Rotterdam School

The term Rotterdam School is used to refer to a group of composers related to the city of Rotterdam.[1]

What started in the final decade of the twentieth century within a small circle of composition students at the Rotterdam Conservatory with a manifesto[2] by Rotterdam composer Oscar van Dillen, has been taken more seriously now in larger musical circles.[3] Many Rotterdam composers have made successful careers in contemporary or theatre music.[3]

It is impossible to accommodate all Rotterdam composers together in one kind of style or musical æsthetic.[1] Therefore, one could not really speak of a school in the traditional meaning of the word.[1]

The colloquium (called "practicums") at the Rotterdam Conservatoire, led by composition teachers Peter-Jan Wagemans and Klaas de Vries, played an important, unifying role.[3]

Composers

  • Thorkell Atlason
  • Erik de Clerq
  • Nuno Corte-Real
  • Oscar van Dillen
  • Rocco Havelaar
  • Bart de Kemp
  • Hans Koolmees
  • Astrid Kruisselbrink
  • Andreas Kunstein
  • Marcel Minderhoud
  • Philemon Mukarno
  • Florian Magnus Maier
  • Christina Viola Oorebeek
  • Joey Roukens
  • Felipe Pérez Santiago
  • Edward Top
  • Marc Verhoeven
  • Klaas de Vries
  • Peter-Jan Wagemans
  • Juan Felipe Waller
  • Evrim Demirel
  • Dimitris Andrikopoulos

References

  1. ^ a b c Wennekes, Emile (2003). "Rotterdamse Muziek: idioom of ideaal?". Ons Erfdeel (in Dutch). 49 (1): 111–112.
  2. ^ van Dillen, Oscar. "Rotterdam School Manifesto".
  3. ^ a b c Top, Edward. "The Rotterdam School". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22.

External links

  • Rotterdamse School in Theater Lantaren/Venster at Nieuwsbank
  • Elektronische muziek in de Rotterdamse School at Lantaren Venster
  • Doelenkwartet Rotterdam String Quartets
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