100 Notable alumni of
Amsterdam School of the Arts
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The Amsterdam School of the Arts is 509th in the world, 190th in Europe, and 6th in the Netherlands by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Amsterdam School of the Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Paul Verhoeven
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision directorfilm director
- Biography
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Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch filmmaker, who has worked variously in the Netherlands, the United States, and in France. He is known for directing genre films with strong satirical elements, often featuring graphic violence and sexual content. Many of his films are considered provocative, and were controversial when released.
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Carel Struycken
- Occupations
- stage actoractorcomposerfilm actorfilm editor
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Carel Struycken is a Dutch actor. He is known for playing the Giant/Fireman in the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017), the occasional guest role of Mr. Homn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1992), and the household butler Lurch in the Addams Family films of 1991, 1993 and 1998. He also appeared in the films Men in Black (1997), Gerald's Game (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019).
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Roger Cicero
- Years
- 1970-2016 (aged 46)
- Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
- Studied in 1991-1996
- Occupations
- singerjazz musician
- Biography
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Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu was a German jazz and pop musician.
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Jan de Bont
- Occupations
- film directordirectorcamera operatorcinematographerfilm producer
- Biography
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Jan de Bont is a Dutch retired film director, producer, and a former cinematographer.
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Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh
- Occupations
- stage actorcomposeractortelevision actorfilm actor
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Coenraad Lodewijk Dirk "Coen" van Vrijberghe de Coningh was a Dutch actor, singer, composer, record producer and television presenter.
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Urs Bühler
- Occupations
- pianistopera singerguitaristmusician
- Biography
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Urs Toni Bühler is a Swiss classically trained tenor. He is a member of the classical crossover group Il Divo, who have sold over 30 million copies worldwide discs.
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Elise Schaap
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Elise Schaap is a Dutch actress.
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Jelka van Houten
- Occupations
- television actorsingeractorfilm actor
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Jelline Floriska van Houten is a Dutch actress and singer. She has acted in Dutch films, musicals, and television series. She also played Sabine in the British TV series Fresh Meat.
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Caro Emerald
- Occupations
- singerrecording artistjazz musician
- Biography
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Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw, formerly known as Caro Emerald and lately part of the music project The Jordan, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer who mainly performs in English. Active since 2007, she rose to prominence in 2009 with debut single, "Back It Up". Follow-up single "A Night Like This" topped charts in several countries, including her native Netherlands.
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Bernard Haitink
- Occupations
- conductorviolinistchoir directormusic director
- Biography
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Bernard Johan Herman Haitink was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961. He moved to London, as principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra from 1967 to 1979, music director at Glyndebourne Opera from 1978 to 1988 and of the Royal Opera House from 1987 to 2002, when he became principal conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden. Finally, he was principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2010. The focus of his prolific recording was classical symphonies and orchestral works, but he also conducted operas. He conducted 90 concerts at The Proms in London, the last on 3 September 2019 with the Vienna Philharmonic. His awards include Grammy Awards and the 2015 Gramophone Award for his lifetime achievements.
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Nelly Frijda
- Occupations
- politiciantelevision actorcabaret performeractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Nelly Frijda-Wiegel is a Dutch actress, voice actress, cabaret artist, and former politician.
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Leonie ter Braak
- Occupations
- television presentermodeltelevision actorpresenteractor
- Biography
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Leonie ter Braak is a Dutch television presenter and actress. She is known for presenting several television shows, including the talk shows HLF8 and RTL Tonight. She also played a role in the 2020 film The Marriage Escape, the 2022 film De Tatta's and the 2023 film De Tatta's 2.
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Tom Gaebel
- Occupations
- singerbandleadercomposerjazz musicianpianist
- Biography
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Tom Gaebel is a German singer and leader of a big band named after himself. He changed the spelling of his last name, omitting the umlaut. In addition to singing and arranging, Gaebel writes lyrics in English.
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Leon de Winter
- Occupations
- screenwritercolumnistfilm directorwriterfilm producer
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Leon de Winter is a Dutch novelist and columnist.
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Henk Poort
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actormusician
- Biography
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Henk Poort is a Dutch actor and singer, who mainly plays in operas and musicals.
