Lodewijk de Boer
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Lodewijk de Boer (born February 11, 1937 in Amsterdam as Lodewijk Maria Lichtveld ; † June 4, 2004 there) was a Dutch theater maker, composer and improvisation musician .
Live and act
De Boer first studied viola at the conservatory ; from 1961 he was active as a violist in the Concertgebouw Orchestra . An Amsterdam student society performed his one-act play De kaalkop luistert in 1963 . In 1966 he wrote the libretto for the opera Labyrint by Peter Schat , then for Theo Loevendie's opera Naima . Also stripped him Gustav Leonhardt and Frans Bruggen approach for their recordings; He was also involved as a musician in the collective opera Reconstructie by Misha Mengelberg , Louis Andriessen , Reinbert de Leeuw , Peter Schat and Jan van Vlijmen , which premiered in 1969 at the Holland Festival . At the end of the 1960s, he mainly worked as a director: With the actors Cees Linnebank and Huib Broos in the leading roles, he developed the play The Family , which played in the Provo movement , had great success in the Netherlands and was also performed in Germany , and which he filmed in 1973. In 1976 he directed the television film De watergeus , which was also based on its own script. He also staged Willem Breuker's musical theater pieces Kain en Abel (1972) and Jona, De Neezegger (2003) and wrote the libretto for Louis Andriessen's musical theater Orpheus . He wrote the music for short films, then also for feature films such as The Bought Woman (1984) by Marleen Gorris and television productions ( De Partizanen , 1995). He also worked as an improviser with Amsterdam Drama and with Michel Waisvisz . His production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2002) with Edwin de Vries and Will van Kralingen received excellent reviews. As a musician, he was also involved in recordings by Liesbeth List , Willem Breuker, Henny Vrienten , Spectral Display and the Instant Composers Pool .
Web links
- Portrait (Theatercyclopedie) (Dutch)
- Obituary (Dutch)
- Lodewijk de Boer at Discogs (English)
- Lodewijk de Boer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gott grüßt deutscht , Der Spiegel September 16, 1974
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boer, Lodewijk de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lichtveld, Lodewijk Maria (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch theater maker, composer and improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 2004 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |