Reinbert de Leeuw

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Reinbert de Leeuw (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8 September 1938 - Amsterdam, 14 february 2020) is a Dutch conductor, pianist and composer. He studied music theory and piano at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and composition with Kees van Baaren at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague He taught at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. He is a well-known conductor and pianist performing mainly contemporary music. He is the founder of the “Dutch Charles Ives Society”. Since 2004 he is a professor at the Leiden University in “performing and creative arts of the 19th, 20th and 21st century". In 1974 he founded the Schönberg Ensemble. They focus on performing works by the Second Viennese School. For the strings of the ensemble he composed the piece Etude (1983–1985). This is his most recent composition. Since then he has only made adaptations and instrumentations. Reinbert de Leeuw regularly conducts the Netherlands' major orchestras and ensembles, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Residentie Orchestra The Hague and ensembles such as the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the ASKO and the Netherlands Wind ensembles and the orchestras of the Dutch Radio. In the 1995-96 season he was the centre point of the 'Carte Blanche' series in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He is involved in the organization of the series 'Contemporaries' at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He is a regular guest in most European countries (France, Germany (incl. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), E

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Satie: Gnossiennes; Gymnopédies; Ogives; Trois Sarabandes; Petite ouverture à danser.

Erik Satie Piano Works Vol 1

Satie: The Early Piano Works

Satie: Gnossiennes, Gymnopédies, Etc.

Satie: Gymnopédies; Gnossiennes

Satie: Gnossiennes & Gymnopédies

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Satie: Early Piano Works [Disc 1]

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Satie: The Early Piano Works (2 CDs)

Satie: Piano Works

Satie

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Satie: Early Piano Works [Disc 2]

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Erik Satie Piano Works Vol 3

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