Composer · b. 1964
Maurice Verheul
Biography
Maurice Verheul (born 1964) is a Dutch composer and piano teacher whose catalogue ranges from solo and chamber music to orchestral works and ballet. Initially drawn to a career as a pianist, he turned intensively to music theory and composition after an injury interrupted his playing. His influences include Bach, Chopin, Stravinsky, Messiaen and Sorabji, as well as Renaissance music and Ars Nova.
His music has been performed internationally, including by pianist Geoffrey Douglas Madge. A substantial part of his output is devoted to the bass clarinet, including works associated with Harry Sparnaay. Obtuser air, recorded by Sauro Berti and Leonardo De Marchi on Enantiosemie, takes its title from an anagram of the clarinettist’s name.