{"id":288,"date":"2019-02-26T09:21:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T08:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburgers.nl\/var\/www\/vhosts\/simonburgers.nlsimonburgers.nl\/?page_id=288"},"modified":"2019-05-25T12:41:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T11:41:16","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simonburgers.nl\/var\/www\/vhosts\/simonburgers.nlsimonburgers.nl\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simon Burgers (The Hague, 1958) did his examen Gymnasium \u00df in 1976. In 1977 &#8211; 1979 he studied piano with Leendert Huges at the Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, and in 1979 &#8211; 1985 composition with Klaas de Vries at the Rotterdam Conservatory. During the same period he studied Dutch Language &amp; Literature at the University of Amsterdam (bachelor examen 1983, master examen 1985, both <em>cum laude<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1986 &#8211; 1991 he worked as a teacher at the Gymnasium Haganum, The Hague, thereafter as a lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simon Burgers has written songs, works for choir, chamber music and orchestral works. His&nbsp;<em>Concerto for alto saxophone &amp; wind orchestra<\/em>&nbsp;(1986) was performed in the VS by Arno Bornkamp with the Navy Orchestra. &#8220;<em>Pastiche!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>(1994) for bas clarinet &amp; electronics has been played worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wrote the scores for the Dutch movies <em>Vroeger is dood<\/em> (Ine Schenkkan, 1986) and <em>De bunker <\/em>(Gerard Soeteman, 1992) as well as for the tv production <em>Urashima <\/em>(VPRO, 2000). With actor\/narrator Peter van der Linden he cooperated in <em>Oosterse sprookjes <\/em>(2003) and <em>De twaalf vensters van kristal <\/em>(2006). Hij wrote and arranged the music for the theater production <em>Windkracht <\/em>(2007), performed\/acted by trumpet player Andr\u00e9 Heuvelman and directed by Cherry Duyns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He collaborated with the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble in his compositions <em>Spin off <\/em>(1998), <em>Bach 2000 <\/em>(2000), <em>Spring Is Forgetting Us<\/em> (2000), <em>Feest in de gele maisvelden <\/em>(2003) and <em>Waanvoorstelling <\/em>(2009). For this last work he also wrote the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His harp solo <em>Senza pedale <\/em>(2011) was the mandatory work during the Rosa Spier Harpconcours 2011. For the final conservatory examen piano of his son Duco Burgers in 2018 he wrote a <em>Trio <\/em>for piano, violin &amp; cello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next to that he published a number of articles, some poems, the novel <em>De rectrix <\/em>(1995) and two study books. Together with his daughter, jurist\/writer Laura Burgers, he published the young adult thrillers <em>Copycat <\/em>(2011) and <em>Het Morelli principe <\/em>(2014).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Burgers (The Hague, 1958) did his examen Gymnasium \u00df in 1976. In 1977 &#8211; 1979 he studied piano with Leendert Huges at the Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, and in 1979 &#8211; 1985 composition with Klaas de Vries at the Rotterdam Conservatory. 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