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Bollen, Jan-Bas (b. 1961, Amsterdam). Dutch composer of mostly stage and chamber works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a violinist.
Mr. Bollen studied violin privately with Jan Bor in Amsterdam from 1967-72 and with Herman Krebbers at the Sweelinck Conservatory of Music in Amsterdam from 1972-79. He later studied composition with Joep Straesser at the School for the Arts in Utrecht in 1987 and with Gilius van Bergeijk, Theo Loevendie and Klaas de Vries at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag from 1989-93. He has also attended masterclasses in Poland and the UK, as well as a workshop on the classical music of southern India with Janhavi Jayaprakash in Amsterdam in 1998.
Among his honors are Third Prize as a violinist in the Oscar Back competition in Amsterdam (1970) and more recently, two invitations for him and the HEX Ensemble to attend the International Music Forum in Kyiv (1995-96). His works have been performed in Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the USA.
As a violinist, he has primarily performed his own music and works by other contemporary composers. In addition, he played with the techno ensemble Seafood in 1998.
He is also active in other positions. He co-founded with his wife Alison Isadora the HEX Ensemble in Amsterdam in 1991 and has since served as its artistic director and manager. He often collaborates with choreographers, including Ross Cooper from the Curve Dance Company in Edinburgh and Keith Derrick-Randolph from the Scapino Ballet in Rotterdam.
He has taught music theory and violin privately in Amsterdam since 1985, taught at Outside Art Drenthe in 1995-96 and has lectured on electronic music and violin at the School for the Arts in Utrecht since 1997. Moreover, he has guest-lectured in New Zealand, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.
Donemus publishes his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: jbali@xs4all.nl
Street address: Mr. Jan-Bas Bollen, Swammerdamstr. 18/3, 1091 RT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Telephone/fax: + 312 0692 8291
E-mail address for consulting scores: info@donemus.nl
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Die Turm des Empedocles (music theatre work, text by Cees Nooteboom), male voice, MIDI-grand piano, sampler, 1994; Mana (2 act ballet), voice, 3 female speakers, 9 dancers, saz (Turkish lute), piano (+ sampler), tabla, drumkit (+ sampler), gamelan orchestra, 2001; Born and Bred (music theatre work), live electronics, live image processing, 2001 (collaboration with Alison Isadora); The Deep South (music theatre work), live electronics, live image processing, 2002 (collaboration with Alison Isadora)
ORCHESTRAL: Dokadans, piano, small orchestra, 1994
CHAMBER MUSIC: On Freedom and Architecture, clarinet, violin, 2 violas, double bass, accordion, 1990; De Sprong, baritone saxophone, tuba, violin, double bass, percussion, 1991; Étude II, violin, 1991; Vacuum/Lament (in memoriam Olivier Messiaen), violin, piano, 1992; Étude IV, 'Unstable, Artificial', cello, 1992; PTOOMA, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 French horns, trumpet, trombone, tenor-bass trombone, tuba, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, percussion, 1993; Nastay (Étude No. 5), electric guitar, 1997; Tube, Kingma System quarter-tone flute, percussion, 1997; Zoab, 8 players, DJ, 1997; Bug, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 French horns, trumpet, trombone, tenor-bass trombone, tuba, electric guitar, bass guitar, sampler, percussion, 1999; Time Flexor, flute, bass clarinet, piano, live electronics, 2000; Softloader, flute (+ piccolo), 2 clarinets, 3 saxophones, French horn, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, bass guitar, piano (+ sampler), 2001; Pusher, Tacker, MIDI-violin, synthesizers (1 player), sampler, 2001 (collaboration with Alison Isadora)
VOCAL: Bauh I-III, countertenor, bass, harpsichord, 2 percussion, tape, 1991; Hammer (text by Friedrich Nietzsche), mezzo-soprano, tape, 1993; Ah, Sweet Mysteries of Life (text by Richard Huber), voice, synthesizers (1 player), sampler, 2001 (collaboration with Alison Isadora)
PIANO: Étude I, 1991; Slants, 1991; Das nervöse wohltemperierte Disklavier, MIDI-grand piano, 1992; Inner Mobiles, 2000
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Sync, tape, live electronics, 1995; Looking for Peter, tape, 1996; De Karmellenberg, tape, 1998
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE: The Big Shop, 1998 (collaboration with Alison Isadora); In Situ, tape, film, 2000; It Was a Sunday (text by Alison Isadora), MIDI-violin, synthesizers (1 player), sampler, sound processing, film, 2001 (collaboration with Alison Isadora); Kokako, sound processing, film, 2001 (collaboration with Alison Isadora)
DISCOGRAPHY
Bauh I-III. Antoon Bekken, countertenor; Kees Jan de Koning, bass; Riko Fukada, harpsichord; 2 percussion (Philips)
(Last updated on May 10, 2005)
