Robert Heppener
{{short description|Dutch composer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Heppener
| image = File:Robert Heppener overhandigt minister Klompé een blaasinstrument, Bestanddeelnr 923-4758.jpg
| caption = Robert Heppener hands a wind instrument to Minister Klompé (27 April 1970)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 9 August 1925
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| death_date = {{d-da|25 August 2009|9 August 1925}}
| death_place = Bergen, Netherlands
| occupation = composer
}}
Robert Heppener (9 August 1925 in Amsterdam – 25 August 2009 in Bergen{{cite web | title=Robert Heppener | website=Donemus | date= 2 March 2017| url=https://donemus.nl/composer/robert-heppener/ | access-date=January 26, 2023}}), also known as Bob Heppener,{{cite news | title=Robert Heppener passed away | newspaper=NRC | date=Aug 26, 2009 | url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2009/08/26/robert-heppener-84-overleden-11773464-a801187 | author= | archive-url=https://archive.today/20230126095532/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2009/08/26/robert-heppener-84-overleden-11773464-a801187 | archive-date=January 26, 2023 | url-status=live }} was a Dutch composer.{{cite web | title=SPRING-SUMMER '98; 'Happy Birthday' and Variations | work=The New York Times | date=March 15, 1998 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/15/travel/spring-summer-98-happy-birthday-and-variations.html | author=Vernon Kidd | archive-url=https://archive.today/20230126081547/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/15/travel/spring-summer-98-happy-birthday-and-variations.html | archive-date=January 26, 2023 | url-status=live }} He was among the most important Dutch composers of the 20th century.{{cite web | author=Jeroen Janssen | title=Robert Heppener Memorial Concert to be held in the Kopermolen | website=De Limburger | date=October 9, 2019 | url=https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20191009_00126798 }}
Early life and education
Heppener was born in Amsterdam on 9 August 1925. He studied composition with Bertus van Lier and piano with Jan Odé and Johan van den Boogert{{cite news | title=Sincere music trumps innovation | newspaper=NRC | date=August 26, 2009 | url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2009/08/26/oprechte-muziek-gaat-boven-vernieuwing-11773423-a718648 | author=Jochem Valkenburg | archive-url=https://archive.today/20230126083335/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2009/08/26/oprechte-muziek-gaat-boven-vernieuwing-11773423-a718648 | archive-date=January 26, 2023 | url-status=live }} at the Amsterdam Conservatory.{{cite book | author=Jolande van der Klis | title=The Essential Guide to Dutch Music: 100 Composers and Their Work | publisher=Amsterdam University Press | year=2000 | isbn=978-90-5356-460-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCUKAQAAMAAJ | page=}}
Career
Death
Heppener died on 25 August 2009, at the age of 84.
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Category:20th-century Dutch classical composers
Category:Academic staff of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Category:Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni
Category:Dutch male classical composers