Richard Rijnvos
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Richard Rijnvos (born 16 December 1964, in Tilburg) is a Dutch composer.[http://www.dur.ac.uk/music/staff/?id=7686 Richard Rijnvos], Department of Music, University of Durham
Education and influences
Rijnvos studied composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Jan van Vlijmen and Brian Ferneyhough.
He received a DAAD scholarship and attended a postgraduate course at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg.
In 1994 he took part in the International Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers at Bretton Hall (Wakefield, UK).
Contacts with Morton Feldman and John Cage between 1986 and 1992 were a major influence on his development.
Rijnvos has also been influenced by the works of artists outside of music such as William S. Burroughs, Samuel Beckett, Joseph Beuys and Italo Calvino.
Compositions
Rijnvos has written for solo instrumentalists, small ensembles, symphony and chamber orchestra.
He has written several cycles, such as Block Beuys (1995–2000), based on the collection of works by Joseph Beuys in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, and the prize-winning three-part NYConcerto (2004–2006).
Commissioned by the Netherlands Radio 4, he wrote Riflesso sull'acqua for cor anglais and orchestra, premiered in 2008.
Richard Rijnvos has received commissions from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Ensemble Intercontemporain.
In 2008, he was a featured composer at November Music, Holland's annual contemporary music festival.[http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/nl/hedendaags/nieuws/artikel/artikel/790//volgende/2/ November Music 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120905200038/http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/nl/hedendaags/nieuws/artikel/artikel/790//volgende/2/ |date=5 September 2012 }}, Netherlands Music Centre
Awards
In 2000 Rijnvos was awarded the Matthijs Vermeulen Award for Times Square Dance.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3870/is_200001/ai_n8899629/ Awards], Musical Times, Winter 2000
In August 2008 he was awarded the Buma Toonzetters Prize for NYConcerto.[http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/en/contemporary/news/article/artikel/154/ Prize winners Toonzetters announced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720080404/http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/en/contemporary/news/article/artikel/154/ |date=20 July 2011 }}, Netherlands Music Centre
Other activities
Between October 2009 and 2016 Rijnvos was Head of Composition in the Department of Music at the University of Durham;[http://www.dutchsound.nl/news/contemporary/227/richard-rijnvos-joins-top-uk-university Richard Rijnvos Joins Top UK University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929001533/http://www.dutchsound.nl/news/contemporary/227/richard-rijnvos-joins-top-uk-university |date=29 September 2009 }}, Dutchsound online guide to Dutch music in 2014, he was appointed Chair of Composition at the same institution, and continues to serve in that role.{{Cite web|title=Richard Rijnvos {{!}} About|url=https://www.richardrijnvos.com/about/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=www.richardrijnvos.com}}
He is also chairman of the Union of Composers in the Netherlands, and artistic advisor of the Ives Ensemble, of which he was managing director between 1991 and 2000.[http://www.ives-ensemble.nl/english/biography.htm Ives Ensemble Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724154543/http://www.ives-ensemble.nl/english/biography.htm |date=24 July 2011 }}, Ives Ensemble
Note
The article incorporates material translated from the Dutch Wikipedia as of December 2009.Richard Rijnvos, Dutch Wikipedia
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.richardrijnvos.com/ Composer's website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720080415/http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/en/contemporary/cov/richard-rijnvos/ Composer in the Spotlight: Richard Rijnvos], Netherlands Music Centre
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