Harry Sacksioni

Harry Sacksioni
Harry Sacksioni
Background information
Birth name	Harry Sacksioni
Born	23 October 1950 (age 74)
Origin	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Folk, instrumental, pop
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1968–present
Labels	Harlekijn, Philips, Vertigo, Polydor, Mercury, State of Mind, Cutaway
Website	www.harrysacksioni.nl

Harry Sacksioni (born 23 October 1950, in Amsterdam) is a composer and guitar virtuoso of Dutch origin. The peak of his fame was during the 1970s to 1990s. Famous works of this period include Meta Sequoia, Vensters and Elixer, along with re-arrangements of existing pieces, such as Anji (Davy Graham), Scarborough Fair (arr. Paul Simon) and I Wish (Stevie Wonder). Sacksioni's work is mainly instrumental, although some tracks during the 1980s provided guitar accompaniments to vocals provided by himself and Raymond van het Groenewoud.

Sacksioni was one of the artists who recorded the song Shalom from Holland (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of solidarity to the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq, during the first Gulf War in 1991.

Sacksioni's work is not commercially motivated, and as a result, he is not often featured in the mainstream media. His records appear under an independent, privately owned label Katowee (from cutaway, a feature of some guitars) as a protest against the high prices of CDs.

Sacksioni uses various guitars during a live concert. When touring, he chooses instruments from his collection of acoustic and electric guitars to suit the venue and programme. He plays both 6 and 12-string guitars, both acoustic and electric. An unusual guitar of his is a hand-built double guitar: one half is electric and the other half is acoustic.

Sacksioni has been living in Lienden, Netherlands, since the 1980s. Before that, he lived in Amsterdam.

Harry Sacksioni was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, decorated by Klaas Tammes, mayor of the municipality of Buren, during a concert in the Agnietenhof in Tiel on 9 May 2009. On his 60th birthday, Harry was given a tribute concert by a number of musical colleagues in the famous Amsterdam venue Carré.

Major collaborations

Discography

Studio albums

Harry Sacksioni: gitaar

Released: 1975
Format: LP, MC
Label: Harlekijn Holland
Producer: Rob Chrispijn

Vensters

Released: 1976
Format: LP, MC
Label: Harlekijn Holland
Producer: Harry Sacksioni, Erik van der Wurff

Om de hoek

Released: 1978
Format: LP, MC
Label: Harlekijn Holland
Producer: Adriaan Verstijnen, Harry Sacksioni

Live in Amsterdam

Released: 1978
Format: LP, MC
Label: Polydor / Harlekijn Holland
Producer: Adriaan Verstijnen, Harry Sacksioni

Het dubbelleven van Holle Vijnman

Released: 1980
Format: LP, MC
Label: Harlekijn Holland
Producer: Adriaan Verstijnen, Harry Sacksioni

Das Doppelleben von Holle Feinmann

Released: 1980
Format: LP, MC
Label: Polydor
Producer: Adriaan Verstijnen, Harry Sacksioni

Strikt persoonlijk

Released: 1981
Format: LP, MC
Label: Harlekijn Holland
Producer: Adriaan Verstijnen, Harry Sacksioni, Rob Chrispijn

Ganz persönlich

Released: 1981
Format: LP, MC
Label: Polydor / Harlekijn Holland
Producer: Adriaan Verstijnen, Harry Sacksioni, Rob Chrispijn

Nachtjournaal

Released: 1984
Format: LP, MC
Label: Polydor
Producer: Harry Sacksioni, Hans Visser

Spätnachrichten

Released: 1984
Format: LP, MC
Label: Polydor
Producer: Harry Sacksioni, Hans Visser

Amice

Released: 1985
Format: LP, CD
Label: Philips
Producer: Jurre Haanstra

Alter Ego

Released: 1990
Format: CD
Label: Phonogram Records
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Who's Pulling the Strings

Released: 1993
Format: CD
Label: Mercury Records / Phonogram Records
Producer: Michiel Hoogenboezem, Harry Sacksioni

Piste

Released: 1998
Format: CD
Label: State of Mind
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Oorsprong

Released: 1998 / 2001 (re-release)
Format: CD
Label: State of Mind (1998) / Katowee Holland State of Mind (2001)
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Tijdgeest

Released: 2009
Format: CD
Label: Katowee Holland
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Adrenaline

Released: 2010
Format: CD
Label: Katowee Holland
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

While my guitar gently weeps

Released: 2012
Format: CD
Label: Katowee Holland
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Vijfenzestig

Released: 2015
Format: CD
Label: Katowee Holland
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Once Upon a Time...

Released: 2017
Format: CD
Label: Cutaway Lienden
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Love of my life

Released: 2024
Format: CD
Label: Cutaway Lienden

Live albums

Live in Amsterdam

Released: 1980
Format: LP, MC
Label: Harlekijn Holland
Producer: Harry Sacksioni, Adriaan Verstijnen

Optima Forma - Live

Released: 1987 / 1996 (re-release)
Format: LP, CD
Label: Vertigo Records / Phonogram Records (1987) / Spectrum Music / Karusell (1996)
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Helden - Live

Released: 2001
Format: CD
Label: Cutaway
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

The Five Great Guitars - Live

Released: 2003
Format: CD
Label: Cutaway / Warriors
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

CITY! - Live in Concert

Released: 2006
Format: CD
Label: Cutaway
Producer: Harry Sacksioni

Compilations

Gitaren

Released: 1982
Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Music for the Millions: Harry Sacksioni

Released: 1983
Format: LP, MC
Label: Polydor

Harry Sacksioni

Released: 1987
Format: CD
Label: Polydor

Romantic Gala

Released: 1988
Format: CD
Label: CNR/DINO

The Collection

Released: 1995
Format: CD
Label: Polydor

Who's Pulling the Strings / Intimate Strangers

Released: 1995
Format: CD
Label: Mercury Records / Phonogram Records

3 Originals - Harry Sacksioni

Released: 2001
Format: CD
Label: Polydor

Singles

Het dubbelleven van Holle Vijnman / Prikklok 07.45 uur (1979)
Herman van Veen, Erik van der Wurff & Harry Sacksioni (1981)
Suikerspin / Marco Polo (1981)
Nachtjournaal / Escapade (1984)
Je moet eerst vliegen / De telganger (1985)
Paddentrek / Yeti (1987)
Alter Ego / Bath Blues (1990)
Fuerteventura / Arena (1994)
The Killy Killy Song (1994)
Jessica / Masai Mara (1994)
Meta Sequoia / Axel F.: Toerist (1998)
De paddentrek (2008)

External links

Harry Sacksioni's official website