Jeroen Van Veen
Dutch pianist and composer, Jeroen van Veen, the leading exponent of
minimalism in Holland today, Alan Swanson (Fanfare)
Jeroen Van Veen (1969)
started playing the piano at the age of 7. He studied at the Utrecht
Conservatory with Alwin Bär and Håkon Austbö. In 1993 he passed the Performing
Artists' Exam. Van Veen has played with orchestras conducted by Howard Williams
(Adams), Peter Eötvös (Zimmermann) in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Vienna and Budapest
and in the United States with Neal Stulberg (Mozart & Bartok) and Robert
Craft (Stravinsky) He has played recitals in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England,
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia & the USA.
Van Veen attended
master classes with Claude Helffer, Hans-Peter & Volker Stenzl and Roberto
Szidon. He was invited to several festivals; Reder Piano Festival (1988),
Festival der Kunsten in Bad Gleichenberg (1992), Wien Modern (1993), Holland
Dance Festival (1998) Lek Art Festival (1996-2007). Van Veen recorded for major
Dutch Radio- and Television companies like AVRO, NOS, IKON, NCRV,
TROS/Internet, WTBC-TV & Radio (Florida, U.S.A.) and Moscow Television. In
1992, Van Veen recorded his first CD with his brother Maarten as the
internationally recognized Piano duo Van Veen. In 1995 Piano duo Van Veen made
their debut in the United States. They were prizewinners in the prestigious 4th
International Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition in Miami, Florida. After
this achievement they toured the United States and Canada many times. The
documentary "Two Pianos One Passion" (nominated with an Emmy Award
1996) documents them as a duo.
Besides performing,
Jeroen is co-founder and artistic director of the International Student Piano
Competition, which is held in Utrecht every two years. In 1995 Jeroen Van Veen
founded the duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, a piano duo with Sandra Mol. As
such, they mainly perform music for multiple pianos by Erik Satie, Douwe
Eisenga and Simeon ten Holt. Furthermore, in 1999 Van Veen initiated a concert
series ‘Pianova’ in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Beside his career as a solo
pianist Van Veen also participates in the following ensembles: ‘Piano
Ensemble’, ‘The International Piano Quartet’, ‘Piano Mania’, ‘DJ Piano’ and
‘Jeroen van Veen & Friends’.
The
various compositions by Van Veen may be described as ‘Minimal Music’ with
different faces, Crossovers to Jazz, Blues, Soundscape, Avant-Garde, Techno,
Trance and Pop Music. Currently Mr. Van Veen is director of Van Veen
Productions, Chairman of the Simeon ten Holt Foundation, Culemborg Cultural
Foundation, Pianomania Foundation and artistic director of several music
festivals in Culemborg, Utrecht and Veldhoven. He is active in the
International Utrecht Student Piano Competition and the Murray Dranoff Two
Piano Competition. Over the last 15 years Van Veen recorded more than 50 CDs
for several labels (Mirasound, Koch, Naxos, Brilliant Classics) and his own
label PIANO. The two latest are an
eleven Cd box with Simeon ten Holt Multiple Piano Works and a set of nine
presenting the Minimal Piano Collection including his own 24 minimal preludes.
The
recording of Les Noces for Koch and Naxos was stated in the New York Times as
" the best recording ever".
Classics
Today on Erik Satie pianoworks four hands, 10 artistic quality, 10 sound quality
www.jeroenvanveen.com
DISCOGRAPHY:
* Pianoduo van Veen (1992) Mirasound
Jeroen en Maarten van Veen, piano
* Two Piano’s, One Passion (1997, alleen verkrijgbaar in de VS)
Jeroen en Maarten van Veen, e.v.a. piano
* Oranje en de Muziek (1999)
o.a. Jeroen van Veen en Tamara Rumiantsev
* Les Noces van Stravinsky (2001) Koch International
I.P.Q. (Elisabeth en Marcel Bergmann &
Jeroen en Maarten van Veen)
* Les Noces, I. Stravinsky o.l.v. Robert Craft, NAXOS
International
Piano Quartet, piano
* In naam van Oranje, MOMU
Tamara
Rumiantsev & Jeroen van Veen, piano
* Complete Multiple Piano Works, Simeon ten Holt Brilliant CD
7795
(11 cd)
Canto Ostinato, Horizon, Lemniscaat,
Incantatie IV, Meandres, Shadow nor Prey, Piano Ensemble: Irene Russo, Fred
Oldenburg, Jeroen en Sandra van Veen.