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Bilal Wahib
- Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
- Studied in 2017
- Occupations
- singertelevision actorrapperactorfilm actor
- Biography
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Bilal El Mehdi Wahib is a Dutch actor, singer and rapper from Amsterdam. He has appeared in several Dutch films and series such as Nieuwe buren, SpangaS, Mocro Maffia and Commando's and films Layla M., De Held, De libi and Paradise Drifters, portrayed mainly in ethnic roles. In 2020, he won the Golden Calf for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Paradise Drifters in the role of Yousef. He is also known for his singles "Tigers" and "501", which both peaked at number three on the Dutch Top 40 chart while topping the Dutch Single Top 100 chart.
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Robby Müller
- Occupations
- filmmakercinematographerphotographer
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Robby Müller, NSC, BVK, was a Dutch cinematographer. Known for his use of natural light and minimalist imagery, Müller first gained recognition for his contributions to West German cinema through his acclaimed collaborations with Wim Wenders.
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Wibi Soerjadi
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Wibi Soerjadi is a Dutch concert pianist and composer.
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Dick Maas
- Occupations
- television directorcomposerfilm producermanufacturerfilm director
- Biography
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Dirk Herman Willem Maas is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer.
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Cox Habbema
- Occupations
- directortelevision actortheatrical directortelevision producertelevision presenter
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Cornelia "Cox" Habbema was a Dutch film and television actress. From 1968 to 1984, she played in films for the East-German filmproduction DEFA. She was married to the actor Eberhard Esche.
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Ton Koopman
- Occupations
- university teacherorganistmusiciansongwriterchoir director
- Biography
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Antonius Gerhardus Michael "Ton" Koopman is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir.
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Masaaki Suzuki
- Occupations
- choir directorconductorcomposeruniversity teacherorganist
- Biography
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Masaaki Suzuki is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist, conductor, and the founder and music director of the Bach Collegium Japan. With this ensemble he is recording the complete choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Swedish label BIS Records, for which he is also recording Bach's concertos, orchestral suites, and solo works for harpsichord and organ. He is also an artist-in-residence at Yale University and the principal guest conductor of its Schola Cantorum, and has conducted orchestras and choruses around the world.
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Martin Koolhoven
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- writerfilm directoractorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for Schnitzel Paradise (2005), Winter in Wartime (2008) and Brimstone (2016), which was his first film in English. It was released in 2017, after it premiered in the competition of the Venice Film Festival in 2016.
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Frans Brüggen
- Occupations
- conductormusicologistmusic educatoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Franciscus Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.
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Frieda Belinfante
- Occupations
- cellistconductorresistance fighter
- Biography
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Frieda Belinfante was a Dutch cellist, philharmonic conductor, a prominent lesbian, and a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II. After the war, Belinfante emigrated to the United States and continued her career in music. She was the founding artistic director and conductor of the Orange County Philharmonic.
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Tol Hansse
- Occupations
- cabaret performerpaintercomposersinger-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Tol Hansse was a Dutch singer and musician. He was the son of cabaret artist Jacques van Tol. Because of his father's history of collaboration during World War II he changed his name. Hansse played trumpet accompanying Tom Manders, and was in the rock band The Sharks with Clous van Mechelen. He had a modestly successful career as a singer-songwriter in the 1970s. Van Mechelen wrote the music for his biggest hit, "Big City" (1978), still considered a classic song about Amsterdam. He never rivaled the success of that song again, and died of lung cancer in Heerhugowaard in 2002.
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Lena Kovačević
- Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
- Studied in 2006
- Occupations
- composersinger
- Biography
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Lena Kovačević is a Serbian singer.
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Pim de la Parra
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterfilm screenwriterfilm actorfilm director
- Biography
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Pim de la Parra was a Surinamese-Dutch film director.
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Reinbert de Leeuw
- Occupations
- music educatorconductorcomposeruniversity teacherpianist
- Biography
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Lambertus Reiner "Reinbert" de Leeuw was a Dutch conductor, pianist and composer.
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Cristina Deutekom
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Cristina Deutekom was a Dutch operatic dramatic coloratura soprano.
