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
- Dimitris Andrikopoulos
- 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
References
- Wennekes, Emile (2003). "Rotterdamse Muziek: idioom of ideaal?". Ons Erfdeel (in Dutch). 49 (1): 111–112.
- van Dillen, Oscar. "Rotterdam School Manifesto".
- 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