Pieter van der Staak
Pieter van der Staak (born May 25, 1930 in The Hague ; † November 2, 2007 in Zwolle ) was a Dutch guitarist , composer and music teacher .
Life
Van der Staak studied composition with Wolfgang Wijdeveld and guitar with Hans-Lutz Niessen , a student of Bruno Henze , at the Maastricht Conservatory . From 1955 to 1959 he studied guitar with Andrés Segovia and Alirio Díaz as well as Vihuela and early music with Emilio Pujol at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. Pujol and Diaz became lifelong friends.
He took several LPs a. a. with the singers Willy Brill and Arjan Blanken . Van der Staak gave concerts all over the world and eventually became professor for guitar at ArtEZ (art college) in Zwolle. He founded the Dutch International Guitarweeks Zwolle and taught several well-known students. Van der Staak also composed a large number of chamber music pieces.
literature
- Hannu Annala, Heiki Matlik: Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers . Mel Bay Publications, Pacific 2007, ISBN 0-7866-5844-4 , p. 134.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Staak, Pieter van der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch guitarist, composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 2007 |
| Place of death | Zwolle |