Kees Olthuis

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Kees Olthuis

Kees Olthuis (born November 28, 1940 in Amsterdam - † October 16, 2019 ) was a Dutch bassoonist , pianist and composer .

Life

He studied bassoon and piano at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. For more than twenty years he was a member of the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble (Dutch wind orchestra) . Until 2005 he played bassoon with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and worked as a lecturer at the Conservatory in Amsterdam.

His work includes operas , chamber music and music for the theater .

Awards

In 1972 he won second prize in a competition by the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble .

Works

  • De Gans (dt. Die Gans) (1982) , chamber opera, libretto : Jean Paul Franssens, premiered 1983 at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp
  • Theseusfantasie (1984), symphonic poem, staged several times by Bernard Haitink
  • Jour de fête (1987), commissioned work on the 40th birthday of Radio Netherlands International
  • Het hemelse fagotje (Eng. The heavenly bassoon) in collaboration with Annie MG Schmidt
  • Het ei (Eng. The Egg) , symphonic poem , premiered in 1992, Haags Blazers Ensemble
  • De naam van de maan (Eng. The name of the moon) , youth opera, libretto: Annie MG Schmidt and Flip van Duyn, premiered in 1992 at the Amsterdamer Musiktheater
  • Europera , symphonic poetry, libretto: Flip van Duyn, premiered in 1993 in St. Peter's Church in Leiden
  • François Guyon , opera, libretto: Ruud van Megen , WP April 15, 1996, in the Theater de Veste , on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of Delft
  • Serenade in honor of the Dutch Youth String Orchestra under the direction of Roland Kieft ( conductor )
  • Willem Russell Strijkkwartet , the manuscript was auctioned off at Christie's auction house in 1993 for the benefit of the Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds (German National Musical Instrument Fund of the Netherlands)
  • Capriccio for bassoon and string quintet (2000), composed for the Friends of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Three works (procession for brass music , a masquerade and a figuration for orchestra ) commissioned by the Orkest van het Oosten (German Orchestra of the East) for the festival in 2000
  • Jizô , work for orchestra
  • Voyage à l'horizon ..... Seul ..... , piano trio

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Composer-bassoonist Kees Olthuis overleden. Retrieved October 19, 2019 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Olthuis, Kees
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch bassoonist, pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2019