(b. 23 May 1941, Bandung, West Java).
Dutch composer, born in Indonesia, of mostly chamber, electroacoustic and multimedia works that have been performed throughout the world.
Mr. de Man studied percussion with Frans van der Kraan and music theory at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag, where he also studied composition with Kees van Baaren and worked in the studio for electronic music as a student of Dick Raaijmakers.
Among his honours are four prizes in the Concours International de Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges (Deuxième Prix, 1991, for Chordis Canam; Deuxième Prix, 1999, for Air to Air; Premier Prix, 2005, for Cordes invisibles; Euphonie d'Or, 2010, for Cordes invisibles) and five performances at the ISCM World Music Days (1991, Oslo; 1993, Mexico City; 1997, Seoul; 1999, Bucharest/Chișinău; 2004, Switzerland).
He is also active in other positions. He served as a member of the board of directors of the rights organisation Genootschap van Nederlandse Componisten from 1993–97. He has been a member of the artistic committee of the publisher Donemus in Amsterdam since 1997 and of the Centrum voor Elektronische Muziek since 1998.
He taught composition and music theory at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag from 1972–2007.
He was married to the harpsichordist Annelie de Man until her death in 2010.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Dark Intervals (dance music, choreography by Sanna Myllylahti), fixed media, 2002
Mensa Secunda (incidental music, play by Jorge Isaac, Miguel Silva), recorders (1 player), fixed media, 2004 (also shorter version for recorders [1 player], fixed media, film, 2004)
De Caracal (music-theatre work, text by Judith Herzberg), mezzo-soprano–speaker, ensemble, fixed media, 2007
ORCHESTRAL:
Dhawa Cendak, gamelan, fixed media, 1994
Changin' Sue, big band, 1999
Magnetic Fields, orchestra, fixed media (4 tracks), 1999
Array, string orchestra, 2001
Terus-terus, gamelan, 2004
Antara benua dan benua, gamelan, fixed media, 2006
Concerto, trombone, orchestra, 2007
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Séance, alto recorder/flute, 1986, revised 1997
Stravaganza, alto flute, 1986, revised 1988
Dulcamara, guitar, 1987, revised 1997
Entanglements, 4 recorders (1 player), fixed media, 1987, revised 1992
In Triplicate, flute (+ piccolo), French horn, piano (+ glockenspiel), 1988
Discrepancies, 4 saxophones, 1990
Momentum, bass clarinet, harpsichord, fixed media, 1991
Touch-and-go, bass clarinet, violin, piano, 1991 (also version for baritone saxophone, violin, piano, 2000)
Departures from the Romantic Agony, violin, cello, piano, 1993
Concords and Discords, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1994
Sardana?, cobla (flabiol [flute from Catalonia], 2 tibles [shawms from Catalonia], 2 tenores [shawms from Catalonia], 2 trumpets, trombone, euphonium, double bass, tamborí [drum from Catalonia]), 1994
Serendipity, tuba, guitar, double bass, percussion, 1995
Gramvousa, flute (+ piccolo), bass clarinet, piano, fixed media, 1995
Strammer Max, 6 snare drums, 1995
Pocket Edition, oboe, clarinet, cello, piano, percussion, 1996
Miden Agan, string quartet, 1996
Lesser Slides of Sound, 2 quarter-tone flutes, 1996
Dirge, tuba, harpsichord, fixed media, 1997
Geburtstagjubel, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, piano, 1998
Air to Air, flute (+ piccolo), basset horn, trumpet (+ piccolo trumpet), fixed media, 1998
Leonardo's flying machine, 4 recorders, fixed media, 1999
Écoute, écoute!, bass clarinet, fixed media, 1999
Volatile Voices, 2 clarinets, 3 saxophones, French horn, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, double bass (+ bass guitar), piano, fixed media, 2000
Kage, alto recorder, fixed media, 2000
Con todo el alma, bass clarinet, organ, 2001
Machina ex Deo, harmonium, fixed media, 2002
Case history, percussion, 2002
Tandem, basset horn (+ clarinet, bass clarinet), marimba (+ percussion), 2002
Sin descanso, recorders (1 player), fixed media, 2002
Rush, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon, violin, cello, piano, 2002–03
Zest, 4 saxophones, 6 percussion, 2003
