
Annelie de Man
This page is dedicated to my wife Annelie de Man, who passed away on September 29th 2010. We were happy together for more than 50 years, married for 43 years, and our relationship was artistically also most inspiring. I composed several pieces for her, with and without electronics, and she performed them brilliantly all over the world. Annelie understood what composing was about and many composers found collaborating with her about a new piece very stimulating. She was a dedicated performer and I know her excellent recordings will continue to be an inspiration to all who are interested in contemporary harpsichord music. Below is a list of the pieces I wrote for her.
Roderik de Man
ANNELIE DE MAN studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Janny van Wering and Bob van Asperen.
After devoting herself to Baroque music for several years, she turned to the performance of contemporary music and stimulated composers, both at home and from abroad, to write for her. One of the first was Dutch composer Louis Andriessen with "Overture to Orpheus" (1982).
Annelie de Man played a double-manual instrument built in 1978 by Theo de Haas and redecorated by Frisian graphic artist Sies Bleeker in 1987. It features on the cover of "Harpsichord and clavichord music of the twentieth century" by Frances Bedford (published in 1993 by Fallen Leaf Press, Ca/USA).
Her bentside spinet, built by Theo de Haas as well (can be seen in the instruments section), was redecorated by Richard Dries.


As professor of contemporary harpsichord music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, she teached students from all over the world.
She gave masterclasses and lectures a.o. at conservatories and universities in The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia (Tsjaikovski Conservatorium Moscow), the USA and Canada. In 1994 she cooperated with Music Centre "De IJsbreker" in organizing the International Harpsichord Week in Amsterdam, and in 1997 she was on the jury of the International Gaudeamus Young Interpreters Competition.
She was secretary of the Foundation Ton Bruynèl, foundation for the promotion of electronic music, and on the board of the Festival November Music. Since 2006 she was a member of the Advisory Board of the Aliénor Foundation.
With Italian harpsichordist Diadorim Saviola she founded in 2009 PROCEMBALO which publishes the Contemporary Harpsichord Music Catalogue on the internet.
Concerts in The Netherlands (a.o. the Holland Festival, International Gaudeamus Music Week, the Dutch Music Days) with the Schönberg Ensemble, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Millennium tour in Japan 2000), the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Radio Symphony Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the ASKO Ensemble, and with conductors as Riccardo Chailly, Oliver Knussen, Otto Tausk, Gidon Kremer and Lev Markiz.
She toured a.o. Austria (Festival Aspekte Salzburg), Germany, Spain, Scotland, Norway (World Music Days/Oslo 1990), France (Festival de Musique Electro-acoustique de Bourges 1992), Finland (Festival Time of Music/Viitasaari 1994), Ukraine (Festival New Music Odessa/1996), Ireland (Dublin 1999), Japan (Millenniumtournée Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2000), Canada (October 2003), Poland (Festival AudioArt November 2001 Kraków), Italy (Festival Spaziomusica 2003 in Cagliari), Jauna Muzika (Vilnius/Lithuania 2006), Warschau (Festival Warschauer Herbst 2006) and the USA (workshop and concerts at the Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington/2008).
In 2002 she played 35 performances live on stage of 'Rameau' with the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. 'Rameau' was created by choreographer Ed Wubbe on the 'Pièces de clavecin' by Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Together with bass clarinettist Harry Sparnaay she founded the duo Double_Action. This unusual combination inspired many composers from The Netherlands and abroad to write for it. In the meantime the duo has toured The Netherlands, Ireland, Poland, and Canada with performances and workshops in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary.
