Background

Andriessen, Louis was born on June 6, 1939 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Son of Hendrik Andriessen.

Education

Student, Royal Conservatory of The Hague, 1957—1962. Studied with Luciano Berio in Milan and Berlin, 1962—1965.

Career

Composer and pianist, Amsterdam, since 1965. Founder Orkest de Volharding, since 1972. Teacher instrumentation Royal Conservatory of The Hague, 1974—1978, teacher composition, since 1978.

Composer musical theater works for group Baal, 1976. Founder Hoketus, 1976—1987. Teacher California Institute Arts., 1984.

Artistic director Meltdown Festival, London, 1994. Featured composer Tanglewood Music Festival, Massachusetts, Settembre Musica, Turin, Italy, 1996, Queensland Festival, Brisbane, Australia, 2001.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • The Apollonian Clockwork: On Stravinsky

    (This non-analytical discussion of Stravinsky's music by t...)

  • The Apollonian Clockwork: On Stravinsky (Amsterdam University Press - Amsterdam Archaeological Studies)

    ( ‘I think my music deserves to be considered as a whole’...)

  • The Apollonian Clockwork: On Stravinsky 1st Edition

    ('I think my music deserves to be considered as a whole', ...)

  • Hoketus (1976) (For 2 Groups of 5 Instruments). Composed By Louis Andriessen. For Flute, Piano, Electric Bass, Congas, Alto Saxophone (Full Score).

    (Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. 9 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M...)

  • Writing to Vermeer - Script

• Other Work

  • Composer: Sonate for flute & piano, 1956, Elegy for cello & piano, 1957, Séries for two pianos, 1958, Anachronie I for orchestra, 1967, The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven for orchestra & ice-cream seller's bell, 1970, De Volharding for wind ensemble, 1972, Il Duce, 1973, Il Principe, 1973, Hoketus, 1976, De Staat, 1976 (Matthijs Vermeulen prize, 1977, first prize, Unesco's International Rostrum of Composers, 1977), De Tijd, 1981 (Edison award, 1993), The Apollonian Clockwork, 1982, De Snelheid, 1984, De Materie, 1989 (Matthijs Vermeulen prize, 1992), Facing Death, 1990, M is for Man, Music, Mozart, 1991, The Memory of Roses, 1992, Zilver, 1994, Trilogy of the Last Day, 1996-1997, The New Math(s), 2000, La Passione, 2002, (Operas) Reconstructie, 1969, ROSA: The Death of a Composer, 1993, Writing to Vermeer, 1999.

Membership

Member of American Academy of Arts and Letters (honorary).

Connections

Married Jeannette Yanikian, 1996.

father:

Hendrik Andriessen Andriessen

spouse:

Jeannette Yanikian