DCV 001 – Willem Pijper: Highlights

General Willem Pijper was born in Zeist on September 8, 1894.

Willem Pijper (1894-1947) has been an integral part of Dutch musical life since 1917.

On Saturday, April 23th, the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Edo de Waart, performed Willem Pijper: Six Adagios in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

In Mysticism and Mystery, experience how music takes us to an ‘other reality’, such as the wizarding world of Harry Potter, the freemason world of Mozart and Pijper and the sounds of the famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

In Mysticism and Mystery, experience how music takes us to an ‘other reality’, such as the wizarding world of Harry Potter, the freemason world of Mozart and Pijper and the sounds of the famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

In Mysticism and Mystery, experience how music takes us to an ‘other reality’, such as the wizarding world of Harry Potter, the freemason world of Mozart and Pijper and the sounds of the famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

In Mysticism and Mystery, experience how music takes us to an ‘other reality’, such as the wizarding world of Harry Potter, the freemason world of Mozart and Pijper and the sounds of the famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

Luc Brewaeys was born in 1959 in Mortsel (Belgium). He studied composition with André LAPORTE in Brussels, with Franco DONATONI in Siena (Italy) and with Brian FERNEYHOUGH in Darmstadt (Germany). From 1980 to 84 he had regular contacts with Iannis XENAKIS in Paris. He is also conductor, pianist and works since 1985 as recording producer at the VRT (Flemish Radio & Television).

Jakub Polaczyk (born in 1983 in Poland) is a Polish-American composer, pianist, and pedagogue interested in surreal and synthetic art. He graduated from the Penderecki Music Academy, Jagiellonian University and Carnegie Mellon University. He studied with: Krzysztof Penderecki, Marcel Chyrzyński, Marek Chołoniewski, Reza Vali, Jan van Landeghem.

Ville Raasakka’s works are performed by the Klangforum Wien (Vienna), the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, der/gelbe/klang (Munich), Mise-en Ensemble (New York), Dal Niente (Chicago), Ensemble Lemniscate (Basel) and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra at the most esteemed festivals such as Eclat (Stuttgart), June in Buffalo (Buffalo), Tage der Neuen Musik Bamberg (Bamberg), Festival Archipel (Geneva) and […]