100 Notable alumni of
Amsterdam School of the Arts

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The Amsterdam School of the Arts is 587th in the world, 213th in Europe, and 8th 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.

  1. Paul Verhoeven

    Paul Verhoeven
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    film actorfilm producertelevision directorscreenwriterdirector
    Biography

    Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch filmmaker. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his drama and science fiction films. After receiving attention for the TV series Floris in his native Netherlands, Verhoeven got his film breakthrough with the romantic drama Turkish Delight (1973), starring frequent collaborator Rutger Hauer. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and later received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. Verhoeven later directed successful Dutch films including the period drama Keetje Tippel (1975), the war film Soldier of Orange (1977), the teen drama Spetters (1980) and the psychological thriller The Fourth Man (1983).

  2. Carel Struycken

    Carel Struycken
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    composeractorstage actortelevision actorscreenwriter
    Biography

    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 1990s Addams Family films. He also appeared in the films Gerald's Game (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019).

  3. Roger Cicero

    Roger Cicero
    Years
    1970-2016 (aged 46)
    Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
    Studied in 1991-1996
    Occupations
    jazz musiciansinger
    Biography

    Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu was a German jazz and pop musician.

  4. Caro Emerald

    Caro Emerald
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    singerjazz musicianrecording artist
    Biography

    Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw, known for the music project Caro Emerald, and latterly 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 the Netherlands.

  5. Jan de Bont

    Jan de Bont
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    directorcinematographerscreenwriterfilm producerfilm director
    Biography

    Jan de Bont is a Dutch retired cinematographer, director and film producer. He is best known for directing the films Speed (1994) and Twister (1996). As a director of photography, de Bont also worked on numerous blockbusters and genre films, including Roar, Cujo, Flesh and Blood, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Lethal Weapon 3, and Basic Instinct.

  6. Urs Bühler

    Urs Bühler
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    opera singerpianistmusicianguitarist
    Biography

    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.

  7. Elise Schaap

    Elise Schaap
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Elise Schaap is a Dutch actress.

  8. Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh

    Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1950-1997 (aged 47)
    Occupations
    television actoractorcomposerstage actorrecord producer
    Biography

    Coenraad Lodewijk Dirk "Coen" van Vrijberghe de Coningh was a Dutch actor, musician, composer, record producer and television presenter.

  9. Jelka van Houten

    Jelka van Houten
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractorsinger
    Biography

    Jelline Floriska van Houten is a Dutch actress. She has acted in Dutch films, musicals, and television series. She also played Sabine in the British TV series Fresh Meat.

  10. Bernard Haitink

    Bernard Haitink
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1929-2021 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    conductormusic directorchoir directorviolinist
    Biography

    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.

  11. Leonie ter Braak

    Leonie ter Braak
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    television actormodeltelevision presenteractorpresenter
    Biography

    Leonie ter Braak is a Dutch television presenter and actress. She is known for presenting several television shows, including the talk show HLF8. 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.

  12. Tom Gaebel

    Tom Gaebel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    jazz musiciancomposerbandleadersingersongwriter
    Biography

    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.

  13. Henk Poort

    Henk Poort
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    film actormusiciantelevision actor
    Biography

    Henk Poort is a Dutch actor and singer, who mainly plays in operas and musicals.

  14. Leon de Winter

    Leon de Winter
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    writerfilm directorcolumnistscreenwriterfilm producer
    Biography

    Leon de Winter is a Dutch writer and columnist.

  15. Bilal Wahib

    Bilal Wahib
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1999-.. (age 25)
    Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
    Studied in 2017
    Occupations
    film actorrappertelevision actor
    Biography

    Bilal El Mehdi Wahib is a Dutch actor, singer and rapper. He has appeared in several Dutch films and series like 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.

  16. Wibi Soerjadi

    Wibi Soerjadi
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Wibi Soerjadi is a Dutch concert pianist and composer.

