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Künstlerbiographie Wim Statius Muller

Wim Statius Muller Curaçao 26 January 1930 - 31 August 2019 Was A Curaçaoan Composer And Pianist Who Has Been Nicknamed "Curaçao’s Chopin" For His Romantic Piano Stylings. Although He Was A Juilliard Graduate His Musical Career Did Not Begin In Earnest Until After He Retired From A Career In Security And Counterintelligence. Statius Muller Was Born In 1930 On Curaçao In Willemstad's Otrabanda District. He Began Piano Lessons At Age Seven With Jacobo Palm Among Others. He Received A Thorough Musical Education Entering In 1949 The Juilliard School Of Music In New York City Where He Studied Piano And Composition With Josef Raieff The Last Pupil Of Alexander Siloti . He Received His Degree In 1954 And In 1955 Began Teaching Piano And Music History At Ohio State University In Columbus Ohio. In 1960 Statius Muller Left His Position At The University To Accept A Job As A Civil Servant Initially In Willemstad Curaçao Where He Was Asked To Collaborate In The Creation Of A Security Service. In 1972 He Relocated To The Netherlands Later Describing This Move As Follows "This Was In The Days Of The Cold War And I Had Been Appointed To Head A Team Of Academics In The Dutch Counterintelligence Service That Analyzed The Policies Of The Various Communist Countries. Our Job Was To Slip Into The Skin Of The Opponents’ Ideologies And Figure Out Their Intentions."
He Worked For A Long Time In A Management Position At The Domestic Security Service "BVD" In The Hague And Then At NATO Headquarters In Brussels. After His Retirement In 1995 He Returned To Curaçao Where He Had More Time For The Piano. Statius Muller Performed Regularly In The Netherlands Antilles And Also Occasionally In The Netherlands The United States And Poland. Statius Muller Had Two Children Daughter Annette And Son John. His Grandson Alexander Kraft Van Ermel Has Followed His Footsteps As A Pianist. Statius Muller Was A Student Of Jacobo Palm And Has Been Influenced By Palm Whose Grandfather Jan Gerard Palm Initiated The Popularity Of Salon Music And Caribbean Dance Music Based On Classical Music. Also Waltzes And Frédéric Chopin's Mazurkas Were Played A Lot In Curaçao And Have Strongly Influenced His Work. Statius Muller Especially Composed Music For Dancing In Settings For Piano Not Only Waltzes And Mazurkas But Also Caribbean Dances Such As The Tumba Derived Originally From Congo. Tropical Syncopated Rhythms Are Clearly Apparent In Virtually All Of His Works. The Works Are However No Longer Intended To Dance To But Are Stylized And Refined Into Concert Music. Many Of His Over 200 Compositions Are Not Published. A Well-Known Published Work Is The Antillean Dances For Piano Opus 2 4 5 6 . He Performed Many Of His Own Compositions. In 2013 A Documentary About Statius Muller Was Created By Filmmaker Alaric Alexander Smeets. The Documentary Is Entitled Nostalgia The Music Of Wim Statius Muller After A Waltz Which Is One Of Statius Muller's Most Famous Works. In 2012 Statius Muller Was Awarded A Silver Carnation By Queen Beatrix For His Contribution To The Preservation Of The Musical Heritage Of The Caribbean Islands In Particular Of The Classical Music Of Curaçao. Statius Muller Was Also Praised As A Mentor And Inspiration To Young Musicians In The Caribbean Part Of The Kingdom. Statius Muller Was Invested As A Knight Of The Order Of Orange-Nassau. Discography
In 1994 Wim Statius Muller Recorded A CD As A Pianist Performing His Own Compositions Antillean Dances Opus 4 On René Gailly CD87018. He Has Also Recorded A CD Antillean Treasures On The Bruno Klassiek Label.

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