Hans Henkemans, born on December 23, 1913, in The Hague, Netherlands, was a pianist and psychiatrist. He studied piano and composition from 1926 to 1931 with Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer and from 1933 to 1938 with Willem Pijper. Henkemans made his debut as a pianist at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on 2 December 1945. Over the next two decades, he performed extensively in the Netherlands and abroad, specializing in works by Mozart and Debussy. He received the Prize of the Foundation for Artists of the Resistance in 1963. In addition to performing, Henkemans composed works influenced by Debussy, Ravel, and Pijper. His compositions are less frequently performed today but have been recorded.
