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Annelie de Man

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Annelie de Man Foundation

Prix Annelie de Man 2025 is supported

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