Reinbert de Leeuw (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8 September 1938 - Amsterdam, 14… Read Full Bio ↴Reinbert de Leeuw (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8 September 1938 - Amsterdam, 14 february 2020) is a Dutch conductor, pianist and composer.

He studied music theory and piano at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and composition with Kees van Baaren at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague
He taught at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. He is a well-known conductor and pianist performing mainly contemporary music. He is the founder of the “Dutch Charles Ives Society”. Since 2004 he is a professor at the Leiden University in “performing and creative arts of the 19th, 20th and 21st century".
In 1974 he founded the Schönberg Ensemble. They focus on performing works by the Second Viennese School. For the strings of the ensemble he composed the piece Etude (1983–1985). This is his most recent composition. Since then he has only made adaptations and instrumentations.
Reinbert de Leeuw regularly conducts the Netherlands' major orchestras and ensembles, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Residentie Orchestra The Hague and ensembles such as the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the ASKO and the Netherlands Wind ensembles and the orchestras of the Dutch Radio. In the 1995-96 season he was the centre point of the 'Carte Blanche' series in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He is involved in the organization of the series 'Contemporaries' at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
He is a regular guest in most European countries (France, Germany (incl. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), England, Belgium)) and the United States (Tanglewood Festival, New World Symphony, Lincoln Center Chamber Music Group New York, Aspen and the St. Paul’s Chamber Orchestra in Minneapolis, and lectures at the Juilliard School of Music in New York), Japan and Australia. Reinbert de Leeuw has been involved in various opera productions at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam as well as with the Nederlandse Reisopera. Productions include works by Strawinsky (a.o. The Rake’s Progress), Andriessen (Rosa - A Horse Drama; Writing to Vermeer), Ligeti (Le Grand Macabre), Vivier (Rêves d’un Marco Polo), Zuidam’s opera Rage d‘Amours and Britten's The Turn of the Screw. In 2011, De Leeuw conducted Schoenberg's monumental Gurre-Lieder, which was the realisation of an old ambition of his.
He was in 1992 guest artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival and from 1994–1998 artistic director of Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. De Leeuw was artistic advisor for contemporary music with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and from 2001 to 2010 he served as artistic leader at the Nederlandse Orkest- en Ensemble-Academie (NJO; Dutch Orchestra and Ensemble Academy).

Awards
On the occasion of his 70th birthday, Reinbert de Leeuw was decorated with Knight of Order of the Netherlands Lion.

Compositions

Orchestral
1965 Interplay for orchestra
1971–1973 Abschied, Symphonic poem for large orchestra
2013 Der nächtlige Wanderer, Symphonic poem for large orchestra

Works for wind band
1970 Hymns and Chorals

Vocal music
2003 Im wunderschönen Monat Mai - Dreimal sieben Lieder nach Robert Schumann

Chamber music
1962–1963 Quartetto per archi
1983–1985 Etude for string quartet

Piano works
1964 Music for piano I
1966 Music for piano II

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Gnossiennes No. 5
Reinbert de Leeuw Lyrics

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Comments from YouTube:

@zaraevee

2y↑28

This song is about to gain so much more recognition. Despite being raised on classical music, I first heard this song as a romantic theme of sorts on the HBO max show “Our Flag Means Death” and was immediately delighted. What a beautiful composition!

@SatieSatie

3y↑35

This is by far one of my absolute favorite pieces of all times. It just... hits a nerve like only few can. This version by Reinbert de Leeuw is superb, had been looking for this quite a while.

@Miharbii9

39w↑4

a feeling of temporary bliss. This one stands out from the other "gnossienes" for me.

@Ciopekwah

1y↑7

it's so lighthearted and optimistic yet still haunting...

@zennabella1676

2y↑12

I THINK IT IS PLAYED PERFECTLY, THE RIGHT SPEED WITH SO MUCH EMOTION, VERY NICE. ONE DAY I MAY LEARN NO 5.

@ianfergalfarrar

6y↑24

This is the most beautifulist piece of music I have ever heard 😢

@memetique2010

6y↑58

interesting point of view:
"gnossienne"
n. a moment of awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life, and somewhere in the hallways of their personality is a door locked from the inside, a stairway leading to a wing of the house that you’ve never fully explored—an unfinished attic that will remain maddeningly unknowable to you, because ultimately neither of you has a map, or a master key, or any way of knowing exactly where you stand.
("The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows" John Koenig)

@JS-ob4oh

That is interesting to know, but the inclusion of Gnossienne 4-6 was not Erik Satie's doing. All the pieces that is caledl Gnossiene 4-6 were published 43 years after Satie's death by Robert Caby who did not even number them chronologically. It's highly doubtful that Satie even meant them to be included with Gnossienne 1-3 or that 4-6 were to be a set.

