Louis Andriessen, the most widely acclaimed Dutch composer of his generation, died on Thursday, July 1, in a care home in Weesp, North Holland. His death was confirmed by Boosey & Hawkes, his ...

Louis Andriessen, perhaps the leading Dutch composer since the death of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck in the 17th century and an embodiment of the international avant-garde since the 1960s, died July 1 in ...

The Dutch composer Louis Andriessen has died, aged 82. In tribute, we republish this profile of his life and musical voice from our Contemporary Composer series, written by Andy Hamilton in 2017. ‘I ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Friday night, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducted the world premiere of Louis ...

Louis Andriessen is the great argumentative opera composer of our day. He argues with every convention of the lyric stage. He is, moreover, a master of operatic argument, which is the traditional term ...

Louis Andriessen’s “Theatre of the World,” which was given its world premiere by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and guests Friday night in Disney Concert Hall, is ineffective because it isn’t very ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Throughout his life Dutch composer Louis Andriessen has confounded easy classification. His works refuse to ...

After challenging the Dutch musical establishment as a young man, he went on to write a series of large and loud symphonic works that grappled with big ideas. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim David ...

Louis Andriessen – perhaps the leading Dutch composer since the death of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck in the 17th century and an embodiment of the international avant-garde since the 1960s – has died ...

The only predictable attribute of Other Minds, the annual new-music festival that has its 16th season this weekend, is that it will be unpredictable. True to the eclectic principles of artistic ...