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Theo Loevendie

Theo Loevendie, born on September 17th, 1930, studied composition and clarinet at the Amsterdams Conservatorium. Up to 1968 he dedicated himself almost exclusively to jazz and he performed with his own ensemble at the main European jazz festivals: Montreux, Juan-les-Pins, Nîmes, Warsaw, Molde (Norway) and Laren (Holland). For one of his jazz records he received an Edison in 1969. He was awarded the 1979 Wessel Ilcken Prize for all his jazz activities through the years.

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News

12
Oct
2023
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13
Oct
2023

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra KCO will dedicate two concerts to the music of Theo Loevendie in October 2023 with English mezzo Polly Leech as a soloist. The concert will be conducted by Bas Wiegers. The orchestral version of Loevendie’s Six Turkish Folk Poems will have it’s first performance on Thursday October 12th, repeated on October 13th in combination with Loevendie’s orchestral work Flexio (1980) written for the KCO. The programms will be completed with works by Ravel and Smit, and probably Wilbert Bulsink, who studied composition with Loevendie at the Amsterdam Conservatory.

Last september 17th, on Loevendie's 92nd birthday, Fie Schouten presented the digital release of ground 6 "Fie" which Loevendie finished in 2022. You can listen to this track here

16
Oct
2022

Fie Schouten recorded "Duo" for bassclarinetsolo on her new cd "figures" which will be released in October 16th 2022 Link