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Born in Amsterdam, Reinbert de Leeuw's musical activities cover a wide field: In 1972 he founded a series of concerts in Holland's major cities and since 1974 he has been conductor and music director of the Schönberg Ensemble. He is also author of a book on Charles Ives and has collaborated on film documentaries of twentieth-century composers. His compositions include works for orchestra and chamber ensembles and hs is co-author of two operas, Reconstruction (1969) and Axel (1977). He regularly conducts Holland's foremost orchestras and ensembles, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Netherlands Chamber Choir, and the ASKO and the Netherlands Wind ensembles. He has toured and performed in festivals world wide. He was guest artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival (1992) and is artistic director of the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. In the 1995-96 season he was the centre point of the ‘Carte Blance’ series in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He is now involved in the organization of the series ‘Contemporaries’ at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
This season Mr. de Leeuw has conducted two major productions for the Netherlands Opera; Stravinsky's Biblical Works and Louis Andriessen's Writing to Vermeer. In April he leads the Netherlands Radio PhilharmonicOrchestra in performances of Messiaen's St. Francis of Assisi in the Concertgebouw.
Reinbert de Leeuw has received the Slkkens Award (1991) and the prestigious 3M prize (1992) and in 1994 was made Honorary Doctor at the University of Utrecht. His recordings as a pianist have won many prizes, including the Dutch Edison, the Premio della critica discografica Italiana, the Grand Prix of the Hungarian Liszt Society and the Diapason D'Or.
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