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Edo de Waart
- Occupations
- pianistoboistconductor
- Biography
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Edo de Waart is a Dutch retired conductor. He is Music Director Laureate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. De Waart is the former music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (2016-2019), chief conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (2011-2016) and Artistic Partner with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (2010-2014).
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Frans Weisz
- Occupations
- television directordirectorfilm directortheatrical directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Frans Weisz was a Dutch film director. He directed more than 30 films since 1964. His 1975 film Red Sien was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. His film Havinck was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. His 1993 film The Betrayed was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Lucie Horsch
- Occupations
- recorder player
- Biography
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Lucie Horsch is a Dutch recorder player.
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Isabelle van Keulen
- Occupations
- violinist
- Biography
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Isabelle van Keulen is a Dutch violinist and violist, performing principally as a chamber musician but also as a concert violist. She founded the Isos Quartet in 1995. For more than 20 years, she collaborated with the pianist Ronald Brautigam and the mezzo-soprano singer Christianne Stotijn. In 2012, she became an educator at the Lucerne School of Music. Since 2017, she has been artistic director at Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss in Germany.
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Horacio Franco
- Occupations
- musicianconductor
- Biography
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Horacio Franco is a Mexican flautist and recorder player. Franco has performed many genres of music, from medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music—including Latin American colonial music—to contemporary, folkloric, and popular styles.
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Henriëtte Bosmans
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans was a Dutch composer and pianist.
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Richard Hageman
- Occupations
- pianistconductorfilm actorfilm score composer
- Biography
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Richard Hageman was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and composer.
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Stephan Brenninkmeijer
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producerfilm editor
- Biography
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Stephan Brenninkmeijer is a Dutch film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Wim Henderickx
- Occupations
- composerconductoruniversity teachermusician
- Biography
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Wim Henderickx was a Belgian composer of contemporary classical music. He was composer in residence at Muziektheater Transparant and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, writing operas and other stage works. His music was influenced by oriental music and philosophy. He taught composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
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Willem van Otterloo
- Occupations
- cellistconductorcomposer
- Biography
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Jan Willem van Otterloo was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer.
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Liza Ferschtman
- Occupations
- violinistcellist
- Biography
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Liza Ferschtman is a Dutch classical violinist who appears internationally, both as a soloist with orchestra and in chamber music. She received the Nederlandse Muziekprijs in 2006 and has directed the Delft Chamber Music Festival since 2007.
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Leo Smit
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Leopold "Leo" Smit was a Dutch composer, murdered during The Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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Michelle Courtens
- Occupations
- singercellist
- Biography
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Michelle Courtens, known professionally as Michelle, is a Dutch singer and cellist. She is best known for representing the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.
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Sacha Polak
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Sacha Polak is a Dutch film director.
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Stephen West
- Occupations
- knitterfashion designer
- Biography
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Stephen West is an American knitter, knitting pattern designer, and knitting teacher.
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Noa Wildschut
- Occupations
- violinist
- Biography
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Noa Wildschut is a Dutch concert violinist.
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Rudolf Koelman
- Occupations
- pedagogueperforming artistprofessormusic educatorviolinist
- Biography
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Rudolf Koelman is a Dutch violinist and is professor for violin at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) in Switzerland.
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Piet Kee
- Occupations
- composerorganistmusicologistmusic educator
- Biography
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Pieter William Kee was a Dutch organist and composer.
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Svitlana Azarova
- Occupations
- composermusic teacher
- Biography
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Svitlana Azarova is a Ukrainian-Dutch composer of contemporary classical music, originally from the Ukrainian SSR.
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Rudolf Jansen
- Occupations
- pianistorganistmusician
- Biography
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Rudolf Jansen was a Dutch pianist who focused on Lied accompaniment and chamber music, touring the world. He accompanied singers including Elly Ameling, Barbara Bonney, Peter Schreier and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Jansen taught at the Sweelinck Conservatory of Amsterdam and the Musikhochschule Nürnberg, and gave masterclasses worldwide.
