Theo Loevendie (born 1930) is a Dutch composer of classical music. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ...
After a career as a professional jazz musician, Loevendie turned to composition during the 1960s. Since then he has produced opera, chamber music and concertos for piano and violin. Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... This article is about opera as an art form. ... For this sort of classical music, see chamber music Chamber Music is also the title of a collection of poems by James Joyce, his first book, published in 1907. ...
As a jazz musician for over 15 years, TheoLoevendie (born in Amsterdam, 1930) performed at all of the most important European jazz festivals as alto and soprano saxophonist and as leader of combos and big bands.
Loevendie has made significant contributions to the chamber music repertoire over the last ten years, in such works as Cycles for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1992), Lerchen-Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, in memory of Olivier Messiaen (1992) and the piano trio Ackermusik (1997).
Loevendie has been teaching composition since 1970, and currently holds a position at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
TheoLoevendie is componist van een veelzijdig oeuvre waarin elementen uit jazz, klassieke muziek, improvisatie en volksmuziek met elkaar geïntegreerd worden.
TheoLoevendie was een leerling aan het Amsterdams conservatorium (klarinet bij Ru Otto, theorie bij Ernest Mulder, compositie bij Leon Orthel).
In 1979 werd Loevendie voor zijn jazzactiviteiten de Wessel-Ilckenprijs toegekend; één van zijn jazzgrammofoonplaten was al in 1969 met een Edison bekroond.
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