* Minimal Piano Collection, Brilliant CD 8551 (9 cd)
Jeroen van Veen, piano
*
Pianoworks Theresa Proccacini 2004, PAN 3081
Jeroen van Veen & Irene Russo, pianoduo
* Tubular Bells, Part I, version for two pianos and two synthesizers
and
version for four grand pianos. Brilliant CD
8812
Piano Ensemble: Elizabeth & Marcel
Bergmann, Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, piano
* Canto Ostinato, Simeon ten Holt, Zefir 9615
Sandra
& Jeroen van Veen, two pianos
* Complete works for piano four hands by Erik Satie, Brilliant
CD 9129
Sandra
& Jeroen van Veen
* Piano Files, Douwe Eisenga, Zefir 9619
Sandra
& Jeroen van Veen, two pianos, four pianos
* Minimal Piano Collection, Volume X-XX Brilliant CD 0000 (11 cd)
Jeroen van Veen & friends, two-six pianos
@
Van Veen Productions Label PIANO:
* Canto Ostinato (1996) PP 9600
Sandra en Jeroen van Veen, piano
* Incantatie IV (1998, 2-cd) PP 9800
Sandra en Jeroen van Veen en Tamara
Rumiantsev, piano’s
* Minimal Pianoworks Volume I (1999) PP 9910
Jeroen van Veen, piano
* Canto Ostinato voor 2 piano’s en 2 marimba’s (2000) PP 2010
Sandra en Jeroen van Veen, piano & Esther
Doornink en Peter Elbertse, marimba
* Minimal Piano Works Volume II, (2001) PP 2011
Jeroen
van Veen, piano
* Internatonal Students Piano Competition (2002) PP 2012
Live recording Finals at Vredenburg, Utrecht
* Culemborg City Soundscape, (2004) PP 2015
Marcel Bergmann, Jeroen van Veen, two pianos,
Peter Elbertse percussion
* Shadow nor Prey, Simeon ten Holt, (2004) PP 2013
Fred Oldenburg & Jeroen van Veen, two
pianos
* Love Me, (2004) PP 2017
Single Judith Jobse, 2 prijs voor selectie
Songfestival.
Judith Jobse & Jeroen van Veen
* Chamber Orchestra Novosibirsk (2005) PP 2022
by Alexander Polishchuk, live recording.
* DJ PIANO ( demo)
DJ Paul Adriaanse & Jeroen van Veen, piano
& synthesizers
* Piano & Hang (2009) PP 2024
Peter
Elbertse on Hang & Jeroen van Veen on piano
* Tango Mania (2009) PP 2025
Tangos
by Astor Piazzolla performed by Jeroen van Veen
COMPOSITIONS
JEROEN VAN VEEN:
* Culemborg City Soundscape, (2002) (on CD)
* Weeshuis Soundscape (2005) (on tape)
* Words on Kindness, for 2 pianos and 5 voices (2006) (premiered
2006)
* 12 Minimal Preludes, BOOK I, (1999-2003) (on CD 8551)
for piano
* 12 Minimal Preludes, BOOK II, (2004-2006) (on CD 8551)
for piano
* In de Doelen, leadermuziek (2006) on DVD
For piano
* Tango for Amalia, Alexia & Ariane (2007) (premiered 2007)
For piano four hands
* Incanto for two pianos (2008)
* Snake it Easy for six pianos (2009)
* Draughts for 20 pianos (2009)
TO
BE EXPECTED:
* Minimal Multiple Piano Collection (10CD) 2010
* Complete George Crumb for piano (6 CD) 2011
* Steve Reich Chamber Music Box (10 CD) 2012
OTHER
INFORMATION:
Van Veen Productions, (1995-) director
International Students Piano Competition, Utrecht (1994-) artistic
director
Lek Art Foundation, Culemborg (1994-) artistic director
Simeon ten Holt Foundation, Culemborg (2004-) chair
Culemborg Cultureel, Culemborg (2005-2008) chair
Ostinato Festival, Veldhoven (2006-) artistic director
Piano Mania Foundation, Culemborg (2006-) chair
Dranoff Two Piano Foundation Miami, Artistic
Director development (2002-)
WEB:
www.jeroenvanveen.com
www.vanveenproductions.com
www.lekart.nl
www.dranoff2piano.org
www.piano-ensemble.org
www.simeontenholt.com
www.pianoduo,org
www.duovanveen.com
www.cucu.nl
www.pianoconcours.uu.nl
www.tubularbells4piano.com
www.djpiano.nl