  17. Robby Müller

    Robby Müller
    Born in
    Curacao Flag Curacao
    Years
    1940-2018 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    filmmakerphotographercinematographer
    Biography

    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.

  18. Dick Maas

    Dick Maas
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    television directorcomposermanufacturerscreenwriterfilm producer
    Biography

    Dirk Herman Willem Maas is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer.

  19. Cox Habbema

    Cox Habbema
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1944-2016 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    television actorstage actortheatrical directorsingertelevision presenter
    Biography

    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.

  20. Ton Koopman

    Ton Koopman
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    conductorcomposerharpsichordistuniversity teacherchoir director
    Biography

    Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman, known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir.

  21. Masaaki Suzuki

    Masaaki Suzuki
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    university teachercomposerconductorchoir directorharpsichordist
    Biography

    Masaaki Suzuki is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist and 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.

  22. Martin Koolhoven

    Martin Koolhoven
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    film directorwriterscreenwriteractor
    Biography

    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.

  23. Frans Brüggen

    Frans Brüggen
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1934-2014 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    university teacherconductormusicianmusic teachermusicologist
    Biography

    Franciscus Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.

  24. Frieda Belinfante

    Frieda Belinfante
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1904-1995 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    resistance fighterconductorcellist
    Biography

    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.

  25. Reinbert de Leeuw

    Reinbert de Leeuw
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1938-2020 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    pianistuniversity teachercomposerconductormusic teacher
    Biography

    Lambertus Reiner "Reinbert" de Leeuw was a Dutch conductor, pianist and composer.

  26. Tol Hansse

    Tol Hansse
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1940-2002 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    trumpetercomposersinger-songwritercabaret performersinger
    Biography

    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.

  27. Lena Kovačević

    Lena Kovačević
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
    Studied in 2006
    Occupations
    musiciancomposer
    Biography

    Lena Kovačević is a Serbian singer. She is the daughter of Dušan Kovačević. Kovačević debuted in her father's 2003 movie The Professional, where she performed the song "Pada vlada" alongside Bajaga i Instruktori.

  28. Cristina Deutekom

    Cristina Deutekom
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1931-2014 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Cristina Deutekom was a Dutch operatic coloratura soprano.

  29. Edo de Waart

    Edo de Waart
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    pianistconductoroboist
    Biography

    Edo de Waart is a Dutch conductor. He is Music Director Laureate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. De Waart is the former chief conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (2011-2016), Artistic Partner with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (2010-2014), and music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (2016-2019).

  30. Frans Weisz

    Frans Weisz
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    theatrical directorfilm directordirectortelevision directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Frans Weisz is a Dutch film director. He has 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 the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. His 1993 film The Betrayed was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.

  31. Pim de la Parra

    Pim de la Parra
    Born in
    Suriname Flag Suriname
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriteractordirector
    Biography

    Pim de la Parra is a Surinamese-Dutch film director.

  32. Isabelle van Keulen

    Isabelle van Keulen
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    violinist
    Biography

    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.

  33. Horacio Franco

    Horacio Franco
    Born in
    Mexico Flag Mexico
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    conductormusician
    Biography

    Horacio Franco is a Mexican flautist and recorder player. He studied at the National Conservatory in Mexico City and later at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, with Marijke Miessen and Walter van Hauwe. Franco has performed many genres of music, from medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music—including Latin American colonial music—to contemporary, folkloric, and popular styles.

  34. Lucie Horsch

    Lucie Horsch
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1999-.. (age 25)
    Occupations
    recorder player
    Biography

    Lucie Horsch is a Dutch recorder player.

  35. Richard Hageman

    Richard Hageman
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1881-1966 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    conductorpianistfilm score composerfilm actor
    Biography

    Richard Hageman was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and composer.

  36. Henriëtte Bosmans

    Henriëtte Bosmans
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1895-1952 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans was a Dutch composer and pianist.

  37. Wim Henderickx

    Wim Henderickx
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1962-2022 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    conductorcomposermusicianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    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.

