Background
BADINGS, Henk was born on January 17, 1907 in Bandoeng, Indonesia (formerly Dutch East Indies). Son of Herman Louis Johan Badings and Maria Susanna Polvliet.
BADINGS, Henk was born on January 17, 1907 in Bandoeng, Indonesia (formerly Dutch East Indies). Son of Herman Louis Johan Badings and Maria Susanna Polvliet.
Student, Technology University, Delft.
sixteen symphonies and other symphonic music, chamber music, music for amateurs, choral works, operas, etc., as well as electronic music. Assistant in Palaeontology, Technology University, Delft 1931-1934. First symphony performed by the Concertgebouw-Orchestra in Amsterdam 1930. Professor, of Composition, Rotterdam Conservatoire 1934-1935.
Professor, of Composition, Musical Lyceum, Amsterdam 1935-1937, Co-Director 1937-1941. Director State Conservatoire, The Hague 1941-1945. Free-lance composer since 1945.
Director Electronic Music Studio, University of Utrecht 1961-1964, Professor, of Acoustics and Information Theory 1962-1977. Guest Professor, Adelaide University (Australia) 1962-1963. Professor, of Musical Composition, Musikhochschule, Stuttgart (Germany) 1962-1972.
Member Royal Flemish Academy Art.
Married Jeannette Tukke in 1946.