1966 The Harmony Orchestra
He received a tenor saxophone from an Amsterdam brass band.
1968 Instant Composers Pool
From left Willem Breuker, Misha Mengelberg,
Maarten van Regteren Altena, Han Bennink
Photo Pieter Boersma
1974 De Volharding
Maarten van Regteren Altena, Louis Andriessen,
Dil Engelhard, Jan Wolff, Cees Klaver,
Jim van der Valk Bouman, Bernard Hunnekink,
Willem van Manen, Willem Breuker, Bob Driessen,
Herman de Wit
1974 De Volharding
Maarten van Regteren Altena, Louis Andriessen,
Dil Engelhard, Jan Wolff, Cees Klaver,
Jim van der Valk Bouman, Bernard Hunnekink,
Willem van Manen, Willem Breuker, Bob Driessen,
Herman de Wit
1974 Willem Breuker Kollektief
De Kikkeropera
From left: Leo Cuypers, Willem Breuker, Herman de Wit,
Bob Driessen, Willem van Manen, Rob Verdurmen,
Bernard Hunnekink, Ronald Snijders, Jan Wolff, not in
sight Arjen Gorter (bass) and Rob Verdurmen (drums)
Photo Igno Cuypers
1975 Willem Breuker Kollektief
From left Willem Breuker, Bob Driessen,
Maarten van Norden, Ronald Snijders,
Lodewijk de Boer, Willem van Manen
1975 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Anthologie, Music theatre
Script and directon Lodewijk de Boer,
music Willem Breuker, De Brakke Grond Amsterdam.
From left Lyda Polak, Ileana Melita, Leo Cuypers.
Anthologie of the post-war development of
Western music. A Baby of the Arts raised by two
mothers and a Nazi father, predestined to study music,
becomes a hash smoking, whisky drinking bum
Photo Joop Souverijn
1976 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Jan Wolff, Rob Verdurmen, Willem van Manen,
Maarten van Norden, Willem Breuker, Boy Raaymakers,
Arjen Gorter, Lodewijk de Boer, Bernard Hunnekink,
Rob Driessen, Ronald Snijders
Photo John Prins
1977 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Schiphol Airport Amsterdam
From left Willem Breuker, Arjen Gorter,
Maarten van Norden, Rob Verdurmen,
Leo Cuypers, Boy Raaymakers, Bernard Hunnekink,
Willem van Manen, Bob Driessen, Jan Wolff,
Remmelt Remmelts (Tour leader)
1977 Willem Breuker Kollektief
BV Haastshow
With jazz man Michiel de Ruyter, Vpro Television,
director and designer Jaap Drupsteen
1980 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Minimal Dance Avignon France
From Leo Willem van Manen, Bernard Hunnekink,
Andy Altenfelder, Bob Driessen, Maarten van Norden,
Rob Verdurmen, Boy Raaymakers, Willem Breuker,
Henk de Jonge, Arjen Gorter
1980 Willem Breuker Kollektief
De Vuyle Wasch, music theatre
Text Lodewijk de Boer and Willem Breuker,
music Willem Breuker,
directed by Lodewijk de Boer and Mady Misset,
performers Frans Mulder, Sylvia Alberts,
Yamaika Lempers, Walter van Canoy, Wim de Meyer
and Maartje Seyferth.
Photo Bob van Dantzig
1981 Willem Breuker Kollektief and Strings
Willem Breuker, Henk de Jonge, Bob Driessen,
Maarten van Norden, Andy Altenfelder,
Boy Raaymakers, Willem van Manen,
Rob Verdurmen, Bernard Hunnekink,
Arjen Gorter, René van Ast, Ad Klink,
Jan Erik van Regteren Altena, Vera Beths
1981 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Clockwise from left Willem Breuker, Bob Driessen,
Maarten van Norden, Bernard Hunnekink,
Willem van Manen, Andy Altenfelder, Boy Raaymakers,
Arjen Gorter, Rob Verdurmen, Henk de Jonge
1981 Willem Breuker Kollektief
From left top Bob Driessen, Boy Raaymakers,
Maarten van Norden, Andy Altenfelder
mid Willem Breuker, Henk de Jonge, Willem van Manen
bottom Rob Verdurmen, Arjen Gorter, Bernard Hunnekink
Photo Jean van Lingen
1982 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Wolkbreuk, music theatre
About Holland and their colony Indië, based on
the book De Walgvogel by Jan Wolkers.