Samen Sterk (concerto), bass clarinet, ensemble (2 flutes, clarinet, 2 French horns, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, percussion), 2003
Spazio Piccolo, violin, 2003
'cause life surely is too short', guitar, 2003
Cordes invisibles, cello, piano, fixed media, 2004
CATCH, 4 saxophones, 2004
Three for Two, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bass clarinet, 2004
NEUS, bass clarinet, wine glass, 2005
PSLM, harmonium (+ voice), 2006
Edge, string quartet, 2006
Roentgen connected, recorders (1 player), viola da gamba, harpsichord, fixed media, 2006
Gotta minute?, 4 recorders, 2006
Salomon's Soundhouses, 4 saxophones, fixed media, 2006
Chromophores, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon, trumpet, harp, amplified mandolin, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, fixed media, 2006
Sonneries (pour Annelie), violin, cello, harpsichord, 2007
Open & Closed, flute, oboe (+ English horn), 2 clarinets (both + bass clarinet), bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, mandolin, piano, percussion, fixed media, 2008
Red Fingers, harp, ensemble (flute [+ piccolo, alto flute], oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion), 2009
Time present/past, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2009
Yuxtaposiciones, bass clarinet, fixed media, 2009
Sorts of Numbers, recorders (1 player), fixed media, 2009
Plainte, sopranino flute, fixed media, 2010
Turbulenza di Protoni!, pan flute, organ, 2010
Black Pencil Music, recorders (1 player), pan flute, viola, percussion, fixed media, 2010
Music for a Maverick, guitar, fixed media, 2011
Tangente, viola, accordion, 2011
Fuerza Interior, recorders (1 player), pan flute, viola, accordion, percussion, 2011
CHORAL:
On Sensations of Tone (texts by Hermann von Helmholtz, Plato, Francis Bacon, Percy Bysshe Shelley), mixed chorus, fixed media, 1995, revised 1997
Stepping Stones (text by Dag Hammarskjöld), baritone, mixed chorus, organ, 2003
Americana, mixed chorus, 2004
Scènes uit een huwelijk, mixed chorus, fixed media, 2005
VOCAL:
Five Songs on Poems by Wendy Cope (text by Wendy Cope), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1990 (also version for mezzo-soprano, soprano saxophone, harp, violin, piano, marimba [+ percussion], 1999)
Sigurður's Song, mezzo-soprano, baritone, live electronics, 1997
Nuit de l'enfer, tenor, small orchestra, fixed media, 1998
Transports, female voice, toy piano, 2002
Tsaar Peter's Schepping (text by Alexander Pushkin), tenor, fixed media, 2003
Thou single wilt prove none, female voice, fixed media, 2011
PIANO:
Ivoren Landschap, 1992
Distant Mirror, 2 pianos, 1996 (version of multimedia work)
Toccata voor kleinbehuisden, 1998
Auxochromes, piano, fixed media, 2001
Wajang, piano, fixed media, 2002
Dmitri, 2006
Nancarrow's Nightmare, 2 pianos, fixed media, 2008
Left versus Right, 2 pianos, fixed media, 2008
Blue Bait, 2010
ORGAN:
Vanishing Points, organ, fixed media (4 tracks), 2001
Crosscurrents, 2004
Strange echoes in trunks and pipes, organ, fixed media, 2009
HARPSICHORD:
Frenzy, 1985
What's in a name?, 1985
Chordis Canam, harpsichord, fixed media, 1989
Three Minutes for Harpsichord, 1-manual harpsichord, 1991, revised 1998
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Visioen, fixed media, 1994
Radioverhaal (radiophonic work), fixed media, 1996
Passages voor 'Une Saison en Enfer', fixed media, 1998
Wait a minute, fixed media, 1999
Music, when soft voices die..., fixed media, 2002
Vaarwel, fixed media, 2003
Sensorial Box, fixed media, 2006
Hear, hear!, fixed media, 2008
A message from K., fixed media, 2009
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
Verloren Paradijzen, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 4 strings, fixed media, slide projections, 1991
Distant Mirror, 2 harpsichords, live electronics, slide projections, 1996 (also version for 2 pianos)
Orkes Bercahaya, gamelan, light projections (by Rob van de Poel), 1997
Slagschaduw, percussion, fixed media, theatrical sculpture, 1998
Lirica, soprano, fixed media, film (by Maura Biava), 1999
Inside Out, ensemble, film (by Arnoud Noordegraaf), 2005
Voix égales, recorders (1 player), fixed media, film, 2005
Città (text by Willem van Toorn), fixed media, film (by Willem Snitker), 2006
