Making
Music
Derk van der Veen was born in Dokkum, in the northernmost region of Holland in 1972. His guitar studies began at the age of 10 and were completed at the conservatories of Rotterdam and Zwolle. His main teachers include Roman Jaworski and Stepan Rak. As a performer he has appeared as solo recitalist and as a soloist with ballet and theater groups, touring throughout Europe. In 1995, he founded the Mychenka Quartet (flute, violin, guitar and bayan), performing only original music. His compositions include chamber music, orchestral music and works for solo guitar. Blues and Ballads, written in 1996, is a set of three concert works for solo guitar in jazz-blues style.
Derk studeerde van 1990-1995 aan de conservatoria van Zwolle en Rotterdam. Na in 1995 in Zwolle te zijn afgestudeerd volgde hij een studie bij de wereldberoemde componist/gitarist Stepan Rak. In 1996 speelde hij bij een theatergroep 'Theatre Espace' waarvoor hij ook de muziek deels schreef. Hiermee gaf hij optredens in verschillende Europese landen. Dit kreeg later een vervolg bij de theatergroep 'Mimescope' die voor het CERN in Geneve uitvoeringen gaf m.b.t. de bekende deeltjesversneller.
In 1996 richtte hij ook 'het Mychenka Kwartet' op, om een 15-delige compositie van hem uit te voeren en op te nemen. Later volgde nog andere samenwerkingen met o.a. de violiste Saskia Rozeveld, accordeonist Foppe Jacobi, en het Encuentro Multitimbre Guitar Quartet.
Derk maakte en werkte mee aan 5 cd's.
Oeuvre
Baroque
1996
Concerto Grosso in F
Baroque Orchestra
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro
Romantic/Folk
1996
Mychenka Suite (1996)
Quartet (Flute, Violin, Guitar, Bayan)
- Prologue
- promenade
- Ballad
- Dance of the Flowerpickers
- The Landscape
- Dance for the Barbarians
- Dawn at the Waterside
- Braul
- The Farmer on his Cart
- Winterchill in the Hills
- Hora
Little Mychenka Suite
Chamber Orchestra
- Prologue
- The Farmer on his Cart
- Winterchill in the Hills
Little Mychenka Suite
Violin & Guitar
- Dawn at the Waterside
- The Farmer on his Cart
- Winterchill in the Hills
- Hora
Winterchill in the Hills (1996)
Bayan & Guitar
Hora (1996)
Guitar Solo
English Suite (2000)
Quartet (Flute, Violin, Guitar, Bayan)
- Prelude
- English Folksong I
- Round Dance
- English Folksong II
- Royal Gardens
- Marche Funebre
- The Hunt
2 English Folksongs
Violin & Guitar
Narodnaja Pesnaja
Duo (Violin & Guitar) / Quartet (Flute, Violin, Guitar, Bayan)
5 Slavonic Dances (2000)
Quartet (Flute, Violin, Guitar, Bayan)
- Moderato
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Molto Allegro PDF
- Allegro
Slavonic Dances no.2 and no.4
Duo (Guitar, Bayan)
Slavonic Dance no. 2
Duo (Guitar, Violin)
2 Jiddish Melodies (2000)
Quartet (Classical Guitar/Steelstring Guitar/Acc. Bass Guitar)
- Moderato
- Moderato
Swing for Two (2000)
Duo (Guitar, Bayan)
Swing for One (2000)
Guitar Solo
Two Folksongs
Guitar Solo
- Jiddish Melody (2012)
- English Folksong (2000)
Impressionism
Sketches at the Seashore (2002)
Orchestra / Quartet (Flute, Violin, Guitar, Bayan)
Contemporary
Blues and Ballads (1996)
Guitar Solo
- Blues for Duce
- Song for Louis
- Blues for Henry
Angelhair (1996) (co-author)
Guitar & Bayan
Chant d'Etoille (2002) (co-author)
Guitar & Bayan
The Eagle Flies Alone (2002)
Guitar Solo / Multitimbre Guitar Quartet
Dalton's Creek (2002)
Guitar Solo / Multitimbre Guitar Quartet
Chinese Lady in Landscape (2005)
Multitimbre Guitar Quartet
Hommage a Castelnuovo-Tedesco (2002)
Violin & Guitar
4 Latin Songs
Multitimbre Guitar Quartet
2 Pop Songs
Band
Playing Music
Albums
Publishing Music
Methods, Books and 1pagemusic.com
Contact
Always a Pleasure To Hear From You.
Or send me a mail at derkvanderveen@hotmail.com
Where to find me
Brunsveldstraat 1
8921 MA, Leeuwarden
The Netherlands
Email Me At
derkvanderveen@hotmail.com
Call Me At
Phone: (+0031)58-2128188