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Herman van Veen
Herman van Veen (Hermannus Jantinus van Veen) was born in 1945 in Utrecht,
Netherlands, and is a singer-songwriter, violinist, writer, clown and actor. He
began violin and vocal lessons at eight, studied at the Utrecht Conservatory,
and met pianist Erik van der Wurff in 1961. His first solo programme debuted in
1965, and he soon formed the cabaret group Cabaret Chantant Harlekijn with van
der Wurff, releasing early recordings. In the early 1970s he started the label
Harlekijn, which is now solely his production company; in 1969 he received the
Zilveren Harp and in 1976 the Gouden...
