On the evening of her abdication, it would only seem fitting for a small homage to Queen Beatrix’s appreciation of Dutch classical music. On September 3rd 2011, the Genootschap van Nederlandse Componisten (Dutch Composers’ Guild) celebrated their centennial in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Special guest was Her Majesty Beatrix Queen of the Netherlands. As Chairman of…
Thursday morning, the news reached me that a Dutch colleague of mine had passed away. Even though Otto Ketting was 77 years old, the news saddened me. I knew Otto personally since about 1988, when we were in a project together. He was a funny guy, both in the sense that he had an interesting…
A few years ago, I was elected chairman of the board of the Dutch Composers Union (GeNeCo). I was a bit reluctant to take this position, but one of the reasons I decided to do it was that we would be celebrating our 100th anniversary in 2011. In my first year as chairman, I was…
Jeff Hamburg 