Loek Dikker

Loek Dikker (born 28 February 1944) is a Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer.[1] Dikker is known for his scores for the films The Fourth Man, Body Parts, and Rosenstraße, among others.[2]

Loek Dikker
Loek Dikker in 1989
Background information
Born (1944-02-28) 28 February 1944
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genresjazz, Western classical music
Occupation(s)conductor, composer, instrumentalist
Years active1959 (1959)–present
Associated actsLoek Dikker Waterland Ensemble[1]
Websitewww.loekdikker.com

Biography

After training as a classical pianist, Dikker became a jazz musician after seeing a 1959 televised performance by Horace Silver and Sonny Rollins.[3] He gave his first jazz performance in 1960, in a jazz and poetry concert with Godfried Bomans.[3] He later performed in the bands of Hans Dulfer and Theo Loevendie, and with American instrumentalists Oliver Nelson, Cannonball Adderley, and Don Byas.[3] In the mid-1970s, he founded his Waterland Ensemble.[3] He wrote his first film score in 1981, and has scored over sixty films.[4]

Dikker is the founder and chairman of Muziekinstituut MultiMedia, an organization founded in 2006 to promote and encourage collaboration among multimedia composers.[5] He is also a board member of FFACE, the Federation of Film and Audiovisual Composers of Europe.[6]

Dikker's sister, Marianne Dikker, is a screenwriter and director.[7]

Filmography (as composer)
  • Two Queens and One Consort (1981)
  • The Fourth Man (1983)
  • Friedliche Tage (1984)
  • De droomproducenten (1984) – documentary
  • Het bittere kruid (1985)
  • Passage: A Richard Erdman Sculpture (1985) – documentary
  • Slow Burn (1986) – television movie
  • Iris (1987)
  • Pascali's Island (1988)
  • Een scherzo furioso (1990)
  • Dilemma (1990)
  • Body Parts (1991)
  • Nie wieder schlafen (1992)
  • The Forbidden Quest (1993)
  • Prinzenbad (1993)
  • De tussentijd (1993)
  • The Babysitter (1995)
  • The Commissioner (1998)
  • The Escape (1998) – television movie
  • Kinderland ist abgebrannt (1998) – documentary
  • Diva Dolorosa (1999) – documentary
  • Führer Ex (2002)
  • Science Fiction (2002)
  • Rosenstraße (2003)
  • Giacomo Casanova (2004) – television movie
  • Wolfsbergen (2004)
  • Der junge Beethoven (2007)[2]

Musical recordings

Jazz
  • Love Cry and Super Nimbus (1970)
  • Tan Tango (1975)
  • Domesticated Doomsday (1978)
  • The Waterland Big Band Is hot! Part 1 / Part 2 (1979)
  • Mayhem in our Streets (1980)
  • Summer Suite (1982)

Classical
  • To Paul Desmond (1991)
  • Overijssels Volkslied (2000)
  • South Side Ground Zero Boogie Blues (2004)[8]

Awards
  • 1983: Silver Desk for Best Dutch film music, for The Fourth Man[4]
  • 1990: Golden Calf, for his body of work from 1985–1990[2]
  • 1991: Saturn Award for Best Music, for Body Parts[2]
  • 2004: Ravello Cinemusica (Italy), for Best European film music, for Rosenstraße[4]

References
  1. "Loek Dikker". Discogs. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. Loek Dikker at IMDb
  3. "Organisatie" (in Dutch). Muziekinstituut MultiMedia. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. "Loek Dikker : Composer". loekdikker.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. "Welkom" (in Dutch). Muziekinstituut MultiMedia. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. "Organization". loekdikker.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. "Marianna Dikker". IMDb. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  8. "Discografie". loekdikker.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.


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