DCV 014: Music by Hans Henkemans

General Hans Henkemans was born on December 23, 1913, in The Hague and died on December 29, 1995. Education From 1926 to 1931 he was a pupil of Bernard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, both for piano and composition, and from 1933 to 1938 he studied with Willem Pijper. Additionally, Henkemans studied medicine from 1931.

The World Doctors Orchestra was founded in 2008 and combines the pleasure of fine music with global medical responsibility. Three to four times a year, some 100 physicians from all over the world exchange their white coats for evening attire and perform a benefit concert for medical aid projects.

The World Doctors Orchestra was founded in 2008 and combines the pleasure of fine music with global medical responsibility. Three to four times a year, some 100 physicians from all over the world exchange their white coats for evening attire and perform a benefit concert for medical aid projects.

Special screening of the documentary ‘Weggewist’ about famous in the 1950s Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist Hans Henkemans (1913-1995) who made a name at home and abroad with his brilliant Mozart and Debussy interpretations. He is also one of the most frequently performed Dutch composers in that period.

In the Eclipse series, pianist Mattias Spee discovers the hidden treasures of the piano repertoire. With special guest Ed Spanjaard. The second album in the series contains fairytale music by the Dutch composer Hans Henkemans, once famous and since forgotten. Hans Henkemans was one of the most celebrated Dutch pianists and composers of his time.

According to conductor and friend Ed Spanjaard, Dutch composer and pianist Hans Henkemans holds his own among pianists who are ten times more famous. Despite his talent, his music was nearly forgotten until recently.

DCV 479 Hans Henkemans Violin Concerto Jeroen Dupont and World Doctors Orchestra

An annual fixture in Northern Ireland’s musical calendar, BBC Radio 3 is delighted to present 4 Summer Invitation Concerts with the Ulster Orchestra.

The famous Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist Hans Henkemans (1913-1995) spent his entire life searching for ‘the essence’ of music. In the 1950s he made a name for himself at home and abroad with his brilliant Mozart and Debussy interpretations. He is also one of the most performed Dutch composers during that period.

Education Michael has a degree in English Literature from the State University of New York. Despite having no formal music education, he has an active international career in several aspects of the music business.

"Creativity is an unconscious act of insanity, in a burst of which the truth is born. No matter how beautiful or disgusting it may seem to people far from madness, its value is beyond doubt, both for the author and for those able to sense its invisible beauty. After all, gratitude for endless trials and suffering brings joy and blissful emptiness… Being shocked by music is about pain turning into beauty and getting under your skin, taking away your breath; about everything stopping to move. I want to be scratched inside by sound and experience the fleeting, invisible beauty." - Maxim Shalygin

Celia Swart (1994, NL) is a new music composer, saxophone player and visual artist. Growing up playing saxophone and piano, she found her love for composing.