Hendrik Bouman

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Full Name	Hendrik Bouman
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Sep 29, 1951(1951-09-29)
Age	73
Birthplace	Dordrecht
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Virgo

Hendrik Bouman Biography

Hendrik Bouman is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on September 29, 1951 in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Hendrik Bouman, a Dutch harpsichordist and fortepianist, was born 29 September 1951 in Dordrecht. He is also a conductor, composer, and performer of music in the classical and baroque idioms.

He was awarded grants from France, Italy, and Canada for his pioneering work as a composer-performer and founder-director of the Festivals: Rendezvous con Hendrik Boman (Italy), 1992; Halifax 1749 Baroque (19 Canada) 1999); Baroque by the Sea Concert Series, Montreal, Canada (Maritimes Canada), 1999-2007 [5], and a sponsorship from Berkeley Homes (UK) 2009 [6]. These concert series are primarily dedicated to the performance and transcription of his period improvisations and baroque and other music, his improvisations and period improvs and his transcriptions.

Bouman first introduced baroque improvisation into his recital in 1993 at the Festival Domaine Forget in Quebec at the request of Radio Canada and his baroque compositions in a broadcast by CBCTV ‘Compass’ in Maritimes Canada in

1994. The CBC/Radio Canada – Toronto, Moncton, Halifax and CBCTV Halifax and ATV Halifax Canada have broadcast numerous ‘live’ premiere performances of his works as well as 14 feature portraits.

He has made 16 transcriptions of works by François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Georg Philipp Telemann, and J. S. Bach, including two Brandenburg Concerti in a version for two harpsichords and an orchestration of Bach’s Italian Concerto as well as several adaptations in baroque style of Christmas Carols commissioned and recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Radio Charlottetown) in 1994. Schott has published some of his basso continuo realisations.

4. The Oregonian, USA: The “Superb Messiah”- Portland Baroque Orchestre USA 1990

Hendrik Bouman Net Worth

Hendrik Bouman is one of the richest Composer from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hendrik Bouman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hendrik Bouman studied at Amsterdam Conservatory in the late 1970s with many of the pioneers in the baroque revival. He also attended masterclasses with Gustav Leonhardt and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. From 1976 to 1983, he was the principal harpsichordist in the baroque ensemble Musica Antiqua Koln. He toured the world with Musica Antiqua Koln under the auspices the Goethe Institute. He also recorded extensively for DGG Archiv as well as numerous European radio stations.

In 1985, he made his first conducting appearance in the premier of Alain Pierard’s mass at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Montreal. He founded Les Nations de Montreal the period orchestra the following year. In 1987, he directed the 20th century premiere of Amadis de Gaule in Montreal for the tricentenary celebration of Lully. Radio Canada broadcast the concert live, and later Radio France and Swiss Radio followed suit. He directed his orchestra for programmes of 18th Century music to a crowd of 5000 at the prestigious Concerts Populaire d’Ete de la Ville de Montreal. [3] In 1990, he made his American conductor debut with the Portland Baroque Orchestra and Choir during performances of Handel’s Messiah. [4]

In 1993, with over 18 years as performer, researcher and professor in early music, Hendrik Bouman embarked on the composition of new music in baroque and classical idioms according to the standards of the 17th and 18th century. This was for him a natural development of the ongoing revival of baroque music. In creating his new period style compositions, he employs various European national idioms and their many typical forms such as the sonata, concerto, ouverture and fugue. He first played his contemporary ‘baroque’ music in South Africa in January 1994 and his harpsichord solos were first recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in December that year.

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6. “CQ, Cultural Quarterly”, (East Sussex, UK), Watson Claire: “Music from the Masters”. Spring 2009.

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Hendrik Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Hendrik Bouman celebrates birthday on September 29 of every year.

8. Gramophone, United Kingdom: Twenty Years After, October 2010