Jeroen van Veen

“Dutch pianist and composer, Jeroen van Veen, the leading exponent of minimalism in Holland today”
– Alan Swanson (Fanfare)

Jeroen van Veen was born in 1969 in Holland and has performed worldwide as a solo artist and in ensembles and has recorded over 50 CDs for various labels in the last 15 years alone. In 1995 he founded with Sandra Moll the Piano Duo Sandra and Jeroen van Veen, specialising in performing repertoire for multiple pianos by Erik Satie, Douwe Eisenga and Simeon ten Holt. With his brother, Maarten he formed the prizewinning Piano Duo Van Veen and were the subject of an Emmy Award nominated documentary in 1996.

Disgrifiodd Jeroen ei gerddoriaeth fel “minimal gyda gwahanol wynebau a chroesfannau i Jazz, y Felan, Seinwedd, Avant- Garde, Techno, Llesmair a Cherddoriaeth Bop.”

2011: Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen (NL XL on Music)

Friday 9 September 2011 · Gwener 9 Medi 2011, 7.30pm

Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, CF10 3ER

Pre-Concert Talk / Sgwrs cyn y cyngerdd, 6.15pm

Images: Karel Tomeï

Composition: Jeroen van Veen

Musicians: Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, piano and keys

NL XL on Music (75′)
Multimedia composition – pianos, percussion, tape & film
World premiere

Pianos, synthesisers, percussion, toy pianos and samplers all feature in this cutting-edge multi-media feast receiving its world premiere in Cardiff’s newest state-of-the art Concert Hall. Festival favourites, Sandra & Jeroen van Veen provide the live music and soundscapes accompanying a mesmerising film comprising of aerial images from photographer Karel Tomei’s art book NLXL. Tomei’s photographs draw attention to the infinite patterns and series found in our landscapes and van Veen interprets these in his distinctive minimalist style often likened to that of Glass, Nyman and ten Holt.

Dewis addas yw’r gwaith amlgyfrwng egnïol hwn gan y cyfansoddwr/perfformiwr Jeroen Van Veen ar gyfer ymweliad cyntaf yr Wyl â Neuadd Gyngerdd newydd sbon Dora Stoutzker yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cymru.

NL XL is performed without an interval.

TICKETS / TOCYNNAU £12, Concessions £10 (senior citizens, unemployed, disabled people & companion) £5, Children under 16 and students

NL XL

Van Veen Productions

Phone booking: call 029 2039 1391 (Mon – Fri 10am – 5pm).

The festival booking office is based at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. A £1.75 transaction fee applies to all online bookings with an optional postage charge of 70p. Concessions (listed in brackets) apply to students, under 16s and disabled customers. Wheelchair companions are entitled to complimentary tickets. Book for 4 concerts or more in a single advance booking and you will be entitled to a free festival programme book.