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Huniyāgar digitises contemporary music and historical musical heritage.

Huniyāgar takes the utmost care in music typesetting and engraving.

Drawing on historical documentation and respecting the composer’s original hand, Huniyāgar prepares critical editions, adaptations, instrumentations and orchestrations of historical musical heritage.

In close consultation with the client, Huniyāgar prepares scores for contemporary performance.

Mission

How can we ensure that the music entrusted to the page by a composer is conveyed faithfully and clearly? How do we transform analogue sources into digital scores? How can sheet music remain authentic while being easy for performers to read? And how do we create high-quality arrangements for a wide audience?

With the utmost respect, both for the composer’s hand and for those who perform the music.

Guided by this respect, Diederik and Hannes digitise, engrave and compose music, while sharing their knowledge and experience with fellow musicians.

A plan takes shape

A detailed, clearly legible musical score.

Wim Henderickx, who taught composition to both Diederik and Hannes, stressed this fundamental requirement time and again. Once you learn to work to such exacting standards, you naturally become demanding, both of yourself and of others. You want sheet music not only to be of the highest quality, but also to be clear and easy to read.

But there is more that connects Diederik and Hannes. Their love of music, of course, but also the professional dedication they bring to everything they do: as music educators, conductors and composers, each with their own interests.

Together, Diederik and Hannes have a plan.

A plan born from their shared desire to imagine, make and create.

A plan called Huniyāgar.

Huniyāgar

Huniyāgar is a Middle Persian term meaning “poet-musician” or “minstrel”. Both its meaning and its distinctive sound make it a fitting name for the non-profit organisation.

The organisation is led by Diederik and Hannes, who surround themselves with people whose interests may be similar to or different from their own.

A non-profit organisation cannot thrive on music alone. It also requires expertise in finance, accounting, communication and administration.

Transparent and responsible governance is assured. The organisation is in good hands.

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