...
(c. 1619–1675) - Sybrand van Noordt (the younger) (1659–1705) (http://www.saladelcembalo.org/docs/sybrandus_van-noordt.htm)
- Toek Numan (born 1971) (:nl:Toek Numan)
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- Cornélie van OosterzeeCornélie van OosterzeeCornélie van Oosterzee was a Dutch pianist and composer.-Biography:Cornelie van Oosterzee was born in Batavia, now Jakarta. She began piano lessons at the age of 16 and later studied music theory with Willem Nicolaï...
(1863–1943) - Léon Orthel (1905–1985) (:nl:Léon Orthel)
- Willem van OtterlooWillem van OtterlooJan Willem van Otterloo was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer.-Biography:Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, Gelderland, in the Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspector, and his wife Anna Catharina Enderlé...
(1907–1978)
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- Cornelis Thymenszoon PadbruéCornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué-Life:Padbrué came from a musical family and entered the company of "stadsspeelluiden" in his native city of Haarlem, but was dismissed from civic service in 1635 as a result of a long-running quarrel. From then on he supported himself as a freelance musician, and little further of his life is...
(c. 1592–1670) - Martijn PaddingMartijn PaddingMartijn Padding is a Dutch composer. Taught by Louis Andriessen , Geert van Keulen and Fania Chapiro . He also studied sonology at the University of Utrecht. He is a teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.-References:*-External links:**...
(born 1956) - Jan Gerard PalmJan Gerard PalmJan Gerard Palm was a 19th century composer. Palm is often referred to as the "father of Curaçao's classical music".-Biography:...
(1831–1906) - Paul PanhuysenPaul PanhuysenPaul Panhuysen is a Dutch composer, visual and sound artist. He founded and directed Het Apollohuis, an art space that functioned during the 80's and 90's having artists doing sound installations, sound sculptures, and concerts about free improvisation, experimental music, and electronic...
(born 1934) - David PetersenDavid Petersen (composer)David Petersen was a violinist and composer of north German origin active in the Netherlands ....
(c. 1651–1737) - Willem PijperWillem PijperWillem Pijper ; Zeist, 8 September 1894 - Utrecht, 18 March 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher.-Life:Pijper was born at Zeist, near Utrecht, on 8 September 1894 of strict Calvinist working-class parents. His father, who sometimes played psalm accompaniments on the harmonium,...
(1894–1947) - Edouard PotjesEdouard PotjesEdouard-Adrien-Nicolas Potjes , born in Nijmegen on 13 August 1860 and died on 12 January 1931 in Seattle , was a Dutch composer....
(1860–1931)
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- Dick RaaijmakersDick RaaymakersDick Raaymakers is a Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist. He is known as a pioneer in the field of electronic music and tape music but he has also realized numerous music theater pieces and has published many theoretical essays.-Biography:Raaymakers studied the piano at the Royal...
(born 1930) - Enrique Raxach (born 1932) (:nl:Enrique Raxach)
- Ernst ReijsegerErnst ReijsegerERNST REIJSEGER Cellist and composer Ernst Reijseger plays the cello from the age of seven and began as a performing cellist and improviser in 1969. From that time on he developed his own musical vocabulary...
- Jan Adams ReinckenJohann Adam ReinckenJohann Adam Reincken was a Dutch/German organist and composer...
(1643?–1722) - Richard RijnvosRichard Rijnvos-Education and influences:Rijnvos studied composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Jan van Vlijmen and Brian Ferneyhough.He received a DAAD scholarship and attended a postgraduate course at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg....
(born 1964) - Julius RöntgenJulius RöntgenJulius Engelbert Röntgen was a German-Dutch composer of classical music.-Life:Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of musicians. His father, Engelbert Röntgen, was first violinist in the Gewandhaus orchestra in Leipzig; his mother, Pauline Klengel, was a pianist, the aunt of...
(1855–1932) - Jan Rokus van Roosendael (1960–2005) (:nl:Jan Rokus van Roosendael)
- Joey RoukensJoey RoukensJoey Roukens is a Dutch composer of contemporary classical music.Roukens studied composition with Klaas de Vries at the Rotterdam Conservatoire and psychology at Leiden University. Roukens also studied piano privately with Ton Hartsuiker...
(born 1982) - Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753–1826) (:nl:Christian Friedrich Ruppe)
- Daniël Ruyneman (1886–1963) (:nl:Daniël Ruyneman)
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- Dirk SchäferDirk SchaferDirk Schäfer was a Dutch concert pianist and composer of pianoforte pieces and chamber music, such as his distinctly Brahmsian piano quintet in D flat and his sonatas for violin and piano, Op. 11. He also wrote a "Javanese Rhapsody"...
(1873–1931) - Peter SchatPeter SchatPeter Schat was a Dutch composer.Schat studied composition with Kees van Baaren at the conservatories in Utrecht and The Hague from 1952 until 1958, and then went on to study in London with Mátyás Seiber in 1959 and with Pierre Boulez in Basle in 1960–61...
(1935–2003) - Johannes SchenckJohannes SchenckJohannes Schenck was a Dutch musician and composer.Schenck was born in Amsterdam in 1660 where he was baptised on 3 June into the Reformed Church...
(1660–c. 1712) - Tjako van SchieTjako van SchieTjako van Schie is a Dutch pianist and composer. He is a répétiteur at the Amsterdam Conservatory.- Biography :...
(born 1961) - Nico Schuyt (1922–1992) (:nl:Nico Schuyt)
- Martinus SievekingMartinus SievekingMartinus Sieveking was a classical composer and pianist. He was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.A pupil of Julius Röntgen, he was the accompanist of the Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris. Though some of his many charming compositions are best described as salon music, he also wrote inventive serious...