  38. Stephan Brenninkmeijer

    Stephan Brenninkmeijer
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterfilm editorfilm producer
    Biography

    Stephan Brenninkmeijer is a Dutch film director, screenwriter and producer.

  39. Willem van Otterloo

    Willem van Otterloo
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1907-1978 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    composerconductorcellist
    Biography

    Jan Willem van Otterloo was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer.

  40. Liza Ferschtman

    Liza Ferschtman
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    cellistviolinist
    Biography

    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.

  41. Leo Smit

    Leo Smit
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1900-1943 (aged 43)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Leopold "Leo" Smit was a Dutch composer, murdered during The Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp.

  42. Michelle Courtens

    Michelle Courtens
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    cellistsinger
    Biography

    Michelle Courtens, performing as Michelle, is a Dutch singer, who is known from her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.

  43. Sacha Polak

    Sacha Polak
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Sacha Polak is a Dutch film director.

  44. Rudolf Koelman

    Rudolf Koelman
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    violinistmusic teacherprofessorperforming artistpedagogue
    Biography

    Rudolf Koelman is a Dutch violinist and is professor for violin at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) in Switzerland.

  45. Noa Wildschut

    Noa Wildschut
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    2001-.. (age 23)
    Occupations
    violinist
    Biography

    Noa Wildschut is a Dutch concert violinist.

  46. Piet Kee

    Piet Kee
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1927-2018 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    musicologistorganistcomposermusic teacher
    Biography

    Pieter William Kee was a Dutch organist and composer.

  47. Stephen West

    Stephen West
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    fashion designerknitter
    Biography

    Stephen West is an American knitter, fashion designer, educator, and author known for his knitting patterns and strong use of color. After beginning to publish his own patterns in 2009 on sites like Knitty and Ravelry, West has also published a number of knitting books under his design brand Westknits. He owns a yarn store in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and in 2019 he launched a yarn brand called West Wool with his business partner Malia Mae Joseph.

  48. Svitlana Azarova

    Svitlana Azarova
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Svitlana Azarova is a Ukrainian-Dutch composer of contemporary classical music, originally from the Ukrainian SSR.

  49. Theo Loevendie

    Theo Loevendie
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1930-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    jazz musiciancomposersaxophonist
    Biography

    Johan Theodorus Loevendie is a Dutch composer and clarinet player.

  50. Jean Dulieu

    Jean Dulieu
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1921-2006 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    comics artistchildren's writerwriterviolinist
    Biography

    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.

  51. Lenneke Ruiten

    Lenneke Ruiten
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    performing artistopera singer
    Biography

    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.

  52. Richard Hol

    Richard Hol
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1825-1904 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    conductororganistpianistcomposer
    Biography

    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.

  53. Erik Bosgraaf

    Erik Bosgraaf
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    flautistmusicologist
    Biography

    Erik Bosgraaf is a Dutch recorder player and musicologist.

  54. Philippe Giusiano

    Philippe Giusiano
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Philippe Giusiano is a French classical pianist.

  55. Tineke Postma

    Tineke Postma
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Enrolled in the Amsterdam School of the Arts
    Studied in 1996-2003
    Occupations
    jazz saxophonistcomposer
    Biography

    Tineke Postma is a Dutch jazz saxophonist.

  56. Leo van Doeselaar

    Leo van Doeselaar
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    pianistorganistconductor
    Biography

    Leo van Doeselaar is a Dutch classical organist and conductor.

  57. Willem Andriessen

    Willem Andriessen
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1887-1964 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    pianistuniversity teachercomposerconductormusic teacher
    Biography

    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.

  58. Maya Lavelle

    Maya Lavelle
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Maya Lavelle is an international singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and music video producer of Dutch nationality, grew up in Amsterdam, lived in Los Angeles and now residing in London, United Kingdom.

