PIANO-PERFORMING ACTIVITIES by DRÉ WAPENAAR
( summary )
1968-1973 Study classical-piano at M. van der Berg, Berkel & Rodenrijs, the Netherlands.
1974-1980 Study jazz-improvisation at Rinus Bakker jazz-band, Bergschenhoek, the Netherlands
april 8 1983 Concert voor VOORSTELLING 1, by Harry Boom.
International Performance Festival “PERFOTIJD”, LANTAREN/VENSTER, Rotterdam.
1985/1986 Jan WIRKEN WORKSHOP ORCHESTRA ( Jazzbigband ) Paradox, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
oct 1998 Concert on two grand piano’s, STRUMMING MUSIC,
Dré Wapenaar & Charlemagne Palestine for The Eye and the Ear, Duende
oct 1999 Intervention for Par lá et Par Ailleur, Laurence Medori, Roubaix, la France
2001 ASPEN DESIGN CONFERENCE INCANTATION 4, line 1, part 1, by SIMEON TEN HOLT, The concert was held in the occasion of the lecture I gave.
2001 TOURING HOLLAND ON SKEELERS WHEN PLAYING TEN HOLT ON PIANO. ( Film I’ve made )
- nov 2002 – Jeanne van Heeswijk receives the CHABOT PRICE ROTTERDAM SOLODEVILDANCE 4 ( by Simeon ten Holt ) , city hall rotterdam, dré wapenaar piano.
- aug 2004 STRUMMING MUSIC, concert for 4 grand pianos.
Carlemagne Palestine, Reinier van Houdt, Rita Knuistingh Neven and Dré Wapenaar,
FOURGRANDPIANOPAVILION, Theaterfestival Boulevard, Den Bosch.
- june 2007 SOLODEVILDANCE 4 (Simeon ten Holt ) , MASSMoCA, MA, USA, dré wapenaar piano.
DRÉ WAPENAAR SOLO CONCERTS
2020-2025
Fall 2020
SOLO for YOU, Reflections on 33 year playing and working.
ATELIER-CONCERTS Dré Wapenaar, on appointment
( première at Simeon ten Holt’s tiny house for his widow Colette ten Holt, Mariette Dölle ( director Museum Kranenburg ) and Emily Bates, aug.12 2020 )
2020/2022 SOLO for YOU
- Opening & Mad Rush by Philip Glass
- Song of Release by Joep Franssens
- Canto Ostinato ½ by Simeon ten Holt
- 3 Part Invention 5 & Goldberg Variation 13 by Bach
40 Concerts given at Atelier Dré Wapenaar during Corona time.
And 2 at Studio Andreas Kunstein and the house of Kea van ‘t Geloof.
From MAY 2023 and ongoing
PROGRAM 2:
- Etude 2 & Satyagraha, Conclusion by Philip Glass
- Etude 2 by Joep Franssens.
- Solodevildance 4 by Simeon ten Holt
- Les Barricades Mysterieuse, by Francois Couperain
- Handel : Pianosuites 5.
- Bach, Suite no 5.
- Book of Sounds, no 2 by Hans Otte.
First Recording, piano solo.
Dré Wapenaar performing “Solo for You”: Songs from Philip Glass, Simeon ten Holt, Joep Franssens and Bach. A review from the 40 concerts given at studio Dré Wapenaar during Corona Times 2020/2021.
COMING UP/WORKING ON:
( for fall 2025 )
Music Residency at Simeon ten Holt House.
