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Herman van Veen
12+ albums
dutchsinger-songwriterchansonkleinkunstNederlandstalig
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Herman van Veen (born 14 March 1945 in Utrecht, The Netherlands) is a Dutch musician, singer, songwriter, author, actor and over-all artist, who has released an astonishing 140+ studio albums of music, sung in Dutch, English, German and Afrikaans. He published over 70 books. Perhaps most famously, Van Veen was the creator of the Alfred Jodocus Kwak children's animation series of worldwide fame. Van Veen is an ambassador for UNICEF Nederland and a founding member of Colombine, Stichting Alfred Jodocus Kwak, Stichting Roos, and the Herman van Veen Foundation. All of these foundations are active for children's rights. In 2004 he received the World Peace Flame, a symbol of peace, freedom, unity and truth, inspired by the eternal flame, burning at the residence of Mahatma Gandhi. Since 2005 Herman van Veen has been ambassador for the 'Music in the Middle East' foundation. In the 1960s, Van Veen studied the violin, singing and theory of musical education at Utrecht Conservatory. His career as a recording artist started in 1968. Some of his biggest Dutch hits are Opzij (1979), Hilversum 3 (1984), Anne (1986), Zo vrolijk (1986), Toveren (1987) and Blauwe plekken (1990), but he very rarely performs them live anymore. Most of his theatre concerts focus on recent material, as there always is plenty of it. Amsterdam's famous Carré theatre is Van Veen's 'second home': he has more than 600 headline Carré shows to his name. Van Veen lives with his wife Gaetane Bouchez, a female dancer,
