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Bas van Putten

Bas van Putten (24 July 1965) is a Dutch writer and musicologist, who is also active as car journalist. In 1989, he obtained cum laude his doctoral musicology to the University of Amsterdam. He worked as music journalist for The Telegraph, The Parool and Vrij Nederland. In 1996, Van Putten won the Pierre Bayle Prize for art criticism and in 2001 the Debutant Prize for his novel debut Thorn. With Rob Kamphues He presented the television programme PK. He is music director of De Groene Amsterdammer and columnist at Autoweek and NRC Handelsblad. He has published stories, reflections and poems in publications including Dutch Monthly and The Guide. He wrote biographies of the composers Hans Kox (2005) and Peter Schat (Part 1, 2015).

Jan-Bas Bollen on November Music: 'I experience music as a purely sonic event. I can enjoy a metal band immensely, but also drum 'n bass.'

by Bas van Putten
22 October 202129 March 2022
11 min read
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His life is a strange journey through time, a giant leap forward from one musical culture to another. His mother was a composer and singer, his father accompanied a relay of famous song singers as a pianist. And Jan-Bas Bollen (1961) took to the stage early on as a promising violin talent. In 1970, a child of nine, he played at the Oscar Back Violin Competition, and...

Jan-Peter De Graaff composes Parallax: 'I show how much effort people put into creating their own world' #novembermusic

by Bas van Putten
14 October 2021
8 min read
ACTUAL, Featured, MUSIC, November Music, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS, THEATER, BECOME A MEMBER

Jan-Peter de Graaff (b. 1992) is and thinks big. As an islander, raised on Terschelling as a child of musicians, he also perhaps perceives things a little differently from the peripheral city. The height of the sky, the nothingness of a strip of land surrounded by the movement and power of water; they suggest infinity and the mystery of higher powers. That perspective...