Are you familiar with our programme Panorama de Leeuw yet? Music journalist Thea Derksen leads you through recent music history of contemporary classical music in the Netherlands, inspired by her biography about composer and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw: Reinbert de Leeuw, mens of melodie.
We have come to episode 35 by now. You can listen to previous episodes via our website.
The latest episode takes place in the 1990s in the USA. From 1994 to 1998 De Leeuw is the director of the contemporary music department at the famous summer academy in Tanglewood. De Leeuw changes the accent from academic, so called ‘uptown’ music, to more accessible ‘downtown’ music. We have already considered this in episode 34.
He passionately stands up for the work of befriended composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina, who he invites to be composer in residence in 1997. A year later he even invites two composers to come to Massuchusets: Mauricio Kagel and Henri Dutilleux.
This results in memorable concerts and a minor collision with Japanese-American conductor Seiji Ozawa, head of Tanglewood.
Panorama de Leeuw XXXV: Tanglewood (2)
Broadcasted Wednesday 4 October 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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