THEO LOEVENDIE
Genres: Third Stream, Post Bop, World Fusion • Netherlands

Theo Loevendie, born on September 17th, 1930, studied composition and clarinet at the Amsterdams Conservatorium. Up to 1968 he dedicated himself almost exclusively to jazz and he performed with his own ensemble at the main European jazz festivals: Montreux, Juan-les-Pins, Nîmes, Warsaw, Molde (Norway) and Laren (Holland). For one of his jazz records he received an Edison in 1969. He was awarded the 1979 Wessel Ilcken Prize for all his jazz activities through the years.    From 1970 to 1988 Loevendie has been a professor of composition at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music, from 1988 to 1997 at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague and since 1995 at the Amsterdams Conservatorium. He was central composer at many festivals and he has given master classes all over the world.    In the Sixties, Loevendie began to focus more and more on contemporary chamber music and orchestral works. His compositions read more...