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Herman van Veen

‘Dat kun je wel zien’
Fri 2 Sep ’22 20:15 uur
Fri 2 Sep ’22
20:15 uur

It supposed to be a year filled with celebration, a joyous reunion. 
We would celebrate my seventy-fifth birthday with you
and sing freely to Chawwa Wijnberg:

Violets, carnations
and a bag full of leeks
What do we have to celebrate
Violets, carnations
And a bag full of leeks.

Then that global virus came and we stayed home.

We can go again, step by step. 
we will come to you after all, 
to catch up on our celebrations. 

Look forward to it,

Herman van Veen

This is Dutch-spoken event!

ABOUT HERMAN VAN VEEN

Herman van Veen (1945) grew up in Utrecht where he also attended the conservatory. Since then he has traveled around the world with his performances. To this day his work has resulted in more than one hundred and eighty CDs, eighty books and about five hundred paintings.
He has been honored numerous times for both his artistic work and his dedication to projects for peace, security and solidarity. Among other things, he is a bearer of the Verdienstkreuz am Band des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau and Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw. He has an Honorary Doctorate from the Free University of Brussels. From the Club of Budapest he received the Planetary Consciousness Award. In France Le Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros de Littérature Musicale. And in Cuxhaven Germany, June 2021, the Joachim Ringelnatz Literatur Preis.
Herman is father of four children and stepfather to the Alfred Jodocus Kwak.

He is grandfather to three grandchildren.

Dit is een verplaatst concert. Tickets gekocht voor de oorspronkelijke datum 22 december blijven geldig voor deze nieuwe datum. Ticketkopers zijn per mail op de hoogte gebracht. 

An abstract-biographical performance with the light-hearted depth that is so typical of him. 

Parool