Aribert Reimann: 'I cherish both musical tradition and modern developments'

by Thea Derks
26 November 201729 March 2022
3 min read
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Ondanks zijn hoge leeftijd is de Duitse componist Aribert Reimann (1936) nog altijd zeer actief. In oktober 2017 beleefde zijn opera L'invisible zijn wereldpremière aan de Deutsche Oper Berlin, naar een toneelstuk van Maeterlinck. Op 14 december klinkt alweer de eerte uitvoering van zijn cyclus Die schönen Augen der Frühlingsnacht in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. Hij componeerde deze voor de sopraan Mojca Erdmann en het Kuss Quartet. Het is een bewerking van liederen van de hier te lande weinig bekend...

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Thea Derks

Thea Derks studied English and Musicology. In 1996, she completed her studies in musicology cum laude at the University of Amsterdam. She specialises in contemporary music and in 2014 published the critically acclaimed biography 'Reinbert de Leeuw: man or melody'. Four years on, she completed 'An ox on the roof: modern music in vogevlucht', aimed especially at the interested layperson. You buy it here: https://www.boekenbestellen.nl/boek/een-os-op-het-dak/9789012345675 In 2020, the 3rd edition of the Reinbertbio appeared,with 2 additional chapters describing the period 2014-2020. These also appeared separately as Final Chord.View Author posts

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Thea Derks

Thea Derks studied English and Musicology. In 1996, she completed her studies in musicology cum laude at the University of Amsterdam. She specialises in contemporary music and published the critically acclaimed biography 'Reinbert de Leeuw: man or melody' in 2014.
Four years on, she completed 'An ox on the roof: modern music in vogevlucht', aimed especially at the interested layperson. You buy it here: https://www.boekenbestellen.nl/boek/een-os-op-het-dak/9789012345675
In 2020, the 3rd edition of the Reinbertbio appeared,with 2 additional chapters describing the period 2014-2020. These also appeared separately as Final Agreement.

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