Loek Dikker
| Loek Dikker | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Loek Dikker in 1989 | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
February 28, 1944 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | jazz, classical music |
| Occupation(s) | conductor, composer, instrumentalist |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Associated acts | Loek Dikker Waterland Ensemble[1] |
| Website |
www |
| Notable instruments | |
| piano | |
Loek Dikker (born 28 February 1944) is a Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer.[1] Dikker is known for his scores for the films The Fourth Man, Body Parts, and Rosenstraße, among others.[2]
Biography
After training as a classical pianist, Dikker became a jazz musician after seeing a 1959 televised performance by Horace Silver and Sonny Rollins.[3] He gave his first jazz performance in 1960, in a jazz and poetry concert with Godfried Bomans.[3] He later performed in the bands of Hans Dulfer and Theo Loevendie, and with American instrumentalists Oliver Nelson, Cannonball Adderley, and Don Byas.[3] In the mid-1970s, he founded his Waterland Ensemble.[3] He wrote his first film score in 1981, and has scored over sixty films.[4]
Dikker is the founder and chairman of Muziekinstituut MultiMedia, an organization founded in 2006 to promote and encourage collaboration among multimedia composers.[5] He is also a board member of FFACE, the Federation of Film and Audiovisual Composers of Europe.[6]
Dikker's sister, Marianne Dikker, is a screenwriter and director.[7]
Filmography (as composer)
- Two Queens and One Consort (1981)
- The Fourth Man (1983)
- Friedliche Tage (1984)
- De droomproducenten (1984) – documentary
- Het bittere kruid (1985)
- Passage: A Richard Erdman Sculpture (1985) – documentary
- Slow Burn (1986) – television movie
- Iris (1987)
- Pascali's Island (1988)
- Een scherzo furioso (1990)
- Dilemma (1990)
- Body Parts (1991)
- Nie wieder schlafen (1992)
- The Forbidden Quest (1993)
- Prinzenbad (1993)
- De tussentijd (1993)
- The Babysitter (1995)
- The Commissioner (1998)
- The Escape (1998) – television movie
- Kinderland ist abgebrannt (1998) – documentary
- Diva Dolorosa (1999) – documentary
- Führer Ex (2002)
- Science Fiction (2002)
- Rosenstraße (2003)
- Giacomo Casanova (2004) – television movie
- Wolfsbergen (2004)
- Der junge Beethoven (2007)[2]
Musical recordings
Jazz
- Love Cry and Super Nimbus (1970)
- Tan Tango (1975)
- Domesticated Doomsday (1978)
- The Waterland Big Band Is hot! Part 1 / Part 2 (1979)
- Mayhem in our Streets (1980)
- Summer Suite (1982)
Classical
- To Paul Desmond (1991)
- Overijssels Volkslied (2000)
- South Side Ground Zero Boogie Blues (2004)[8]
Awards
- 1983: Silver Desk for Best Dutch film music, for The Fourth Man[4]
- 1990: Golden Calf, for his body of work from 1985–1990[2]
- 1991: Saturn Award for Best Music, for Body Parts[2]
- 2004: Ravello Cinemusica (Italy), for Best European film music, for Rosenstraße[4]
References
- 1 2 "Loek Dikker". Discogs. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Loek Dikker on IMDb
- 1 2 3 4 "Organisatie" (in Dutch). Muziekinstituut MultiMedia. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Loek Dikker : Composer". loekdikker.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "Welkom" (in Dutch). Muziekinstituut MultiMedia. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "Organization". loekdikker.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "Marianna Dikker". IMDb. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ "Discografie". loekdikker.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.