Herman van Veen

In the organizer's words:

Admission from 19:00!

Herman van Veen will be as old next year as his new program is called. 80 - no reason not to go on tour! And, of course, this tour will once again take him to the RHEIN SIEG FORUM!

Herman van Veen grew up in Utrecht and went to the music conservatory after leaving school. In 1965 he made his theater debut with the solo program "Harlekijn". Since then, he has traveled the world with his performances. He has published around one hundred and eighty CDs, as many books and two dozen plays and has also been a successful painter for over 10 years. He has received numerous awards for his artistic and humanitarian work: the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1990 and the Golden Camera for Alfred Jodocus Kwak in 1991. In 1999, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his contribution to German-Dutch understanding. In 2005 he was honored with the Martin Buber Plaque and in 2012 with the Münchhausen Prize. He holds an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Brussels, has received prizes in France and Hungary and was awarded the Cuxhaven Joachim Ringelnatz Prize in 2020.
He is the father of four children, grandfather of three grandchildren and stepfather of the orphaned duck Alfred Jodocus Kwak. But above all, he is still the great poetic magician on stage! Even at 80...