Louis Andriessen

Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) was a Dutch composer, born in Utrecht as the son of the composer Hendrik Andriessen. He studied with Kees van Baaren at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and with Luciano Berio in Milan and Berlin, and taught composition at the Hague conservatory from 1978. His works include the large-ensemble pieces De Staat, De Tijd and De Materie and the opera La Commedia. Andriessen helped set up the wind ensemble De Volharding and the group Hoketus, each formed around a piece of his with the same name, and he played piano in Hoketus.