Louis Andriessen
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Dutch composer, pianist and university lecturer (1939–2021)
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Louis Andriessen was a Dutch composer, pianist, and music educator. Born in Utrecht in 1939, he was the son of Hendrik Andriessen and the sibling of Jurriaan Andriessen. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and later taught at the same institution and Leiden University. His work primarily focused on opera, and he performed on the piano.
Andriessen received the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. His recordings were released through Nonesuch Records, and his archives are held at the International Institute of Social History. The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam holds works by him in its collection. He died in Weesp in 2021 due to dementia.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Implied Harmonies — Self2010
- AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg) — Himself2006
- In the Ocean2001
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1939
- Active to
- 2021
Discography
- De Staat / Il Principe / Il Duce / Hoketus1977
- Louis Andriessen: Hoketus / Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together1980
- De Staat1992
- Mausoleum / Hoketus1992
- Melodie / Symfonie voor losse snaren1992
- De Tijd1993
- The Memory of Roses1993
- De Stijl / M is for Man, Music, Mozart1994
- De Stijl / Trepidus / Dances1994
- De Materie1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Utrecht
- Place of death
- Weesp
- Father
- Hendrik Andriessen
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Employer
- Leiden University
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Field of work
- classical music
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Nonesuch Records
- Image
- Louis Andriessen, Bestanddeelnr 932-5716.jpg
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- Commons category
- Louis Andriessen
- date of birth
- 1939-06-06
- name in native language
- Louis Andriessen
- archives at
- International Institute of Social History
- date of death
- 2021-07-01
- cause of death
- dementia
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- nominated for
- Grammy Awards
- P12674
- Jörg Vaihinger
- partner in business or sport
- Konrad Boehmer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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