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Jean Dulieu
- Occupations
- comics artistviolinistactorpuppet designerwriter
- Biography
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Jan van Oort was a Dutch children's book writer and comic strip cartoonist, working under the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ dyljø]). He is known for his creation of Paulus the woodgnome.
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Theo Loevendie
- Occupations
- saxophonistcomposerjazz musician
- Biography
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Johan Theodorus Loevendie is a Dutch composer and clarinet player.
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Philippe Giusiano
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Philippe Giusiano is a French classical pianist.
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Paul van Kempen
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Paul van Kempen was a Dutch conductor.
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Lenneke Ruiten
- Occupations
- opera singerperforming artist
- Biography
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Lenneke Ruiten is a Dutch soprano. Ruiten studied at the Music Conservatory in Alkmaar and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, and at the Franz Schubert Institut in Baden bei Wien near Vienna.
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Richard Hol
- Occupations
- composerpianistorganistconductor
- Biography
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Richard Hol (23 July 1825, in Amsterdam – 14 May 1904, in Utrecht) was a Dutch composer and conductor, based for most of his career at Utrecht. His conservative music showed the influence of Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, and Robert Schumann and the Leipzig school, though as a conductor he offered Dutch audiences the more revolutionary music of Hector Berlioz and Richard Wagner.
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Erik Bosgraaf
- Occupations
- musicologistflautist
- Biography
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Erik Bosgraaf is a Dutch recorder player and musicologist.
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Tineke Postma
- Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
- Studied in 1996-2003
- Occupations
- composerjazz saxophonist
- Biography
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Tineke Postma is a Dutch jazz saxophonist and composer.
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Leo van Doeselaar
- Occupations
- pianistconductororganist
- Biography
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Leo van Doeselaar is a Dutch classical organist and conductor.
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Bart Schneemann
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- conductoroboist
- Biography
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Bart Schneemann is a Dutch oboist, conductor, teacher and artistic director for the Netherlands Wind Ensemble. In 1977 he graduated from the Conservatory in Amsterdam. From 1976 to 1996, he was the first chair oboist in the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. He retired from playing in the orchestra to put all his time towards his solo career and his activities in the Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Schneemann plays a wide repertoire in various formations, ranging from older music (on modern oboe and classical/baroque oboe) to contemporary music. Many composers have written music especially for him, including Tristan Keuris, Wolfgang Rihm, John Zorn, Gia Kantsjeli, Kevin Volans, George Crumb, György Kurtág and Jacob ter Veldhuis. He performed solos in various orchestras conducted by, among others: Valeri Gergiev, Edo de Waart, Ernest Bour, Lev Markiz, Frans Brüggen, Roy Goodman and Ton Koopman. Schneeman also conducted the National Youth Orchestra, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Brabant Orchestra and the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, conductor and in his capacity in the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, he is often asked for stage performances in all kinds of festivals and events worldwide. Schneemann is a professor at Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
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Kees Wieringa
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Kees Wieringa is a Dutch pianist, composer, writer and cultural entrepreneur. His mission is to inspire and connect people through art and culture. He came to prominence for his performances of the Dutch composers Jakob van Domselaer, Daniel Ruyneman and Simeon ten Holt.
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Willem Andriessen
- Occupations
- music educatorconductorcomposeruniversity teacherpianist
- Biography
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Willem Andriessen was a Dutch pianist and composer. His compositional output was small due to the demands of performance and teaching, but he was nonetheless awarded a number of compositional prizes in Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Maya Lavelle
- Years
- 1992-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Maya Lavelle is an international singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and music video producer. She grew up in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, she was born in Belgrade, Serbia and currently resides in London, United Kingdom.
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Merlijn Twaalfhoven
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- composerpolitician
- Biography
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Merlijn Twaalfhoven is a Dutch composer, speaker, writer, and designer of music projects. In his works he explores latitude, imagination, and a role for art in social issues such as inequality, and the transition to a sustainable society. He has designed numerous unconventional music and theater projects and has worked in conflict areas and refugee camps. He also wrote the Dutch book: "Het is aan ons", Why We Need the Artist Within to Save the World. (Atlas Contact, 2020).
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Kees Bakels
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Kees Bakels is a Dutch conductor.
