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Hennie Bekker | |
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| Born | Nkana, Northern Rhodesia |
| Genres | Electronic, instrumental, new-age, ambient, world |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, producer, pianist |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, synthesizer |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Labels | Abbeywood Records |
| Website | henniebekker |
Hennie Bekker (born 1934) is a Zambian-born composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His work includes jazz fusion, film scoring, new-age[1] and techno. Bekker won a Juno Award for his work with techno-driven trio BKS.[2]
Bekker composed, arranged (in the case of the public domain classical works), and performed the soft melodies and the nature-driven environmental music on the first 14 albums of Dan Gibson's Solitudes - Exploring Nature with Music series, including the 1989 best-selling, quadruple-platinum Harmony. He was named "one of the most prolific and successful figures in contemporary Canadian pop music"[3] by Billboard. Over a period of more than sixty years, Bekker has recorded over 60 albums, most recently on his own Toronto, Ontario-based Abbeywood Records label.
- ^ "Review: Hennie Bekker – Beyond Dreams Pathways to Deep Relaxation". By Dick Metcalf, Contemporary Fusion Reviews, October 25, 2016
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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