@Lancebins1

4y↑3

Thank you. It's a perfect fit.

@younessjamali5249

9y↑64

it s the best gnossienne .. amazing

@zennabella1676

I THINK SO TOO AND ITS POSSIBLY THE HARDEST ONE TO PLAY. I WONDER IF I WILL EVER TRY TO TACKLE IT. ITS THE RUNNING NOTES WHICH WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO LEARN. IT TOOK ME ONE MONTH TO LEARN NO 1 AND 2 MONTHS TO LEARN NO 4. IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE ME A YEAR TO LEARN NO 5.

@davidd.3213

6y↑15

One of my favorite piece. This is so relaxing and beautiful

@claude4268

10y↑20

Magnifique, mon ami ! c'est un réel bonheur d'observer cette combinaison rêvée de la musique de Satie avec la peinture de Chagall.

@DrJohn-es6bv

6y↑11

Uplifting from no. 4. Satie may have been in a spiritual place composing for the angels.

@ScaeanGate

4y↑10

Satie - who gave him the keys to our souls?

@simoncussoneytoreller8134

5y↑26

Satïe sfaction

@pierre3982

Efficiency of power on soul

@paulx2777

6y↑4

Beautiful, enchanting...

@user-hl5jy4bm7h

7y↑5

사티의 음악은 언제 들어도 정화되는 느낌.

@julianaferreiraoliveira5192

2y↑1

AMO!!!!!!!!

@badweetabix

2y↑4

It's unbelievable that Satie was kicked out of music school because his teachers did not think he had any talent. This particular piece did not have had anything to do with the other Gnossienne. The numbering of the Gnossienne 4 thru 7 was not Satie's, but rather done in 1968 by French composer/writer, Robert Caby long after Satie's death. Only Gnossienne 1, 2, and 3 was titled as such by Satie.

@laurentziuro7182

7y↑5

Great music!

@aidanpathy

10y↑19

Poignant and timeless on this mid-summer morn

@TheMarjoke

10y↑3

It still is, on this last day of the summer wine. :) Satie's finest...

@jay1jayf

Here we go again...

@reachersmom6586

7y↑10

I love your pacing.

@reachersmom6586

7y↑3

Lovely!

@VanessaKS24

6y↑2

Best song on earth

@zennabella1676

ITS A TUNE YOU WOULD POSSIBLY EXPECT TO HEAR IN HEAVEN IF YOU WENT THERE. ITS AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS IN MY OPINION IN PIANO MUSIC.

@wissamouhib8840

2y↑1

At least i still have this..

@zbouaerg

9y↑5

This gnossienne is, interestingly, in stark contrast to the other Satie interpretations of de Leeuw, at least tempo-wise. I would suggest you take a listen to Varsano's version, too.

@snaefellsen

5y↑2

better than 100 Pop and Rock Composition together.

@harryhui2214

Your attack is brilliant

@LL-dx2xj

7y↑37

why is every gymnopédi/gnossienne I hear for the first time sound nostalgic to me?

@zodiace1

6y↑3

Sigh...nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

@maatthieu

lol

@paulacamacho2005

6y↑6

His music plays out that way . Him calling from the great beyond . He spent his final 27 years alone in a small apartment , never having in that entire time a single visitor . He would walk an hour and a half to Paris where he performed for less than a meals pay . He was simply an angel is disguise , has music so stirring . He was the best and Debussy payed homage . King of the Van Gogh of pianists .

@beasheerhan4482

5y↑5

Satie had this rare way of embracing time, Dear Laila - he seemingly sitting motionless in the now, all the while looking forward and back.

@cookie0955

3y↑2

His music is very popular on commericals/movies/animations etc. thats why

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@g3dao.013

es hermosa

@arikgershon

8y↑1

Beautiful music, and nice interpretation! Of course, the rhythm of C#-E-B-A-B-C# is written a little differently than how you play it (the B-A should be 1/32nd notes). Your way is more interesting though!