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Tara Bouman
- Occupations
- clarinetist
- Biography
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Tara Bouman is a Dutch clarinetist.
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Gied Jaspars
- Occupations
- television producer
- Biography
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Gied Jaspars was a Dutch television maker who gained prominence in the 1960s and 1970s making progressive and controversial TV shows for the VPRO; he is well known for his collaboration with writer and director Wim T. Schippers. After he left the television and film industry he started a career as a business man; throughout his career he had a great interest in nature, expressed in narrative, meditative reflections in television and radio series which were later bundled as a single collection.
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Jasper Wolf
- Born in
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Netherlands - Occupations
- cinematographer
- Biography
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Jasper Wolf, NSC, is a Dutch cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Monos, Instinct, Paradise Drifters, and Code Blue.
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Harry Sparnaay
- Occupations
- clarinetistmusicologistcomposermusic educatorwind instrument player
- Biography
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Harry Sparnaay was a noted Dutch bass clarinetist, composer, and teacher.
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Susanne Alt
- Occupations
- saxophonistcomposerjazz musician
- Biography
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Susanne Alt is a German jazz saxophone player and composer based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Julia Culp
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Julia Bertha Culp, the "Dutch nightingale", was an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano in the years 1901–1919.
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Ralph van Raat
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- musicianpianist
- Biography
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Ralph van Raat is a Dutch classical pianist.
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Ena Sendijarević
- Occupations
- executive producerscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Ena Sendijarević is a Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker and screenwriter known for her distinctive blend of surrealism, satire, and sharp social commentary and exploration of themes such as power, identity, sexuality and migration. Her notable works include Import (2016), which premiered at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight; Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), winner of the Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Feature Film; and Sweet Dreams (2023), a satirical exploration of Dutch colonialism that premiered to critical acclaim.
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Ali Cherri
- Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
- Graduated with master's degree in performing arts
- Occupations
- film producercinematographerscreenwriterfilm editorplastic artist
- Biography
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Ali Cherri is a Lebanese contemporary artist and film maker based in Paris. His practice incorporates video, installation, and mixed media, with a focus on themes related to archaeology, cultural heritage, and the natural environment in Lebanon and the wider Middle East.
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Uxía Martínez Botana
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Uxía Martínez Botana is a Spanish double bass player.
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Ilse Huizinga
- Occupations
- singerjazz musician
- Biography
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Ilse Huizinga is a Dutch jazz singer. She performs throughout Europe.
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Gerard Hengeveld
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Gerard Hengeveld was a Dutch classical pianist, music composer and educationalist. He is especially known for his compositions of study material for piano. Other compositions include two piano concertos, a violin sonata, and a sonata for cello. Hengeveld was an able interpreter and performer of the music of Bach for piano and harpsichord. He gave regular concerts in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Some of his concerts were captured on record. Hengeveld was a professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Amongst his students was Dutch pianist and musicologist Frans Bouwman.
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Marco Blaauw
- Occupations
- performing artisttrumpetermusician
- Biography
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Marco Blaauw is a Dutch trumpet soloist known for his work in the field of new music and with Cologne-based contemporary music group Ensemble Musikfabrik. He plays a double bell trumpet, an invention that has allowed for numerous new compositions for trumpet, including those by Ernst von Siemens Music Prize winner, Rebecca Saunders. Blaauw is a consistent faculty member at the Darmstadt Summer Course, the Stockhausen Courses Kürten, the Lucerne Festival, and the Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar.
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Tobias Delius
- Occupations
- saxophonistcomposerjazz musician
- Biography
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Tobias Delius is a British/German tenor saxophonist and clarinettist.
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Maarten Altena
- Occupations
- performing artistcomposerjazz musician
- Biography
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Maarten van Regteren Altena is a Dutch composer and contrabassist. Altena attended the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (he studied contrabass) and graduated in 1968. Between 1980 and 1985, he studied composition with Robert Heppener.
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Chiel Meijering
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Michael Maria "Chiel" Meijering is a Dutch composer. He studied composition with Ton de Leeuw, percussion with Jan Labordus and Jan Pustjens, and piano at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He composed over 1000 works.
