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Biography

'Youth didn't need to be in it'. Thea Derks talks about the biography that wasn't supposed to be there'

by one of our members
20 May 201430 March 2022
1 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Much has been written about it. And much talked about: the Reinbert de Leeuw biography by Thea Derks, which Reinbert de Leeuw did not allow to be published. Now Thea Derks, a member of the Cultuurpers cooperative, gets to explain her side of things to Peter Gielissen, also a member of the Cultuurpers cooperative. Nice story turned out. On Lezen.tv

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"Forbidden!" Or is it? Reinbert de Leeuw performance makes curious about biography

by Henri Drost
20 March 201430 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, OPERA

It is the kind of publicity even literary agency Sebes and Van Gelderen dreams of. An argument between biographer and subject that makes it into all the national newspapers. Especially when it is not a biography of, say, an ex-soccer player who squandered his fortune, but one of wayward composer and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw.

On Friday, the book was in bookstores, with a rave review in Het Parool on the same day, followed another day later by an interview with author Thea Derks...

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Biography Reinbert de Leeuw released today

by Thea Derks
14 March 201430 March 2022
3 min read
For members only, MUSIC, PODIUM ART, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

Today, Leporello Publishers in Amstelveen published my long-awaited biography Reinbert de Leeuw: man or melody, on which I worked for more than seven years. The book is on sale at several bookstores in Amsterdam and can be ordered through any bookstore in the Netherlands. When I attended a concert conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw in early 2005, I discussed with a number of...

Reinbert de Leeuw defies limits of orchestra in Saturday Matinee

by Thea Derks
28 January 201411 July 2016
4 min read
ACTUAL, MUSIC

Reinbert de Leeuw turned seventy-five last September, but already in May the VPRO honoured him with three full-length broadcasts on Radio 4. Together with Aad van Nieuwkerk, I made a selection from his best recordings of Kagel, Ustvolskaya and Louis Andriessen, among others, about which I also let him speak. This was followed in September by a real Reinbert festival and his own magazine. The magazine not only highlighted him...

A century of new music: Ruyneman and De Leeuw

by Thea Derks
7 September 201330 March 2022
4 min read
For members only, MUSIC

This month, Reinbert de Leeuw celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday. Not only are television, radio, internet media and the written press devoting extensive attention to the no small achievements of this champion of contemporary music, but he is also being honoured with his own festival, 'Reinbert 75'. This is organised by the Asko|Schönberg, co-founded by him, the Residentie Orkest and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, where he took up teaching fifty years ago. In da...

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VPRO honours Reinbert de Leeuw

by Thea Derks
8 May 201330 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, MUSIC

On 8 September next, pianist, composer and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw hopes to turn 75 and this will be celebrated with a range of events. These include a three-day festival dedicated to him in The Hague and Amsterdam at the end of September, and he will be the central composer in the NTR Saturday Matinee next season. In addition, a CD box set of his recordings will be released, and later this year I hope to publish my recently completed biography on Reinbert de Leeuw. Together with producer Aad van Nieuwkerk, I made ...

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"The Life and Death of Marina Abramović": bumpy business with Antony as rock #HF12

by Fransien van der Putt
25 June 20128 July 2016
6 min read
Holland Festival, SPECIALS

Antony, Dafoe and Abramović together on one stage, directed by Robert Wilson - it promised to be the hit of the theatre season. But Abramović's private life does not really lend itself to a triumphant or compelling narrative.

Read More ""The Life and Death of Marina Abramović": bumpy business with Antony as rock #HF12

Big plus for the writer who can also narrate #wu12

by Wijbrand Schaap
20 January 201229 March 2022
19 min read
For members only, SPECIALS, Writers Unlimited

Helon Habila His voice is low, and when he talks, he does so calmly and thoughtfully. He regards his humour - very British - as a side effect that is more accidental, than intended. This makes Helon Habila a perfect guest for the opening night of Writers Unlimited, the Hague literature festival better known as 'Winternachten'. The Nigerian can...