Re: [PD] Gerard van Dongen/Gilcher 1967-2006 (Geändert von Thomas Grill)

[Thomas Grill]

Hi all,
sorry for the misrouted email.
I'm bewildered about the death of Gerard. He never mentioned his 
illness while being always positive about preparing a piece for our 
ensemble.
My condolences to his wife and to all who had the chance to meet Gerard 
personally.

all the best,
Thomas


Am 08.03.2006 um 05:56 schrieb derek holzer:

> hmmm, liebe Leute, der holländische Komponist, der was für uns 
> komponieren wollte, ist leider verstorben...
>
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>
> Gerard van Dongen/Gilcher passed away on Friday the 4th of March, 
> after a brave battle with colon cancer. Gerard worked as a composer, 
> musician and computer programmer in Rotterdam as well as played live 
> with many improvisational and electronic musicians in the Netherlands 
> including Bart Maris, Tom Wouters, Joe Williamson, Henk Bakker, Peter 
> van Bergen and Ann LaBerge. He performed solo-concerts with 
> electronics and/or piano compositions and played for numerous dance 
> and theatre productions, produced radio-plays for the internet, and 
> was a technical designer and software programmer for multimedia 
> theater. Gerard was also an active member of the Pure Data and Linux 
> Audio Developers communities, and contributed code for the user 
> interface of the Ardour project.
>
> Gerard kept a very positive outlook throughout his illness, and he 
> will certainly be missed.
>
> Marie Louise Gilcher has organized a memorial service for Thursday, 9 
> March at the "Crooswijk" Cemetery in Rotterdam.
>