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Cornelis de Bondt

Dutch composer

Cornelis de Bondt (born 9 December 1953) is a Dutch composer. Born in The Hague, de Bondt attended the Royal Conservatory there and currently teaches composition and music theory at the same ins*ution.

In 2011 all of de Bondt's scores were withdrawn by the composer as a protest against arts funding cuts in the Netherlands. He has stated that he now sees the orchestral "score", the music in fixed notated form, as a symbol of neo-liberalism, and is therefore exploring non-fixed notational methods.

Works

Compositions by Cornelis de Bondt include the following:

  • Bint, written for Hoketus (1979-1980)
  • Karkas, for large ensemble (1981-1983, first performed Holland Festival, 10 June 2002)
  • The Broken Ear, cycle of works (1984-1996)
  • Bloed, for voices and orchestra (1997–2001)
  • Bloed II, written for the Hilliard Ensemble and Netherlands Wind Ensemble (1997–98)
  • Die wahre Art, piano concerto (2000)
  • Gli toccha la mano, written for Cristina Zavalloni, Orkest de Volharding and Icebreaker (2002)
  • Gran Sinfonia – Il tempo giusto, for orchestra (2010)

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