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Heleen Hulst and Gerard Bouwhuis have performed as a duo since 1993 when they went on tour in a 'dansconcert' about Charles Ives through the USA, Canada and England. |
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| Heleen Hulst (1970) studied the violin with Vera Beths at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where she received her solistic degree. She appeared as a soloist with many orchestras a.o. the Radio Symphony Orchestra with whom she played Ravel's 'Tzigane'. Last years she has been a member of the Schoenberg Ensemble, Asko, Nieuw Ensemble, Remix Porto, Wendingen and l'Archibudelli. With these ensembles she toured through Europe, USA, Canada and Japan. In 1995 and 1997 she participated in the Tanglewood Music Festival (USA) where she both times was awarded the prize for ‘an outstanding violinist’. In 1998 she appeared as a soloist with Peter Serkin and the London Sinfonietta conducted by Oliver Knussen in the Aldeburgh Festival. |
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| Gerard Bouwhuis (1954) studied the piano at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where he received his solistic degree. He is especially interested in this centuries music and is a sought-after musician by almost all orchestras and ensembles in the Netherlands. As a soloist he appeared a.o. with the Schoenberg Ensemble, Asko, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Residentie Orchestra, Ebony Band and the Xenakis Ensemble. Many Dutch composers wrote pieces for Bouwhuis a.o. Louis Andriessen, Guus Janssen, Paul Termos, Martijn Padding and Cornelis de Bondt. He is a member of LOOS and forms a pianoduo with Cees van Zeeland. His carreer brought him through Europe, USA, South America, South Africa,Canada and Japan.. As a soloist Bouwhuis performed at music festivals around the world, like the Almeida festival, Huddersfield festival, Holland festival, Bang On A Can N.Y., Takefu Japan, Meet the composer Telluride U.S.A., Wien Modern and Antwerpen 93. For his contribution to Dutch music he was awarded the beheld Theo Bruins Prize. |