Cornelis de Bondt (born 9 December 1953) is a Dutch composer. Born in

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, de Bondt attended the Royal Conservatory there and currently teaches

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and music theory at the same institution. In 2011 all of de Bondt's scores were withdrawn by the composer as a protest against arts funding cuts in the Netherlands. He has stated that he now sees the orchestral "score", the music in fixed notated form, as a symbol of neo-liberalism, and is therefore exploring non-fixed notational methods.

Works

Compositions by Cornelis de Bondt include the following: *''Bint'', written for

Hoketus Hoketus was an amplified musical ensemble founded by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen in the Netherlands in 1976. The group was originally formed to perform Louis Andriessen's minimal composition ''Hoketus'', but remained together and began to p ...

(1979-1980) *''Karkas'', for large ensemble (1981-1983, first performed Holland Festival, 10 June 2002) *''The Broken Ear'', cycle of works (1984-1996) *''Bloed'', for voices and orchestra (1997–2001) *''Bloed II'', written for the

Hilliard Ensemble The Hilliard Ensemble was a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. The group was named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard. Founded in 1974, the group disbanded in 2014. Althoug ...

and Netherlands Wind Ensemble (1997–98) *''Die wahre Art'', piano concerto (2000) *''Gli toccha la mano'', written for Cristina Zavalloni, Orkest de Volharding and

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(2002) *''Gran Sinfonia – Il tempo giusto'', for orchestra (2010)

References

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