With violinist Tiziana Pintus and violoncellist John Addison she performed baroque and contemporary repertoire in ORYX.
Annelie de Man was married to composer Roderik de Man and lived in Amsterdam.
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Photo of Annelie : © Roderik de Man
Works written for Annelie de Man
Solo /solo with tape
Louis Andriessen
Overture to Orpheus (1982)
solo
Joep Franssens
Ellipsis (1983)
solo
Daniel Brozak
In A (1983)
solo
Tzeng Shin-Kwei
The Way of Heaven (1983)
solo
Gilius van Bergeijk
Zu Tee & Tanz (1984)
solo
Roderik de Man
Frenzy (1985)
solo
Ted Ponjee
The Female Modes (1985)
solo, quarter tone piece
Klaas de Vries
Murder in the Dark (1985)
solo, quarter tone piece
Jurriaan Andriessen
Musica per clavicembalo (1987)
solo
Ton Bruynèl
Toccare (1988)
clav/tape
David Little
Harpsi-kord (1988)
clav/tape
Other setting
Chiel Meijering
Forbidden Territory (1986)
clav/fl
Reinhold Westerheide
Balance (1989)
clav/git
Ted Ponjee
Fiction music (1990)
clav/git
Lárus Hálldor Grimsson
The secret mission of Mr. BoomBoom (1993)
2 clav/el.basgit
André Douw
The Waves (1993)
2 clav
Roderik de Man
Chordis Canam (1989)
clav/tape
Tom Riedstra
Rotterdam Shuffle (1990)
solo
Lowell Dijkstra
Willowy (1990)
solo
Ton Bruynèl
Sonata Chatarra (1990)
clav/tape
Marion de Laat
., is punt Komma (1990)
clav/tape/installatie
Willem Jeths
Mythos (1992)
solo, quarter tones
Lyell Cresswell
Bisbigliando (1993)
solo
Calliope Tsoupaki
Common Passion (1994)
solo
Geoffrey King
White Rose (1994/96)
solo
Jacob ter Veldhuis
Les soupirs de Rameau (1995)
clav/tape/beeld
Jacob ter Veldhuis
The Storm (1995)
clav/tape
Chiel Meijering
Was guckst du mir den immer
in die Bluse? (1993)
2 clav/el.basgit
Ton Bruynèl
Le Jardin (1993)
clav/mezzo/fl/tape
Haukur Tómasson
Utrás (1994)
2 clav
Andries van Rossem
Strings & harpsichord (1994)
solo clav/strijkorkest
Evelyn Ficarra
Close (1994)
2 clav/tape
Wim de Ruiter
Eye-opener (1997)
clav/tape/installatie
Matthias Kadar
Histoire d'insectes (1998)
solo
Kristoffer Zegers
Detonatie (2001)
clv/tap
Danny de Graan
Contrast (2003)
clav/tape/live electronics
Allan Segall
House Glass (2003)
clav/tape
Arnoud Noordegraaf
PONG (2004)
clav/tape/film
Thomas Reiner
Battaglia (2005)
clav/tape
Jan Bas Bollen
Blue (2006)
clav/live electronics/video
Clara Kim
Toccata (2007)
solo
Nathalie Boogers
Middenmeer (2007)
solo met basklarinet
Chiel Meijering
He Was a Great Man and
He Loved Baseball (1990)
clv/basklar/tape
Roderik de Man
Momentum (1991)
clav/basklar/tape
Hope Lee
Tangram (1992)
clav/basklar/tape
Raymond Deane
Fügung (1993)
clav/basklar
Victor Varela
Clair/Obscur (1996)
clav/basklar
Michel van der Aa
Masker (1997)
clav/basklar/tape
Matthias Kadar
Double with..(1998)
clav/basklar
Joe Cutler
Urban Myths (1999)
clav/basklar
Vanessa Lann
Lucifer's Sun (2001)
clav/basklar
David Vayo
Scuttlings and Scramblings (2001)
clav/basklar
Giel Vleggaar
Counting Stars with Confidence (2002)
clav/basklar
Patricio Wang
Morte (1994)
2 clav/el.basgit
Roderik de Man
Distant Mirror (1996)
2 clav/stereo fx processor /dia's
René Uijlenhoet
Filamenti II (1999)
2 clav/tape
Roderik de Man
Dirge (1999)
clav/tuba/tape
Jacqueline Fontyn
es ist ein Ozean...(2000)
solo clav/solo fl/strijkorkest
Jacob ter Veldhuis
Doggy Steps (2007)
clav/vl/vc/tape
Roderik de Man
Sonneries (pour Annelie) (2007)
clav/vl/vc
Matthias Konecny
False Friends/Valse Vrienden (2008)
clav/vl/vc
Martijn Voorvelt
Rhine Variations (2008)
clav/vl/vc
David Vayo
Dream Cartoon (2009)
clav/vl/vc



PONG (Arnoud Noordegraaf), video
Concert Warsaw Autumn 2006
With Harry Sparnaay, IJsbreker/Amsterdam

Works for Annelie de Man written by Roderik de Man
“Frenzy” for solo harpsichord 1985
“What’s in a name?” for solo harpsichord 1985
“Chordis Canam” for harpsichord and tape 1989
“Three Minutes” for solo harpsichord 1991 - I
“Three Minutes” for solo harpsichord 1991 - II
“Three Minutes” for solo harpsichord 1991 - III
“Momentum” for Bass clarinet, harpsichord and tape 1991
“Distant Mirror” for harpsichord and dig.fx processor 1996
“Dirge” for Tuba, harpsichord and cd 1997
“Sonneries” (pour Annelie), for violin, violoncello and harpsichord 2007


