Lucas Vis
Lucas Vis (born February 19, 1947 in Bergen (North Holland) ) is a Dutch conductor and composer.
Vis attended the Musiklyzeum in Amsterdam from 1962 to 1969, where he studied cello with Reinier Bresser and orchestral conducting with Jaap Spaanderman . After completing a master class in conducting at the Mozarteum in Salzburg as a prize winner, he was Bruno Maderna's assistant from 1967 to 1973 . He also attended courses with Pierre Boulez in Basel, with Jean Fournet , Marius Constant , Dean Dixon and Paul Hupperts and took composition lessons with Jan van Vlijmen . In 1971 he received the Koussevitzky Tanglewood Composition Prize .
From 1976 to 1979 he was director of the Nederlands Ballet Orkest , then until 1983 chief conductor of the Brabants Orkest . From 1988 to 1996 he directed the Noordhollands Philharmonisch Orkest . In addition, he was director of the Conservatory in Maastricht until 1998, then rector of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam until 2005 .
Vis has conducted the major orchestras in the Netherlands such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra , the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra , as well as orchestras in England, France, Austria, Denmark, Germany and Italy. He worked with composers such as John Cage , Mauricio Kagel , Karlheinz Stockhausen and Louis Andriessen and conducted world premieres of works by Otto Ketting , Theo Loevendie and Guus Janssen at the Dutch Opera .
Works
- Essay I for eight instruments, 1971
- Music for soprano and cello , 1971
- Serenade for three violas and orchestra, 1973
- Openingsmuziek for orchestra, 1976
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| SURNAME | Vis, Lucas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mountains |