Robin de Raaff | |
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Born | Hubertus Jacobus de Raaff December 5, 1968 |
Nationality | Dutch Nationality |
Alma mater | Royal College of Music Sweelinck Conservatory of Amsterdam |
Occupation(s) | Composer and bassist |
Robin de Raaff (Dutch pronunciation: ['robin də ‘ra ːf]; born in 1968) is a Dutch composer and bassist. [1] He has written five symphonies, eleven concertos, [2] [3] [4] an oratorio entitled Atlantis, [5] and two main stage operas. The last opera Waiting for Miss Monroe [6] is about the tragic death of Marilyn Monroe [7] whose role was sung by American soprano Laura Aikin. [8] His first opera entitled RAAFF [9] [10] is an opera about the complex relationship between the older Anton Raaff and the young M. ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) in their struggle to create the world premiere of Idomeneo. Both operas were commissioned by Dutch National Opera [11] coproduced by the Holland Festival. [12]
Alongside of the creation of these large scale works De Raaff composed chamber music, vocal music, solo works for musical instruments, and music for film. [13]
De Raaff belongs to the generation of Dutch composers that emerged in the 1990s. In 2001 De Raaff became teacher of Musical Composition and Instrumentation at Codarts, University for the Arts.
Robin de Raaff grew up in Breda in a musically active family. His father is a pianist and accordeonist with whom young Robin had private piano lessons from the age of seven while individually learning how to play the bass guitar. Through the growing influence of Classical music De Raaff started composing complete instrumental works alongside a switch to Jazz oriented playing as he discovered the bassist Jaco Pastorius, and switched to fretless bass guitar as well. When De Raaff was accepted as a composition student at the Sweelinck Conservatory (now Conservatory of Amsterdam) in 1992, Music of the 20th Century and Contemporary Classical Music became his world.
De Raaff moved to Amsterdam in 1992 to pursue his Academic career at the Sweelinck Conservatory. The first years his composition teacher was Geert van Keulen, composer and bass clarinet player in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestral, in 1997 De Raaff finished the Studies of Composition Cum Laude with Theo Loevendie, composer and Jazz saxophonist.
In 1999, after finishing his studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, De Raaff become a private student of George Benjamin at the Royal College of Music in London. Alongside his lessons with Benjamin, De Raaff had private lessons with Julian Anderson as well.
Since 2001 Robin de Raaff has been teaching Composition and Instrumentation at Codarts, University for the Arts in Rotterdam, [14] education a wide array of composers.
For an overview of a selection of De Raaff's Works [19] in Dutch see also: Oeuvre of Robin de Raaff
Robin de Raaff | |
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Born | Hubertus Jacobus de Raaff December 5, 1968 |
Nationality | Dutch Nationality |
Alma mater | Royal College of Music Sweelinck Conservatory of Amsterdam |
Occupation(s) | Composer and bassist |
Robin de Raaff (Dutch pronunciation: ['robin də ‘ra ːf]; born in 1968) is a Dutch composer and bassist. [1] He has written five symphonies, eleven concertos, [2] [3] [4] an oratorio entitled Atlantis, [5] and two main stage operas. The last opera Waiting for Miss Monroe [6] is about the tragic death of Marilyn Monroe [7] whose role was sung by American soprano Laura Aikin. [8] His first opera entitled RAAFF [9] [10] is an opera about the complex relationship between the older Anton Raaff and the young M. ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) in their struggle to create the world premiere of Idomeneo. Both operas were commissioned by Dutch National Opera [11] coproduced by the Holland Festival. [12]
Alongside of the creation of these large scale works De Raaff composed chamber music, vocal music, solo works for musical instruments, and music for film. [13]
De Raaff belongs to the generation of Dutch composers that emerged in the 1990s. In 2001 De Raaff became teacher of Musical Composition and Instrumentation at Codarts, University for the Arts.
Robin de Raaff grew up in Breda in a musically active family. His father is a pianist and accordeonist with whom young Robin had private piano lessons from the age of seven while individually learning how to play the bass guitar. Through the growing influence of Classical music De Raaff started composing complete instrumental works alongside a switch to Jazz oriented playing as he discovered the bassist Jaco Pastorius, and switched to fretless bass guitar as well. When De Raaff was accepted as a composition student at the Sweelinck Conservatory (now Conservatory of Amsterdam) in 1992, Music of the 20th Century and Contemporary Classical Music became his world.
De Raaff moved to Amsterdam in 1992 to pursue his Academic career at the Sweelinck Conservatory. The first years his composition teacher was Geert van Keulen, composer and bass clarinet player in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestral, in 1997 De Raaff finished the Studies of Composition Cum Laude with Theo Loevendie, composer and Jazz saxophonist.
In 1999, after finishing his studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, De Raaff become a private student of George Benjamin at the Royal College of Music in London. Alongside his lessons with Benjamin, De Raaff had private lessons with Julian Anderson as well.
Since 2001 Robin de Raaff has been teaching Composition and Instrumentation at Codarts, University for the Arts in Rotterdam, [14] education a wide array of composers.
For an overview of a selection of De Raaff's Works [19] in Dutch see also: Oeuvre of Robin de Raaff