Roeland Hendrikx

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Roeland Hendrikx
Born (1969-05-26) 26 May 1969 (age 55)
Hamont, Belgium
Genres
  • Classical
  • chamber
Occupation(s)Clarinetist, soloist, professor
InstrumentsClarinet and Basset clarinet
LabelsEtcetera-records, EPR-Classic,[1]
Websitewww.roelandhendrikx.com

Roeland Hendrikx is a Belgian clarinet player.

Hendrikx was e-flat principal clarinet with the Orchestra of La Monnaie (National Opera) and principal clarinet of the Belgian National Orchestra for 14 years.

According to Diapason, Hendrikx's 2018 release of Mozart and Finzi's clarinet concertos and Bruch's double concerto “has it all: accuracy, lyricism, elegance”.[2]

In 2024 Hendrikx he created a new clarinet concerto of Robert Groslot on an album with the Brussels Philharmonic.

Roeland Hendrikx regularly creates Belgian chamber music for clarinet and also tries to promote this music. In 2001 he won the "Jeanne & Willem Pelemansprijs" for his efforts to spread Belgian music.

Hendrikx is main-subject professor at the Maastricht Conservatory (The Netherlands) and Luca School of Arts (Leuven, Belgium).

Biography

Chamber music

As a chamber musician, Roeland has played in prestigious concert series and shares the stage with renowned and like-minded partners such as Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, Severin von Eckardstein, the Danel Quartet, the Berliner Philharmoniker Streichquintett, the Panocha Quartet (Czech Republic), the Tempera Quartet (Finland), and the Vega String Quartet (USA). In 2015, he founded his own Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble,[1] which focuses on chamber music for clarinet, strings, and piano. For his CD recording of the Clarinet Quintet by Piet Swerts, Hendrikx received the Caecilia Prize from the Belgian press for the "Best Belgian CD of the year 2005". Roeland Hendrikx regularly creates Belgian chamber music for clarinet and also tries to promote this music. In 2001 he won the "Jeanne & Willem Pelemansprijs" for his efforts to spread Belgian music.

Professor

Hendrikx teaches clarinet at the Maastricht Conservatory and the LUCA School of Arts (Lemmens Institute)[2]in Leuven. He also regularly gives masterclasses, including in Japan, China, Colombia, Mexico, Singapore, Bangkok and the US at the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, De Paul University (Chicago), Northwestern University, Yale University, Oklahoma University, Long Beach University (LA), and in Atlanta at Emory University and Georgia State University).

Discography

  • 2001: Works for Clarinet & String Quartet : Romberg, Reicha, Bärmann, Mozart.

Roeland Hendrikx & Arriaga String Quartet, De Kroon op het Werk

  • 2004: Johannes Brahms. Sonatas & Trio

Roeland Hendrikx, Jan Michiels, France Springuel, Academiezaal

  • 2005: Piet Swerts, Clarinet Quintet & 2nd String Quartet

Roeland Hendrikx, Tempera String Quartet, Phaedra Classics

  • 2010: W.A. Mozart, J. Brahms “clarinet quintets” Piet Swerts

Roeland Hendrikx, Panocha String quartet, Phaedra Classics

  • 2010: Peter Cabus, clarinet quintet

Roeland Hendrikx, Kryptos quartet, De Kroon op het Werk

  • 2015: W.A. Mozart. Kegelstatt Trio KV 498 & Clarinet Quartets after KV 317d and KV 374f

Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble (Roeland Hendrikx, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, Alexei Moshkov, An Simoens, Sander Geerts, Anthony Gröger), Etcetera Records

  • 2016: French Elegance. Roeland Hendrikx (clarinet) and Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort (piano). Work by Saint-Saens, Debussy, Chausson, Poulenc, Widor, Gaubert. Etcetera Records.
  • 2017: C.M. von Weber (Duo concertant, Gran Quintetto, variations on a theme of "Silvana"

Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble (Roeland Hendrikx, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, Alexei Moshkov, An Simoens, Sander Geerts, Anthony Gröger), Etcetera Records

  • 2018: Dedications. London Philharmonic Orchestra & Martyn Brabbins (Sander Geerts, viola). Concerti by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gerald Finzi & Max Bruch
  • 2020: New York Counterpoint (Steve Reich)
  • 2020: "Le Bestiaire" (Piet Swerts) together with le Carnaval des Animaux (Camille Saint-Saëns, adapted by Piet Swerts)
  • 2023: "The Clarinet as Prima Donna", together with the Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz he recorded both clarinet concertos by Carl Maria von Weber together with variations on a theme from the opera Silvana.
  • 2024: "Zayt Gezunterheyt", with his own Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble he recorded works by Glazounov, Prokofiev, Khachaturian, Kokai and Jan van de Roost.

Instruments

Hendrikx plays Muse clarinets in B and A by Henri Selmer Paris.[3] and Lumière clarinet in B and A by Backun Musical Services.He performs the Mozart Concerto, like many solo clarinetists today, on a modern basset clarinet, a Prestige by Buffet Crampon. He plays on d'Addario reeds as a D'Addario -artist.

Personal life

Hendrikx lives in Herent, Belgium with his wife Anne and 2 children.

References

  1. "Wolfang Amadeus Mozart: Trio & Quartets for Clarinet | Etcetera".
  2. "Roeland Hendrikx | LUCA". www.luca-arts.be (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  3. "Roeland Hendrikx". Henri SELMER Paris (in français). Retrieved 2024-12-31.

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