Herman van Veen

Following the huge success of his ‘Achtzig’ tour, which also took him to the Kölner Philharmonie in 2025, Herman van Veen is returning to the stage and continuing his concert tour with the programme ‘unterwegs’.

Herman van Veen has released around 180 CDs, just as many books and two dozen plays, and has been touring the world with his performances since 1965. He has received numerous awards for his artistic and humanitarian work, including the Silver Bear (Berlin International Film Festival 1990) and the Joachim Ringelnatz Prize (Cuxhaven 2020), the Planetary Consciousness Award from the Club of Budapest and the Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros de Littérature Musicale. In 1999, Herman van Veen was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his contribution to German-Dutch understanding. The Dutch singer and songwriter is the father of four children, grandfather of three grandchildren and stepfather to the orphaned duck Alfred Jodocus Kwak.