Ten Holt Incantatie IV for Three Pianos Jeroen van Veen

• Simeon ten Holt (1923-2012): Incantatie IV, Pt. I
• 1 Tableau I, Section 1-26 28:33
• 2 Tableau II, Section 27-44 13:08
• 3 Tableau III, Section 45-68 12:27
• 4 Tableau IV, section 69-73 03:53
• Incantatie IV, Pt. II
• 5 Tableau IV, Section 73-139 29:47
• 6 Tableau IV, Section 140-147 07:30
• 7 Tableau V, Section 147-196 18:13
• 8 Tableau VI, Section 197-203 04:07
• 9 Tableau VII, Section 204-213 06:15
• Total Runtime 02:03:53

Info for Ten Holt Incantatie IV for Three Pianos

Der Niederländer Simeon ten Holt (1923–2012) setzte bei “Incantatie IV” die Idee vom Interpreten als ‘Mit-Komponisten im Moment der Aufführung’ konsequent um: Tonart, Klangfarbe, Spielmodus, Tempo und die Anzahl der Instrumente bleiben den Interpreten überlassen. Man darf Teile der Partitur kombinieren, wiederholen und auslassen und umgekehrt die Lücken in der Partitur mit Klang füllen. “Incantatie IV” steht somit zwischen komponierter und improvisierter Musik, das Ergebnis ist stets einmalig und temporär. Die vorliegende Aufnahme des ten-Holt-Experten Jeroen van Veen, seiner Frau Sandra und Tamara Rumiantsev war zuvor nur als Teil der 2006 erschienenen Box “Complete Multiple Piano Works” (BCL 7795) erhältlich und erscheint nun erstmals separat.

Jeroen van Veen, Klavier
Sandra van Veen, Klavier
Tamara Rumiantsev, Klavier

Jeroen Van Veen
born 1969 started playing the piano at the age of 7. He studied at the Utrecht Conservatory with Alwin Bär and Håkon Austbö. In 1993 he passed the Performing Artists' Exam. Van Veen has played with orchestras conducted by Howard Williams, Peter Eötvös, Neal Stulberg and Robert Craft. He has played recitals in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia & the USA. Van Veen attended master classes with Claude Helffer, Hans-Peter & Volker Stenzl and Roberto Szidon. He was invited to several festivals; Reder Piano Festival (1988), Festival der Kunsten in Bad Gleichenberg (1992), Wien Modern (1993), Holland Dance Festival (1998) Lek Art Festival (1996-2007). Van Veen recorded for major Dutch Radio- and Television companies like AVRO, NOS, IKON, NCRV, TROS/Internet, WTBC-TV & Radio (Florida, U.S.A.) and Moscow Television. In 1992, Van Veen recorded his first CD with his brother Maarten as the internationally recognized Piano duo Van Veen. In 1995 Piano duo Van Veen made their debut in the United States. They were prizewinners in the prestigious 4th International Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition in Miami, Florida. After this achievement they toured the United States and Canada many times. The documentary "Two Pianos One Passion" (nominated with an Emmy Award 1996) documents them as a duo.

In 1995 Jeroen Van Veen founded the duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, a piano duo with Sandra Mol. As such, they mainly perform (minimal) music for multiple pianos by Erik Satie, Douwe Eisenga, Simeon ten Holt and many more. Beside his career as a solo pianist Van Veen also participates in the following ensembles: ‘Piano Ensemble’, ‘The International Piano Quartet’, ‘Piano Mania’, ‘DJ Piano’ and ‘Jeroen van Veen & Friends’.

The various (>80) compositions by Van Veen may be described as ‘Minimal Music’ with different faces, Crossovers to Jazz, Blues, Soundscape, Avant-Garde, Techno, Trance and Pop Music. Currently Mr. Van Veen is director of Van Veen Productions, Chairman of the Simeon ten Holt Foundation, Culemborg Cultural Foundation, Pianomania Foundation and artistic director of several music festivals in Culemborg, Utrecht and Veldhoven. He is active in Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition based in Miami (USA). Over the last 20 years Van Veen recorded more than 100 CDs for several labels Mirasound, Koch, Naxos, Brilliant Classics, and his own label PIANO. The recording of Les Noces for Koch and Naxos was stated in the New York Times as " the best recording ever". Classics Today on Erik Satie pianoworks four hands, 10 artistic quality, 10 sound quality.

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