  59. Merlijn Twaalfhoven

    Merlijn Twaalfhoven
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Merlijn Twaalfhoven is a Dutch composer. He graduated from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2003. Twaalfhoven is internationally active in creating innovative projects and writing new music for orchestras, choirs and chamber music groups. He collaborated with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Holland Festival, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, the Dutch National Ballet and Springdance festival, among many others. With his non profit organization La Vie Sur Terre he frequently produces large scale projects on location with local artists and musicians, for example in Cyprus, Japan, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Syria, and Central Europe. Twaalfhoven is a member of the Alpbach Laxenburg Group. He was a speaker about the role of arts in conflict areas at Aspen Institute Washington and Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, CO. In 2014 and 2015, Merlijn Twaalfhoven created "Bridging The Divide", a conversation with Tomáš Sedláček and Gloria Benedikt, linking economics and the irrational, positioning artists as agents of change. He was co-founder of Citizen Artist Incubator together with Gloria Benedikt, which was funded by Creative Europe and brought together 30 artists in two editions. The 2016 of Citizen Artist Incubator took place at IIASA. Twaalfhoven was a speaker about the role of arts in conflict areas at Aspen Institute Washington, TEDx Amsterdam, the European Forum on Culture 2013, 2016 and Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. In 2017 he founded the Turn Club.

  60. Rudolf Jansen

    Rudolf Jansen
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1940-2024 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    pianistorganist
    Biography

    Rudolf Jansen was a Dutch pianist who focused on Lied accompaniment and chamber music, touring in 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.

  61. Kees Bakels

    Kees Bakels
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    Kees Bakels is a Dutch conductor.

  62. Bart Schneemann

    Bart Schneemann
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    oboistconductor
    Biography

    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.

  63. Harry Sparnaay

    Harry Sparnaay
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1944-2017 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    clarinetistwind instrument playermusic teachercomposermusicologist
    Biography

    Harry Sparnaay was a noted Dutch bass clarinetist, composer, and teacher.

  64. Tara Bouman

    Tara Bouman
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    clarinetist
    Biography

    Tara Bouman is a Dutch clarinetist.

  65. Susanne Alt

    Susanne Alt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    jazz musiciancomposersaxophonist
    Biography

    Susanne Alt is a German jazz saxophone player and composer based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  66. Gied Jaspars

    Gied Jaspars
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1939-1996 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    television producer
    Biography

    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.

  67. Julia Culp

    Julia Culp
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1880-1970 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Julia Bertha Culp, the "Dutch nightingale", was an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano in the years 1901–1919.

  68. Kees Wieringa

    Kees Wieringa
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    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.

  69. Ralph van Raat

    Ralph van Raat
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    pianistmusician
    Biography

    Ralph van Raat is a Dutch classical pianist.

  70. Ilse Huizinga

    Ilse Huizinga
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    jazz musiciansinger
    Biography

    Ilse Huizinga is a Dutch jazz singer. She performs throughout Europe.

  71. Gerard Hengeveld

    Gerard Hengeveld
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1910-2001 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    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.

  72. Marco Blaauw

    Marco Blaauw
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    performing artistmusiciantrumpeter
    Biography

    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.

  73. Haukur Tómasson

    Haukur Tómasson
    Born in
    Iceland Flag Iceland
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    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.

  74. Tobias Delius

    Tobias Delius
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    jazz musiciancomposersaxophonist
    Biography

    Tobias Delius is a tenor saxophonist and clarinettist.

  75. Uxía Martínez Botana

    Uxía Martínez Botana
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    musician
    Biography

    Uxía Martínez Botana is a Spanish double bass player.

  76. Chiel Meijering

    Chiel Meijering
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    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.

  77. Maarten Altena

    Maarten Altena
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    performing artistjazz musiciancomposer
    Biography

    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.

  78. Sim Gokkes

    Sim Gokkes
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1897-1943 (aged 46)
    Occupations
    conductorcomposer
    Biography

    Simon Gokkes (21 March 1897, Amsterdam – 5 February 1943, Auschwitz) was a Dutch-Jewish composer.