Text Graa Boomsma, music Willem Breuker, directed by
Lodewijk de Boer, performers Frits Lambrechts,
Olga Zuiderhoek.
Photo Pan Sok
1983 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Penderakis, composition for 10 accordions
by Willem Breuker.
From left: Willem Breuker, Bob Driessen,
Maarten van Norden, Andy Altenfelder,
Boy Raaymakers, Arjen Gorter,
Willem van Manen, Rob Verdurmen,
Henk de Jonge
1984 Willem Breuker Kollektief
On balcony Carré theatre
From left Arjen Gorter, Willem Breuker,
Bernard Hunnekink, Andy Altenfelder,
Boy Raaymakers, Henk de Jonge,
André Goudbeek, Peter Barkema, Rob Verdurmen
Photo Alwin Mulder
1984 Willem Breuker Kollektief
From left Rob Verdurmen, Bernard Hunnekink,
André Goudbeek, Peter Barkema, Chris Abelen,
Willem Breuker, Henk de Jonge, Arjen Gorter,
Andy Altenfelder, Boy Raaymakers
Photo Vincent Mentzel
1985 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Musica ’85
Parade for brassbands, drumbands, singers,
piano- violin- and saxophone players and
streetdancers from all over the Netherlands
to Dam square Amsterdam
Initiated by Sieuwert Verster, compositions
Willem Breuker
1985 Willem Breuker Kollektief
on the Dutch Antilles
From left the pilot, Louis Helmer, Rob Verdurmen,
Arjen Gorter, André Goudbeek, Joost Buis,
Willem Breuker, Bernard Hunnekink, Alex Coke,
Henk de Jonge, Boy Raaymakers, Andy Altenfelder
1986 Willem Breuker Kollektief
From left Peter Barkema, Henk de Jonge,
Rob Verdurmen, Chris Abelen, Boy Raaymakers,
Andy Altenfelder, André Goudbeek,
Bernard Hunnekink, Arjen Gorter.
Photo Pieter Boersma
1987 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Dank u Majesteit, music theatre
Performer Jenny Arean, written and directed
by Dimitri Frenkel Frank, music Willem Breuker.
From left Arjen Gorter, Bernard Hunnekink,
Peter Barkema, Boy Raaymakers, André Goudbeek,
Willem Breuker, Andy Altenfelder, Chris Abelen,
Jenny Arean, Rob Verdurmen, Henk de Jonge
1987 Willem Breuker Kollektief and Mondriaan Strings
From left Erik Kromhout, Chris Abelen,
Jan Erik van Regteren Altena, Willem Breuker,
Lorre Trytten, Bernard Hunnekink, André Goudbeek,
Henk de Jonge, Eduard van Regteren Altena,
Margaret Pestoruis, Peter Barkema, Rob Verdurmen,
Wieke Meijer, Ad Klink , Arjen Gorter, Boy Raaymakers,
Lucia Swarts, Andy Altenfelder
1987 Willem Breuker Kollektief
From left Arjen Gorter, Boy Raaymakers,
Chris Abelen, Henk de Jonge, Bernard Hunnekink,
Peter Barkema, Willem Breuker, Andy Altenfelder,
André Goudbeek, Rob Verdurmen
Photo Reinko Kuiper
1987 Willem Breuker Kollektief
From left Willem Breuker, André Goudbeek,
Peter Barkema, Andy Altenfelder, Chris Abelen,
on drums Rob Verdurmen Photo Hans-Joachim Zylla
Münster
From left Rob Verdurmen, Willem Breuker,
André Goudbeek, Arjen Gorter, Peter Barkema,
Andy Altenfelder, Boy Raaymakers, Greg Moore,
Bernard Hunnekink.
