Donemus Webshop — Klaasse, Jakob

Jakob Klaasse was born on October 31, 1948 in Uitgeest, The Netherlands. He studied Piano and Composition with Ton de Leeuw at the Amsterdam Conservatorium (1968-1972). As a composer, pianist, producer/arranger, he has written music for feature films, documentaries, animation movies, television- and radio-'leaders' and produced/arranged and played on more than 150 CDs. He has performed live thousands of times with various ensembles, groups and bands, from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw to Pinkpop-festival.
Compositons
- Movie scores and soundtracks (a.o. Somberman’s acton, Death and the writer, The Waterpeople)
- Radio- and tv-leaders (a.o. VPRO, NOS)
- The Periodic Table, 21 pieces for orchestra. Based upon and inspired by the book with the same name by Primo Levi. The writer tells autobiographical anecdotes about his heritage, his studies, his work, his apprehension, interrogation, and incarceration in Auschwitz form the basis of 21 short stories who each bear the name of a chemical element, and are connected with it. The 21 short symphonic pieces bear the name of the element and the chapter of the book in which spirit the music is written.