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Thea Derks follows the musical trail of Reinbert de Leeuw based
on her biography Reinbert de Leeuw, mens of melodie. Each first Wednesday of the month, 21:00 CET, you can hear Panorama de Leeuw at the Concertzender.
In the previous episode, we
concerned ourselves with the so
called ‘Kwestie-Schuyt,’ a conflict
that had no winners but only losers
in the end, and
that turned out to
be a low point in de Leeuw’s career
as an administrator. In contrast, there’s an administrative peak:
the formation of the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (a composer’s fund) in 1982.
Government funding
The fund’s formation was preceded
by years of struggle, starting in
1964. Original instigators
were
Misha Mengelberg and Peter Schat,
followed by Nico Schuyt and Rob du Bois. Composers wanted to be taken seriously and demanded a structural support from the government, just
like visual artists and authors before them. They argued for a Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst, analogous to similar, pre-existing organisations for visual arts (Beeldende Kunstenaars Regeling) and writers (Fonds voor de Letteren), that would divide the government’s financial aid.
The endless tug-of-war between composers and the government finally gains momentum after Reinbert de Leeuw’s appointment as chairman of the board of the fund (abbreviated to Geneco) in 1979. He is responsible for the final boost and in
1982, the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst has become a reality…
Broadcast: Wednesday 6 April 2016, 21:00 CET
If you purchase the biography through this link, you support Concertzender free of charge.
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