( 2 weeks in may 2024 and oct.24, 2 weeks in spring 25 )
PROGRAM 3:
- Reconciliation, Jacob ter Veldhuis • Etude 3, Joep Franssens
- Study 2. Terry Riley • La Muze Plantine, Couperin • Leyenda: Albaniz
- Solodevildance 3, Simeon ten Holt • Das Buch der Klange 2, Hans Otte
- Piano Sonate Movement 2, Philip Glass
- Cantate 127, Bach
- Suite for Piano 5, Handel
DRÉ WAPENAAR & PETER VAN RUSSEN GROEN
oct 2010
CANTO OSTINATO, 2 grand pianos
Concert performed by Dré Wapenaar and Peter van Russen Groen
on august 29, october 2 and october 8 2010
( FESTIVAL GRENSWERK ENSCHEDE, with Ivo Jansen en Ralph van Raat )
May 2012
Canto Ostinato and Old Songs, New Songs
Concert performed by Dré Wapenaar and Peter van Russen Groen
from May 14-25, OEROL FESTIVAL, Terschelling, the Netherlands.
May 20 2013
Dré Wapenaar and Peter van Russen Groen performing CANTO OSTINATO
at the LEIDSE HOFJESCONCERTEN ( emile van Leenen Piano’s )
2013
Dré Wapenaar and Peter van Russen Groen performing CANTO OSTINATO
( composer Simeon ten Holt ) and Old Songs, New Songs ( composer Joep Franssens )
at DORDTYART 2013 , SOUNDBOX-PAVILION
Sept.24-27, 2014
MOBI GRONINGEN, PORTAAL
With the SOUNDBOX-PAVILION, ADVANCED SITPIT and FIELDKITCHEN
Dré Wapenaar and Peter van Russen Groen performing CANTO OSTINATO
( composer Simeon ten Holt ) and Old Songs, New Songs ( composer Joep Franssens )
2020 TOWNHALL ROTTERDAM
JOEP van LIESHOUT receives the ROTTERDAM ENTREPRENEUR PRICE.
Dré Wapenaar and Peter van Russen Groen performing CANTO OSTINATO
RUBRIC ( PIANO TRIO )
FALL 2016: Duo becomes RUBRIC piano-collective.
Dré Wapenaar, Peter van Russen Groen, Valentijn Visch now form a trio,
focussing on works of : Philip Glass, Joep Franssens and Simeon ten Holt.
September 2017
SOUNDBOX-PAVILION at DORTYART, Dordrecht.
- during the month of september with many musicians.
- RUBRIC performing Philip Glass’ GLASSWORKS
in an unique arrangement for 3 grand pianos. ( world première )
December 2017/2018/2019
Atelierconcerten Dré Wapenaar
RUBRIC performing GLASSWORKS
and LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES by Philip Glass.
Fall 2019
Steve Reich approves RUBRIC’s arrangement for PULSE.
2020
ANDREAS KUNSTEIN and SOFIE HANEKROOT compose 2 compositions fort the trio.
RUBRIC =
Dré Wapenaar, Peter van Russen Groen and Valentijn Visch.
Wapenaar and Van Russen Groen form a piano-duo since 2010 when they started their tour with Simeon ten Holt’s famous work: “Canto Ostinato” and Joep Franssens’ “Old Songs, New Songs”.
( Festival Grenswerk 2010, Oerol Festival 2012, Dordtyart 2013, Bring the Spring 2013 ). But their perfomances together dates back to the seventies ! Valentijn Visch joined the duo in 2016 after which he immediately started to write arrangements for 3 piano’s for RUBRIC. They succesfully performed Philip Glass’ Glassworks at Dordtyart 2017.
RUBRIC PIANO TRIO:
CONCERT GIVEN ON MARCH 18 and 19, and on APRIL 2, 2023,
At Atelier Dré Wapenaar.
INTERWOVEN
in an arrangement for 3 piano’s
- Bach: Triosonate 4, Andante
in an arrangement for 3 piano’s
Rubric, The Somnambulist, Dance no.5 ( from the Upper Room )
in an arrangement for 3 piano’s
- Andreas Kunstein and Sofie Hanekroot
2 new compositions fort the trio. Around the theme of Interwoveness.
- POULENC ( for 2 pianos )
- Couperain: Les Barricades Mysterieuse ( piano solo )