Patrick van Deurzen
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Patrick van Deurzen is a Dutch
composer
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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 has had regular work meetings. He also received some composition lessons from Wagemans.
He worked as a guitarist, conductor, singer and wrote several articles on twentieth-century music. Worked on several documentaries for the NPS, which include Schoenberg's Moses and Aaron and Alban Berg
s violin concerto.
Currently he is active as a composer and teaches at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Codarts
Rotterdam.
The idea that Pavlovian association
is a feature that makes man unique is the starting point of Van Deurzens composing. Music will be meaningful if it is a network of associations. In his works Van Deurzen creates such a network through a dialogue with other music. As a tribute, but also to go through other compositions to come to an own language that remains recognizable. This could be music by Monteverdi
, as in the fourth part of his Lamento della ... from his string quartet Seven(2006), but also Miles Davis
in ' "Six: a line is a dot That went for a walk (2007), or Tom Waits
inLove Song(2009) and funk music in the fourth part of hisFour solos for Bass clarinet(2000-01). Deurzen also often adds text that the musicians should recite to add a different level of meaning to the composition, as in his quintet Choral, Prelude & Fugue(2005) where each part contains texts of Don Quixote.
In 2002 he won the Second international composition competition for choral music in Hasselt (Belgium),Deux poèmes the Baudelaire for a cappella choir, conducted by the Flemish Radio Choir.
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Biography
Patrick Deurzen studied guitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
with Dick Hoogeveen and Music Theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
with Peter-Jan Wagemans
Peter-Jan Wagemans
Peter-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...
and Jan Kleinbussink at the Rotterdam Conservatory. As a composer he is self-taught but attended classes of instrumentation Klaas de Vries
Klaas 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:...
with whom he has had regular work meetings. He also received some composition lessons from Wagemans.
He worked as a guitarist, conductor, singer and wrote several articles on twentieth-century music. Worked on several documentaries for the NPS, which include Schoenberg's Moses and Aaron and Alban Berg
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.-Early life:Berg was born in...
s violin concerto.
Currently he is active as a composer and teaches at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Codarts
Codarts
Codarts University for the Arts is a Dutch vocational university, based in Rotterdam. It has three divisions: the Rotterdam Conservatoire, Rotterdam Dance Academy, and Rotterdam Circus Arts....
Rotterdam.
The idea that Pavlovian association
Association (psychology)
In psychology and marketing, two concepts or stimuli are associated when the experience of one leads to the effects of another, due to repeated pairing. This is sometimes called Pavlovian association for Ivan Pavlov's pioneering of classical conditioning....
is a feature that makes man unique is the starting point of Van Deurzens composing. Music will be meaningful if it is a network of associations. In his works Van Deurzen creates such a network through a dialogue with other music. As a tribute, but also to go through other compositions to come to an own language that remains recognizable. This could be music by Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
, as in the fourth part of his Lamento della ... from his string quartet Seven(2006), but also Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
in ' "Six: a line is a dot That went for a walk (2007), or Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
inLove Song(2009) and funk music in the fourth part of hisFour solos for Bass clarinet(2000-01). Deurzen also often adds text that the musicians should recite to add a different level of meaning to the composition, as in his quintet Choral, Prelude & Fugue(2005) where each part contains texts of Don Quixote.
In 2002 he won the Second international composition competition for choral music in Hasselt (Belgium),Deux poèmes the Baudelaire for a cappella choir, conducted by the Flemish Radio Choir.
Compositions
- Tornado (2011, Orchestra. Strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns)
- Monologue (2011, Cello)
- Turris Babel (2010, Female quintet, stones, sticks and water; text from Athanasius KircherAthanasius KircherAthanasius Kircher was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine...
and the Bible) - Three Songs (2010, Singer, Guitar; Poems by Marianne Grootenboer)
- Improvising on Bach's Prelude in C minor (2009, Piano)
- Love Song (2009, Male quintet and string quartet)
- Turris Babel (2009, pre-study, Female quintet)
- Les Tènébres (2008, Voice, piano and optional film; text from Baudelaire)
- Wahnbrot, sechs chorstücke nach Paul Celan (2008 , Mixed choir)
- If I were God (2007, Mixed choir with viola and cello; text by Astrid LindgrenAstrid LindgrenAstrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...
) - Thank God Sylvia! We're alive! (2007, Orchestra. Strings and Percussion)
- Geheime Tuin (Secret Garden, poems by Hendrik de VriesHendrik de VriesHendrik de Vries was a significant Dutch poet and painter. He was an early surrealist, was liberal-minded, and preached vitality. The subconscious mind plays a crucial role in his poetry.Much his inspiration came from his interest in Spain and Spanish culture...
) (2007, Two soprano's, soprano-/altsax, harmonium, percussion) - Seven (2006, String quartet)
- ceux qui sont venus du ciel (2006, A-clarinet)
- Six: a line is a dot that went for a walk (2006, Flugelhorn, Percussion, Double bas)
- Choral, Fugue e Prelude (2005, Wind quintet)
- Eight scenes from Alice (2005, Female choir, percussion)
- Langs de Randen van de Nacht (Past the edges of the night) (2005, Horn, Strings, harp, percussion)
- Three (2005, Violin, Horn, percussion)
- Duo (2002, Clarinet, Oboe)
- Cantigas d'amor (2001, Singer, Piano)
- Four solo's for Bass clarinet (2001, Bass clarinet)
- Deux poèmes de Baudelaire (2001, Mixed choir)
External links
- Website Patrick van Deurzen
- Muziek Centrum Nederland
- KRO Radio broadcast: a part of If I were God performed by the Latvian Radio Choir, Karin Dolman and Hans Woudenberg http://www.radio4.nl/page/programma/70
- Concertzender: Strijkkwartet no 1. "Seven" performed by the DoelenKwartet http://www.concertzender.nl/programmagids.php?date=2009-09-07&month=-15&detail=37708
- KRO Radio broadcast of "Turris babel" performed by Wishful Singing. Interview with composer Patrick van Deurzen starts @ 1h58m (in Dutch), Turris Babel after 2h28m. http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=12474337