• Review of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra playing Mahler and mais le corps taché d'ombres, by Mischa Spel (nrc, 30 May 2021)

                     [it's] an ingenious, dark, and claustrophobic piece, with ominous strings and a thorny
                          role for the harp.

• Het eros van strijken en tokkelen - interview and preview to mais le corps taché d'ombres, by Bas van Putten (De Groene Amsterdammer, 26 May 2021)

                                 HE COMPOSES AS IF FREUD HAD AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE THAT LAYS BARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES IN THE
                          SLEAZIEST OF DESIRES.

• Klanken laten ons westerse toonstelsel prettig wankelen - preview to mais le corps taché d'ombres, by Mark van de Voort  (Brabants Dagblad, 22 May 2021)

                            The orchestra piece unfolds as an exuberant sonic oasis in which microtones and recognizable tonality
                          intertwine.

• Componist Rick van Veldhuizen: ‘Alles wordt beter met een harp’ - article by Vrouwkje Tuinman for Preludium Magazine

                    'The music becomes the property of the musicians, and I find myself in an almost passive role. That process,
                    that tension is the most fun. Magical, even: the human energy materialising a score.'

• De grote betekenis van ’Faust (working title)’ van De Nationale Opera staat tussen haakjes - review of FAUST (working title) by Nanska van de Laar (Noordhollands Dagblad)

                    RICK VAN VELDHUIZEN REALLY PUSHED HÄNDELS 'VENTI, TURBINI' OVER THE EDGE, WHICH, PERFORMED BY POLLY LEECH,
                         ELICITS GOOSEBUMPS.

• Olivier Keegel
  

                          'Ons gewerd een liefdeloos samenraapsel van beroerde bewerkingen (de een nog platter dan de ander) c.q. verminkingen
                          van bestaande werken en werkjes.' 

                                   (left in Dutch because of the unrelenting eloquence of the author, who granted the production 0,5 stars)

• Action Painting - review of Nederlands Studenten Orkest by Bas van Putten (De Groene Amsterdammer)

                    A VIVID, EXUBERANT SCORE WHICH TEMPTINGLY INVITES FURTHER EXPLORATION OF ITS COMPOSER

• Joepie, de dirigent doet een jurk aan - review of Nederlands Studenten Orkest by Peter van der Lint (Trouw)

                   In the new, daring and succesful piece by rick van veldhuizen, both [manoj kamps and katharine dain] also
                        were in excellent form       

• Nederlands Studenten Orkest meeslepend in werk van jonge componist Rick van Veldhuizen - review by Joep Stapel (NRC)

                   in boisterous and sometimes bombastic lyrics the work sang of sexuality beyond the norm, in a kind of
                        theatrical courtship between the orchestra and soprano dain. van veldhuizens timbral imagination was
                        exceptional, with a trio for basin, chains and water as its zenith.

• Video announcement for 'cōnflārī'