Herman Van Veen - Today - Performance 1

Recently met someone at the market who looked at me in surprise. ‘Do you still exist?’ Had the urge to turn around. We started talking. The man had seen me in the sixties at the theater. He had once emigrated but returned to the Netherlands to be buried in Utrecht in due course. Told him that besides the genetic luck, singing probably ensured that I can still perform about one hundred and forty shows a year with heart and soul. Of course, it creaks here and there and I don’t jump as high as at seventy-eight years old. So yes, sir I am still here. And if it were up to me even longer still. Herman van Veen is a singer, writer, composer, painter, and theater maker. Since his debut in 1965, he has been traveling the world with his performances. Now he is coming to Harelbeke with his ensemble led by Edith Leerkes.