(1867–1950) - Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer (1888–1953) (:nl:Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer)
- Edouard Silas (1827–1909) (:de:Edouard Silas)
- Jochem Slothouwer (1938–2009) (:nl:Jochem Slothouwer)
- Leo Smit (1900–1943)
- Harry SparnaayHarry SparnaayHarry Sparnaay is a noted Dutch bass clarinetist, composer, and teacher. He is the most well-known player of new music for the bass clarinet and has won the following: First Prize Gaudeamus Contest , Swedish Record Prize , Bulgarian Composers Union Award , Inaugural Sounds Australian Award ,...
(born 1944) - Pieter van der StaakPieter van der StaakPieter van der Staak was a Dutch classical guitarist, composer and professor of music.-Education:...
(1930–2007) - Joep Straesser (1934-2004) (http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Straesser-Joep.htm, :nl:Joep Straesser)
- Willem Strietman (1918–2001) (:nl:Willem Strietman)
- Johannes Suykerbuyk (born 1959) (:nl:Johannes Suykerbuyk)
- Jan Pieterszoon SweelinckJan Pieterszoon SweelinckJan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...
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- Paul Termos (1952–2003) (:nl:Paul Termos)
- Edward TopEdward TopSiemon Edward Top is a Dutch composer.Top studied violin and composition with Peter-Jan Wagemans at the Rotterdam Conservatoire. He won the Dutch prize for composition in 1999. He also studied composition with Klaas de Vries...
(born 1972) - Klas Torstensson (born 1951) (:nl:Klas Torstensson, :sv:Klas Torstensson)
- Merlijn TwaalfhovenMerlijn TwaalfhovenMerlijn Twaalfhoven is a Dutch composer and theatre maker. He graduated from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2003. Twaalfhoven is internationally active in creating innovative projects and writing new music for orchestras, choirs and chamber music groups...
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- Theo VerbeyTheo Verbey-Biography:Theo Verbey first achieved recognition for his orchestral arrangement of Alban Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1, a piece he orchestrated in 1984 while still a student. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague where he graduated in 1986. His principle composition teachers were Peter...
(born 1959) - Johannes VerhulstJohannes VerhulstJohannes Joseph Hermann Verhulst was a Dutch composer and conductor. As a composer mainly of songs and as administrator of Dutch musical life, his influence during his lifetime was considerable.-Life:As a boy, Verhulst sang in a catholic choir; here he distinguished himself by his gift for music...
(1816–1891) - Matthijs VermeulenMatthijs VermeulenMatthijs Vermeulen , was a Dutch composer and music journalist.- Early life :...
(1888–1967) - Alexander VoormolenAlexander VoormolenAlexander Voormolen was a Dutch composer. Son of the soldier and politician Willem Voormolen, he studied piano with Willem and Marinus Petri and composition with Johan Wagenaar in Utrecht....
(1895–1980) - Jan VriendJan VriendJan Vriend is a Dutch classical music composer, conductor and pianist.Vriend was born in Benningbroek, North Holland, and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory from 1960 to 1967, with Else Krijgsoman , Anthon van der Horst and Jan Felderhof , and Ton de Leeuw...
(born 1938) - Klaas de VriesKlaas de Vries (composer)Klaas de Vries is a Dutch composer. De Vries teaches composition at the conservatory of Rotterdam and can be described as influential in the Dutch musical life.-Biography:...
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- Peter-Jan WagemansPeter-Jan WagemansPeter-Jan Wagemans is a Dutch composer.Wagemans studied organ , composition with Jan van Vlijmen and music theory at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. After his studies he also worked with Klaus Huber in Freiburg.According to Wagemans' philosophy, music is shaped in the observation of the...
(born 1952) - Diderik WagenaarDiderik WagenaarDiderik Wagenaar is a Dutch composer and musical theorist.-Life and work:Wagenaar has lived and worked all his adult life in The Hague. Born to a musical family that includes Johan Wagenaar, he began playing piano at the age of eight and by the time he was fourteen had set his sights on a musical...
(born 1946) - Johan WagenaarJohan WagenaarJohan Wagenaar was a Dutch composer and organist.-Life:Born in Utrecht, out of wedlock, he was the son of Cypriaan Gerard Berger van Hengst and Johanna Wagenaar. Wagenaar's parents were of different social strata: his father was an aristocrat, while his mother was of more humble origins...
(1862–1941) - Unico Wilhelm van WassenaerUnico Wilhelm van WassenaerUnico Willem van Wassenaer, Count of the Empire, was a Dutch diplomat and composer....
(1692–1766) - Johann Wilhelm WilmsJohann Wilhelm WilmsJohann Wilhelm Wilms was a Dutch-German composer, best known for writing Wien Neêrlands Bloed, which served as the Dutch national anthem from 1815 to 1932....
(1772–1847) - Norbert WissingNorbert WissingNorbert Wissing is a Dutch composer of chamber music, orchestral music, music for theatre and classical music. He got his training from Lex van Delden as his only pupil.-Musical style:...
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- Kristoffer ZegersKristoffer ZegersKristoffer Zegers is a Dutch composer.Taught by Gilius van Bergeijk, Jan Boerman, Martijn Padding, Clarence Barlow, Diderik Wagenaar at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.In Zegers' music microtonal clusters are the main object...
(born 1973) - Jian-Hua ZhuangJian-Hua ZhuangJian-Hua Zhuang is a Chinese-born composer active in the Netherlands.Zhuang received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in 1988. Later, he moved to the Netherlands, completing a master's degree, also in music, at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music in 1996. Among...
(born 1959) - Robert Zuidam (born 1964) (:nl:Robert Zuidam)