Willem Andriessen

Andriessen studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory, completing his studies in 1906, and was awarded the school's Outstanding Achievement Prize for piano. He appeared frequently in concert performances in the Netherlands, and was noted for his interpretations of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Robert Schumann, though he also played piano pieces from contemporaries such as Debussy, Ravel, Bartók and Pijper. Andriessen taught at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (1910–18) and following this at the Muziekschool in Rotterdam after 1924. He was appointed director of the Amsterdam Conservatory from 1937 to 1953. He also gave radio broadcasts of performances which included analyses of compositions. In 1942, following the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Andriessen and his brother Hendrik were imprisoned in Kamp Sint-Michielsgestel for a year, during which time Willem gave lecture-concerts for the prisoners.

• Willem Andriessen • Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), composer and organist, married pianist Johanna Justina Andriessen (1898–1975) • Heleen Andriessen (1921–2000), flautist • Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (1925–1996), composer • Caecilia Andriessen (1931–2019), pianist, teacher, composer • Louis Andriessen (1939–2021), composer and pianist

• Overture (1905) • Piano Concerto in Db (1908) • Scherzo, Hei, t'was in de Mei (1912, R/1956)

• Mass (1914–16) • Sub tuum praesidium (1943, for male chorus) • Salve coeli digna (1944) • Ave Maria (1954, for female chorus) • Exsultate deo (1954) • Missa brevis (1963)

• 4 liederen (1906) • Bruidsliederen (1909) • 3 liederen (1909) • 3 liederen (1911) • 2 liederen (1913)

• Sonata (1934) • Praeludia (1942–50) • Sonatine (1945) • Praeludium (1960, for the left hand)

Willem Andriessen is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation music educator. Classed in the genre classical music. Recorded as conductor, composer, pianist, musicologist and music educator.