Louis Andriessen (born Utrecht: June 6, 1939) is a Dutch composer and
pianist based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal
Conservatory of The Hague, and his music is published by Donemus in the
Netherlands and Boosey & Hawkes in the United Kingdom. His recordings
appear on the Nonesuch Records label. He won the Gaudeamus International
Composers Award in 1958.
Family and early life Andriessen was born into a musical family, the son
of the composer Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981), brother of composers
Jurriaan Andriessen (1925-1996) and Caecilia Andriessen (1931-), and
nephew of Willem Andriessen (1887-1964).
Andriessen originally studied with his father and Kees van Baaren at Royal
Conservatory of The Hague, before embarking upon two years of study with
Italian composer Luciano Berio in Milan and Berlin.
Andriessen is married to the former Jeanette Yanikian, a guitarist. They
have been a couple for over 40 years, b
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