Not in sight: Henk de Jonge-piano
1988 Portland, US
French existentialism act in Portland, US.
From left Willem Breuker, André Goudbeek, Alex Coke,
Andy Altenfelder, Rob Verdurmen, Boy Raaymakers,
Joost Buis, Arjen Gorter, Bernard Hunnekink
1990 Willem Breuker Kollektief,
Strings and Toeterix
from left Willem Breuker,
Jan Erik van Regteren Altena,
2 guests and child, Wieke Meijer,
André Goudbeek, Peter Barkema, Aimée Versloot,
Erik Kromhout, Susanne Degerfors,
Andy Altenfelder, Lorre Trytten,
Jan Schoonenberg, Greg Moore, Alison Isadora,
Bernard Hunnekink, Rob Verdurmen,
Toby Rix (Toeterix), Arjen Gorter,
Henk de Jonge, Boy Raaymakers, driver
1991 Willem Breuker Kollektief
From left Boy Raaymakers, Andé Goudbeeke,
Andy Altenfelder, Bernard Hunnekink, Peter Barkema,
Henk de Jonge, Rob Verdurmen,Willem Breuker,
sitting in front: Arjen Gorter, Greg Moore
Photo René Eckhart
Deze kant op dames!, music theatre
Text Ischa Meijer, music Willem Breuker,
directed bij Ton Lutz. Performer: Loes Luca.
From left: Peter Barkema, Andy Altenfelder,
André Goudbeek, Henk de Jonge, Greg Moore,
Loes Luca, Ton Lutz, Willem Breuker,
Bernard Hunnekink, Boy Raaymakers,
Rob Verdurmen, Alex Coke, Arjen Gorter,
Ischa Meijer on bike
1992 Willem Breuker Kollektief
VPRO television, Reiziger in Muziek
For Yo-Yo Ma, composition Willem Breuker.
From left Rena Scholtens, Eduard van Regteren Altena,
Willem Breuker, Yo-Yo Ma, Ernst Grappenhaus
1998 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Schiphol
From left Andy Altenfelder, Peter Barkema,
Boy Raaymakers, Rob Verdurmen, Henk de Jonge,
Bernard Hunnekink, Arjen Gorter, Willem Breuker,
Lorre Trytten, Alex Coke, Nico Nijholt
2001 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Prinseneiland, Amsterdam
From left Arjen Gorter, Chris Abelen,
André Goudbeek, Bernard Hunnekink, Peter Barkema,
Andy Altenfelder, Henk de Jonge, Rob Verdurmen,
Willem Breuker, de schipper, Boy Raaymakers
2004 Willem Breuker Kollektief
in China
Fom left Arjen Gorter, Maarten van Norden,
Hermine Deurloo, Andy Altenfelder, Boy Raaymakers,
Andy Bruce, Willem Breuker, Bernard Hunnekink,
Henk de Jonge, Rob Verdurmen
2004 Willem Breuker Kollektief
From left Henk de Jonge, Willem Breuker,
Bernard Hunnekink, Ajan Gorter, Rob Verdurmen,
Hermine Deurloo, Boy Raaymakers, Andy Altenfelder,
Maarten van Norden, Andy Bruce
2006 Willem Breuker Kollektief
at Jan Wolff’s Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ
From left front row Willem Breuker, Boy Raaymakers,
Henk de Jonge, Arjen Gorter
2d row Hermine Deurloo, Andy Bruce,
Maarten van Norden, Andy Altenfelder
3d row Rob Verdurmen, Bernard Hunnekink
Photo Rob van de Meeberg
2011/12 Willem Breuker Kollektief
Happy End, in memoriam Willem Breuker.
musical theatre with Loes Luca and Peter Bolhuis.
Theatrical composition and direction: Matthijs Rümke,
music Willem Breuker and Bernard Hunnekink.
From left Frans Vermeerssen, George Pancras,
Loes Luca, Bernard Hunnekink, Andy Bruce,
Hermine Deurloo, Peter Bolhuis, Maarten van Norden,
Henk de Jonge, Andy Altenfelder, Arjen Gorter,
Matthijs Rümke