DCV 522 – Forbidden Music Regained 2023

DCV 410 Forbidden Music Regained 2021 Various Artists Booklet:

DCV 507 Forbidden Music Regained 2022 Various Artists

Theodore Henri Smit Sibinga was born in Bandung and still a toddler when his family returned to the Netherlands.

Rosy Wertheim was born on February 19, 1888 in Amsterdam and she died on May 27, 1949 in Laren.

General Marius Flothuis was born on October 30, 1914 in Amsterdam where he died on November 13, 2001.

Belinfante was born in the Amsterdam neighborhood Watergraafsmeer on March 6, 1893, the third child in a family of ten.

General Lex van Delden was born Alexander Zwaap on September 10, 1919 in Amsterdam the only child of Wolf Zwaap, a school teacher, and Sara Olivier.

Nico Richter was born on December 2, 1915 in Amsterdam of Jewish descent.

Julius Hijman was born on January 25, 1901 in Almelo, at that time a town with a prosperous textile industry.

General Dutch composer Dick Kattenburg barely got started before the curtain came down.

Leo Smit was born to a wealthy, non-orthodox Portuguese Jewish family, on May 14, 1900 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Eleonore Pameijer is a musician, an organizer and an initiator.

Two piece by Leo Smit by Rotterdam Philharmonisch Orkest under Manoj Kamps in Oude Luxor Theater, Rotterdam.  Other works of the program are by Hindemith, Strauss, Hartmann, and Weill. 

On Saturday afternoon, November 29, 2025, the fifth edition of the Festival Forbidden Music Regained will take place in the Bernard Haitinkzaal at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

A Bar Mitzvah project launched by a young violinist in Baltimore has led to the donation of a significant collection of rediscovered, formerly suppressed music to the Peabody Institute’s Arthur Friedheim Library.

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 […]

Leonard Guillaume Samama komt op 25 maart ter wereld in een muzikale joodse familie in Apeldoorn. Zijn moeder, Ans Samama-Polak, is een amateurcelliste en als oefentherapeut Mensendieck auteur van het boek 'Musiceren zonder pijn'. Zijn vader Sylvio is oprichter van de platenmaatschappij Iramac en een vooraanstaand impresario. De jonge Leo leert dwarsfluit spelen en begint in zijn tienerjaren al te componeren. Tijdens zijn studie Muziekwetenschap aan de Universiteit Utrecht (1970-1977) studeert hij enige jaren compositie bij Rudolf Escher. In 1975 schrijft hij met 'Tombeau concertant pour Frank Martin' voor twee violen en strijkorkest, zijn officiële opus 1. Met steun van een Rotarybeurs voltooit hij zijn studie aan de Universiteit van California in Los Angeles. Al tijdens deze studie geeft hij lezingen over de Nederlandse muziek van de twintigste eeuw.

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.

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).