Componistenportret Geert Van Keulen

Composer Van Keulen was active for decades in various areas of music, including as bass clarinetist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and as teacher of instrumentation and composition at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. He also played for many years in the Netherlands Wind Ensemble. As a composer, he is building an impressive oeuvre that has so far lacked the organ. That will change this afternoon. The program features several premieres.

 

Performers

Emma Roijackers en Ruña ’t Hart, violin

Joël Waterman, viola

Renée Timmer, cello

Mees Vos, hoorn

Laurens de Man en Rutger Janssen, piano

Thies Roorda, flute

Ana Prazeres, clarinet

Miguel Moreno, double bass

Peter Gijsbertsen, bariton

Synco van Keulen and Trevor Grahl, realisation synthesizer sounds

 

Programme

Geert van Keulen (1943)

- Tweestrijd (voor hoorn en cello, première) 

- Frenzy, Melancholia, Vienna (voor piano solo, première)

- Herz (voor viool en piano) 

- Phenix (voor two organs and synthesizers, première)

PAUZE 

- Bitte an den Maler (voor bariton en ensemble)

- Inside Out (voor fluit, viool, cello, piano, première)

 - Trio (voor viool, hoorn en piano)

 

Read an interview with Geert van Keulen via the link below:

https://klassiekvannu.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/orgelpark-brengt-componistenportret-geert-van-keulen/