Composer · 21st Century
Jacob TV
Biography
JacobTV is the professional name of Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis, born in 1951. He began as a rock musician and studied composition and electronic music with Luctor Ponse and Willem Frederik Bon at the Groningen Conservatory. In 1980 he received the Composition Prize of the Netherlands.
His self-described avant-pop language brings melodic writing into contact with recorded speech, media samples and popular musical culture. His catalogue ranges from instrumental works to multimedia projects, including the video oratorio Paradiso, inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy.