Education
He studied musicology at the University of Utrecht and earned his doctoral in 1994.
composer musicologist teacher writer poet
He studied musicology at the University of Utrecht and earned his doctoral in 1994.
In April 2010 his first novel, "de Gewapende Manitoba," was published by Uitgeverij Contact. Gerwin van der Werf plays in the Dutch band "The New Beetles", and has composed several songs. Gerwin van der Werf was born in De Meern and raised in Elburg, Netherlands, the youngest of two children.
2012 Longlist nomination for the prestigious Dutch "Libris Literatuurprijs"
2011 Novel "Wild", publisher contact
2010 First prize Dutch Turing National Poetry Contest
2010 Novel "De Gewapende Manitoba, Contact"
2009 Tweede Prijs Zomerverhalen Schrijven Magazine
2008 Nomination "1000 woorden prijs"
2008 Third prize Dutch Paper Trouw writing competition "Mijn betere ik’
2008 First prize Volkskrant writing competition "Vakantiegeluk”
2008 "Met woorden kan ik toveren" publicized in "Mijn tweede Van Dale Luisterwoordenboek"
2008 First prize Trouw Schrijfwedstrijd "Een bekentenis”
2008 Pika Don, new musical production (RLO)
2006 Author "Intro Muziek voor de Bovenbouw" (ThiemeMeulenhoff)
1998–2007 Macbeth, Oedipus, West Side Story & 6 andere theaterproducties (RLO)
1998 Antigone (Theater Imperium)
1997 Hamlet (RLO)
1996 Ten pieces for "New Belcanto", Dordrecht
1995 Belcanto Festival, opera pastiche (script, arrangements)
1994 Doctoral musicology Utrecht
1992 Composition-prize musicology.