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Music Week 2010

Donnacha Dennehy, Helena Tulve, Roderik de Man [Photo: Co Broerse]

The jury of the Gaudeamus Music Week 2010 has nominated 21 compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2010. These compositions, selected from more than 400 entries, will be performed in the Gaudeamus Music Week, which will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from September 6 to 12, 2010.
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Video Gaudeamus Jury 2010

Composer in the Spotlight

Cornelis de Bondt [foto: Zephyre de Bondt]

"It is essential for a composer to be aware of the conventions, just like Bach and Beethoven in their time," says Cornelis de Bondt. "He needs to realise that everything he writes, every choice he makes, is always related to these conventions, whether he likes it or not. Read more>>

Light on Ton de Leeuw

In 2010 Music Center the Netherlands will release the complete solo piano works by Ton de Leeuw (1926-1996) in two volumes of sheet music with a compact disc. Some of these compositions by de Leeuw will be published for the first time; other works are reissued in a modern and critical edition.

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