What is Reinbert de Leeuw?
[[File:Reinbert de Leeuw (1976).jpg|thumb|Reinbert de Leeuw, 1976]] '''Reinbert de Leeuw''' (8 September 1938 – 14 February 2020) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Conducting|conductor]], [[pianist]] and [[composer]]. He was born in [[Amsterdam]]. In 1974, he founded the [[Schönberg Ensemble]]. They mainly focused on performing works by the [[Second Viennese School]]. He composed the piece ''Etude'' (1983–1985) for the strings of the ensemble. De Leeuw regularly conducted the Netherlands' major orchestras and ensembles, including the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]], New Sinfonietta Amsterdam, ''Residentie'' Orchestra The Hague and ensembles such as the [[Netherlands Chamber Choir]], the [[Asko/Schönberg|ASKO]], the [[Netherlands Wind Ensemble]], and the orchestras of the Dutch Public Radio. In the 1995–96 season, he was the centre point of the 'Carte Blanche' series in the [[Concertgebouw]] Amsterdam. He was involved in the organization of the series 'Contemporaries' at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.herzberger-artists.com/de%20leeuw.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118183620/http://www.herzberger-artists.com/de%20leeuw.htm |archive-date=2012-01-18 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leeuw, Reinbert de}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:21st-century Dutch composers]] [[Category:20th-century Dutch composers]] [[Category:Dutch conductors]] [[Category:Dutch pianists]] [[Category:Musicians from Amsterdam]] {{bio-stub}}