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Wiek Hijmans
12+ albums
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Wiek Hijmans (Netherlands, 1967) has played the electric guitar since the age of eleven. His interest in both contemporary classical as well as in popular music gave him a task for life: integrating the electric guitar in the classical tradition, thus adding a new world of sounds to that tradition. Influences from jazz, rock and an attitude stemming from extensive experience as an improviser make Hijmans both as a performer and as a composer a typical exponent from the current state of music. Wiek Hijmans´ first solo cd, which was released just a good month ago, drew attention in the Dutch media: a TV appearance with Louis Andriessen, three major newspapers publishing interviews and/or reviews of the cd. A few comments from a review: "WH virtuosically performs the piece with typical Dutch clarity and with the warmth of a gypsy..this is a cd that every composer in the world should have..his Gretsch sounds so beautiful" but it can also sound like "an axe with brains". The most recent soloconcertseries was in the U.S.A: and Canada (October 2002). Hijmans will be featured at the Holland Festival´s Night of the electric guitar , June 9 2003, at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Musical education: Performing Musician´s Diplome, Sweelinck Conservatory of Amsterdam(1991), Professional Studies Certificate Manhattan School of Music, New York City(1997). Studied with David Starobin. Awards, commissions: Andrés Segovia Award, New York 1997, Jur Naessens Muziekprijs, Amsterdam 2000, Fulbrig
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Electric Solo! - Contemporary music for electric guitar performed by Wiek Hijmans - Michel van der Aa • Tristan Murail • Louis Andriessen • Wiek Hijmans • Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen [X-OR CD 012]