Marionette, recorders (1 player), fixed media, film (by Marcel Wierckx), 2007
Panopticon, recorders (1 player), fixed media, film, 2007
The amazing adventures of Baron von Münchhausen, speaker, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, double bass, percussion, film, 2007
Frozen Flashes, fixed media, installation (by Merja Herzog-Hellstén), 2009
DISCOGRAPHY
Gramvousa; Distant Mirror (original version); Nuit de l'enfer; Dhawa Cendak; Leonardo's flying machine. Marcel Beekman, tenor; Annelie de Man, Silvia Márquez Chulilla, harpsichords; Het Trio; Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam; Jurrien Sligter/Bashō Ensemble; Rutger van Leyden/Ensemble Gending (Attacca Babel: 9989)
Sonneries (pour Annelie). ORYX (Attacca Babel: 28120)
Orkes Bercahaya. Jurrien Sligter/Ensemble Gending (BVHaast: CD0201)
Machina ex Deo. Dirk Luijmes, harmonium (Challenge Classics: CC72166)
Changin' Sue. Eric van der Westen's Quadrant (Challenge Records: CHR 70077)
Chordis Canam. Annelie de Man, harpsichord (Le Chant du Monde: LDC 278 053/54/CM 211)
Cordes invisibles. Doris Hochscheid, cello; Frans van Ruth, piano (Le Chant du Monde)
Spazio Piccolo. Anahi Oraisón, violin (COM.Post)
Three for Two. Paul Roe, clarinet, bass clarinet; Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet (Contemporary Music Centre/Diatribe Recordings: DIACDSOL002)
Chromophores. Ulrich Pöhl/Insomnio (Deutschlandfunk)
Departures from the Romantic Agony; Gramvousa; Auxochromes; Touch-and-go (original version); Miden Agan; Tandem. Ilya Lundin, flute, piccolo; Oleg Tantzov, basset horn, clarinet, bass clarinet; Vladimir Lukyanov, violin; Igor Sitnikov, cello; Mikhail Dubov, piano; Alexander Suvorov, marimba, percussion; Alexei Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Donemus: CV 139)
Air to Air. Gillian Lampater, flute, piccolo; Tara Bouman, basset horn; Achim Gorsch, trumpet, piccolo trumpet (Electroshock Records: ELCD 026–27)
Sin descanso; Dark Intervals; Air to Air; Chordis Canam; Entanglements; Momentum; Wait a minute; Tsaar Peter's Schepping. Marcel Beekman, tenor; Jorge Isaac, recorders; Gillian Lampater, flute, piccolo; Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet; Tara Bouman, basset horn; Achim Gorsch, trumpet, piccolo trumpet; Annelie de Man, harpsichord (Electroshock Records: ELCD 040)
Écoute, écoute!; Vanishing Points; Air to Air; Five Songs on Poems by Wendy Cope (second version); Slagschaduw; Auxochromes; Kage; Wait a minute. Andrea Austin Jones, mezzo-soprano; Marjolijn van Roon, alto recorder; Gillian Lampater, flute, piccolo; Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet; Tara Bouman, basset horn; Achim Gorsch, trumpet, piccolo trumpet; René Eckhardt, piano; Willem Tanke, organ; Frederike de Winter, percussion; Rosa Ensemble (Emergo Classics: 3905)
Dulcamara. Reinhold Westerheide, guitar (Erasmus: WVH 072)
Chordis Canam; Ivoren Landschap; Entanglements; Departures from the Romantic Agony; Momentum; Visioen. Jettie Ouwehand, recorders; Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet; Ananda Sukarlan, piano; Annelie de Man, harpsichord; Osiris Trio (Erasmus: WVH 141)
Crosscurrents. Jos van der Kooy, organ (Etcetera Records: KTC 1364)
Magnetic Fields; Cordes invisibles; Chromophores; Hear, hear!; Marionette; Volatile Voices. Jorge Isaac, recorders; Doris Hochscheid, cello; Frans van Ruth, piano; Ulrich Pöhl/Insomnio; Jurjen Hempel/Orkest de Volharding; Péter Eötvös/Radio Kamer Orkest (Etcetera Records: KTC 1386)
Gotta minute? Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam (Globe: GLO 5220)
Frenzy; What's in a name? Annelie de Man, harpsichord (HGM: CD 02)
Momentum. Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet; Annelie de Man, harpsichord (NM Classics: 92038)
Tandem. Tara Bouman, basset horn, clarinet, bass clarinet; Tatiana Koleva, marimba, percussion (Novalinea Records: TK 0401)
Ivoren Landschap; Auxochromes. Angela Tosheva, piano (Orange Factory: OF 864783)
Wait a minute. (PEM: CD 1)
Sardana? Rutger van Leyden/Cobla La Principal d'Amsterdam (Syncoop: 5757 CD 211)
'cause life surely is too short'. Dario Macaluso, guitar (UME: CD001bis)
Wajang. Thalia Myers, piano (Usk Recordings: USK 1227CDD)
Marionette. Jorge Isaac, recorders (Visisonor Records: VR 2811)