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Haukur Tómasson
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Haukur Tómasson is an Icelandic composer. He has a master's degree from the University of California, San Diego. He has also attended the Reykjavík College of Music, the Cologne University for Music and the Sweelinck Conservatory of Amsterdam.
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Sim Gokkes
- Occupations
- composerconductor
- Biography
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Simon Gokkes (21 March 1897 in Amsterdam – 5 February 1943 in Auschwitz) was a Dutch-Jewish composer.
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Jan Mul
- Occupations
- composerorganist
- Biography
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Jan Mul was a Dutch composer, mainly of church music. He was born in Haarlem and studied with Sem Dresden at the Amsterdam Conservatory; Mul orchestrated Dresden's opera Francois Villon after the composer's death.
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Esra Dalfidan
- Occupations
- singerjazz musician
- Biography
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Esra Dalfidan is a Turkish-German jazz singer.
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Aapo Häkkinen
- Occupations
- conductorharpsichordistmusician
- Biography
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Aapo Häkkinen is a Finnish harpsichordist and conductor.
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Robert Heppener
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Robert Heppener, also known as Bob Heppener, was a Dutch composer. He was among the most important Dutch composers of the 20th century.
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Jan Tomasz Adamus
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Jan Tomasz Adamus is a Polish conductor, organist, chamber musician, recording artist and music administrator. At present, Adamus serves as general and artistic director of the Kraków early music orchestra and mixed symphonic choir Capella Cracoviensis (since 2008). Adamus recorded a number of solo CD's including as conductor; with Baroque, Classical and Romantic church music – also playing different historical organs in Silesia. He serves as the artistic director of the International Bach Festival in Świdnica.
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Arthur Arnold
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Arthur Arnold is a Dutch orchestra conductor, currently based in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
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Phia Berghout
- Occupations
- harpistmusician
- Biography
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Sophia Rosa Berghout was a Dutch harpist. Her obituary in The Independent called her "arguably the most influential harpist this century".
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Anna Cramer
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Anna M. Cramer was a Dutch composer.
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Danniel Danniel
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm editor
- Biography
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Danniel Danniel was an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film editor. He lived in the Netherlands since 1980. He died in the morning of 4 May 2017 in Amsterdam.
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Henri Albers
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Henri Albers, born Johan Hendrik Albers, was a Dutch-born opera singer who later became a French citizen. He sang leading baritone roles in an international career that spanned 37 years and was a prominent singer at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and the Opéra-Comique in Paris, which was his base from 1900 until his death. He also sang in 36 performances with the Metropolitan Opera company from 1898 to 1899. He made many recordings for Pathé Records and specialised in the heavier baritone and basso cantante repertoire.
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Signe Tollefsen
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- songwritersinger-songwriterguitaristsinger
- Biography
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Signe Tollefsen /ˈsɪɡnə ˈtɒləfsən/ is an American–Dutch singer-songwriter, settled in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her music has been described as folk rock.
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Benedict Silberman
- Occupations
- composerconductor
- Biography
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Benedict Silberman, originally Boruch Hirsch-Benedigton Silberman, was a Dutch composer and conductor of Austrian Jewish descent.
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Evrim Demirel
- Occupations
- composerpianist
- Biography
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Evrim Demirel is a Turkish composer and jazz pianist.
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Bertha Frensel Wegener
- Occupations
- singermusic educatorcomposer
- Biography
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Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman was a Dutch composer and music educator.
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Eddy van der Maarel
- Years
- 1934-2021 (aged 87)
- Occupations
- botanistwritertranslatoruniversity teacherpianist
- Biography
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Evert "Eddy" van der Maarel was a Dutch ecologist. He spent most of his career as professor of ecological botany at Uppsala University in Sweden.
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Peter Bree
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- radio personalityoboist
- Biography
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Peter Bree is a Dutch oboist and broadcaster. He was born in Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands.
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Jason Alder
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- music educatoraudio engineermusician
- Biography
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Jason Alder is an American-born clarinetist, bass clarinetist, and saxophonist. He is best known for his work in contemporary music, free improvisation, and electro-acoustic music.