  79. Esra Dalfidan

    Esra Dalfidan
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    jazz musiciansinger
    Biography

    Esra Dalfidan is a Turkish-German jazz singer.

  80. Jan Mul

    Jan Mul
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1911-1971 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    organistcomposer
    Biography

    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.

  81. Phia Berghout

    Phia Berghout
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1909-1993 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    musicianharpist
    Biography

    Sophia Rosa Berghout was a Dutch harpist. Her obituary in The Independent called her "arguably the most influential harpist this century".

  82. Anna Cramer

    Anna Cramer
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1873-1968 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Anna M. Cramer was a Dutch composer.

  83. Danniel Danniel

    Danniel Danniel
    Born in
    Israel Flag Israel
    Years
    1950-2017 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    film editorfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    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.

  84. Jan Tomasz Adamus

    Jan Tomasz Adamus
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    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.

  85. Arthur Arnold

    Arthur Arnold
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    Arthur Arnold is a Dutch orchestra conductor.

  86. Signe Tollefsen

    Signe Tollefsen
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritersongwritersingerguitarist
    Biography

    Signe Tollefsen /ˈsɪɡnə ˈtɒləfsən/ is an American–Dutch singer-songwriter, settled in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her music has been described as folk rock.

  87. Henri Albers

    Henri Albers
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1866-1926 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    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.

  88. Carolina Estrada

    Carolina Estrada
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    researcherpianist
    Biography

    Carolina Estrada y Bascunana is a Spanish pianist who has a career as a soloist, recitalist and chamber music partner in Europe, Asia and Australia.

  89. Benedict Silberman

    Benedict Silberman
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1901-1971 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    conductorcomposer
    Biography

    Benedict Silberman, originally Boruch Hirsch-Benedigton Silberman, was a Dutch composer and conductor of Austrian Jewish descent.

  90. Bertha Frensel Wegener

    Bertha Frensel Wegener
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1874-1953 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    music teachersingercomposer
    Biography

    Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman was a Dutch composer and music educator.

  91. Evrim Demirel

    Evrim Demirel
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Evrim Demirel is a Turkish composer and jazz pianist.

  92. Peter Bree

    Peter Bree
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    oboistradio personality
    Biography

    Peter Bree is a Dutch oboist and radio host. He was born in Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands.

  93. Annemiek Padt-Jansen

    Annemiek Padt-Jansen
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1921-2007 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    politicianharpist
    Biography

    Anna Maria Catharina "Annemiek" Padt-Jansen was a Dutch harpist and politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party from June 1969 until 10 May 1971 and again from 14 March 1972 until 7 December 1972. She was also a member of the board of the public broadcasting association VARA. She was a sister of the stand-up comedian Fons Jansen [ nl].

  94. Eddy van der Maarel

    Eddy van der Maarel
    Years
    1934-2021 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    university teachertranslatorwriterbotanistecologist
    Biography

    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.

  95. Marianne Smit

    Marianne Smit
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    harpist
    Biography

    Marianne Smit is a Dutch harpist.

  96. Jason Alder

    Jason Alder
    Occupations
    music teachermusicianaudio engineer
    Biography

    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.

  97. Michael Penha

    Michael Penha
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1888-1982 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    cellist
    Biography

    Michel Penha was a director and cellist. He played with the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1920 to 1925.

  98. Juan González-Castelao

    Juan González-Castelao
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    conductormusicologist
    Biography

    Juan González-Castelao is a Spanish Musicologist, Translator, Arts Manager and Conductor

  99. Guy Sion

    Guy Sion
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    saxophonist
    Biography

    Guy Sion is an Israeli jazz saxophonist, residing in Oslo, Norway.

  100. Jeanne Jomelli

    Jeanne Jomelli
    Years
    1879-1932 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Jeanne Jomelli was a Dutch soprano opera singer, concert singer, and music educator.