Many concertgoers left the PS.Halle in Einbeck on Thursday deeply moved and touched. The reason: Anton van Doornmalen and his band of professional musicians. This time, the children's choir of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Einbeck was also involved under the direction of Katorin Ulrike Hastedt.

Funny, serious and touching

A concert by Anton van Doornmalen and his band is just what the soul needs at the moment. Pure joy in music, the lightness of life, and all for a good cause. Under the title “Journey”, Anton has now played to an audience of around 300 in the PS.Speicher in a charity concert organized by KWS. 

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The US trade journal "Seed World" has published a portrait of Anton. In the portrait, the journal focuses on the connection between music and vegetable seeds. The text is entitled "Singing for the Seed Industry".

The new song "We are one" sound like an anthem. It was presented by singer Anton van Doornmalen to mark the 100th anniversary of Rijk Zwaan.

"For me, the whole Rijk Zwaan feeling is captured in these three minutes," says the singer, who recorded the song together with the European Pop Orchestra. You can find the song here on YouTube.

Anton van Doornmalen has always been someone who connects. With "We are one", he has now created the perfect song to do just that. It is the anthem for the 100th anniversary of the Rijk Zwaan company. He is chairman of the supervisory board, co-owner and former director of the company. 

Anton played “a musical ode to cooperation in the seed sector” at the welcome party of the ISF Congress in Rotterdam.

After a day full of work, sessions and presentations, it was time for music at the ISF Congress in Rotterdam. And on stage was Anton van Doornmalen, co-owner and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rijk Zwaan.

The performance was received with enthusiasm by his colleagues in the sector. Especially from the other family seed companies East-West Seeds, Takii Seeds and Sakata, to whom he dedicated a song. The performance was a wonderful end to an inspiring day!

Anton van Doornmalen and his band performed at the World Seed Congress in Rotterdam (28.05.2024). It was a very special performance for the Dutch singersongwriter - and not just because the concert took place on the former passenger ship SS Rotterdam. The ship is a former Holland-America Line vessel in the port of Rotterdam.

Who doesn't know the song “The Boxer” by Paul Simon? The song is part of pop music history. Anton van Doornmalen has written a new song for the well-known melody. The new song is simply called “ISF” - fitting for the World Seed Congress taking place from May 27 to 29 in Rotterdam. You can download the song here for free. Just click here.

We are just seedsmen and our story is seldom told. 

Anton van Doornmalen is here to tell exactly these stories. With a guitar, a melting voice and a lot of feelings. Vegetable seeds and music – these are the topics that drive Anton. The long player “Seed Songs” combines both things. Anton currently serves as chairman of the company's supervisory board. 

At the ISF Congress in Rotterdam, the “Seed Songs” are clearly in the creative center of Anton´s music. If you would like to have the CD "Seed songs", just send us an email (medien@avdmusic.com) and then transfer 15 euros to the Sibusiso account (Iban: NL73 RABO0385812167) Afterwards we will send the CD to your adress. 

A special year is just around the corner for Anton. Two concerts in Germany have already been confirmed. On Friday, April 19, Anton will perform in the Kuniberthalle in Werl-Büderich (Kreis Soest). Admission is at 7 pm, the concert starts half an hour later. 

Dany Vera is a very popular singer-songwriter, and not just in the Netherlands.

His hit "Rollercoaster" is also playing up and down on German radio stations. Anton´s German song "Dort, wo du bist" is based on this song.

Anton van Doornmalen actually composed it for a golden wedding that had to be canceled due to the pandemic. The song is aimed at all people with long-term relationships. And as we all know, things go up and down - like on a rollercoaster.

Anton wrote the song "See the Whole World Different" over 15 years ago. The song fits perfectly with his new overall theme: Journey.

"Now is the time to see the world differently," the singer said during the second digital concert in December. The song reads, "What you see is hostility, no humanity." If you want to change the world, you have to act, is the credo.

As concerns music, the famous Beatles are among Anton's greatest role models. This is the very time to recall John Lennon's message of peace: "Imagine".

"After all, every person wants to live in peace and freedom," said the Dutch singer.

The song "Imagine" describes the vision of a society free of religion, nationalism and property. It is a call for peace and is the anthem of the peace movement of the 70s. It is one of the best songs of all time, as published by the US magazine Rolling Stone. 

Anton is a so-called singer-songwriter. "I don't just sing, I also write most of my songs myself. I'm connected to the songs, inseparable," says the singer and adds: "I've often asked myself why I write these songs. First of all, I don't really want to do anything other than capture a feeling that I have experienced in the presence of my family, my friends or on my own. Capture it in a song. That way, a feeling can become a memory." A feeling that lasts. Music that stays - songs that stay.

"Once Every Year" is a festive smash hit, music by Anton van Doornmalen. The text stems from Peter Tenret.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDPLDxl9f0I

Once every year

A Once every year

When the nights are long

Christmas is near

One can hear it every day

Ice on the streams

Cause it’s crispy cold

Outcome of dreams

Lots of snow fell overnight

Liverpool and the Beatles - you can't have one without the other. And it's no secret that Anton is a big fan of the Beatles.

"It's simply a combination of top musical quality and the memories of the 60s that the songs evoke," explains Anton van Doornmalen, adding: "Back then, the sound was a total renewal - there had never been music like this before." What's more, the songs of Liverpool's most famous sons are timeless and by no means old-fashioned: "Paul McCartney and John Lennon are songwriters on a par with Mozart and Bach, simply outstanding."

"Trying to Understand" is part of the new album "Journey". This song is something special.
 

On our journey through life, not everything is always like a picture book. Sometimes connections break that should be forever. A break-up can be very difficult. It is even more difficult to understand this moment at all. But those who manage to do so are given the opportunity to break new ground and shape their future. "Trying to understand" does not deal with an easy topic.

Humanity is important right now, in this very moment. The song "Humanly" was written during the pandemic. In the clip, children paint pictures of people – pictures of hope.  

Corona has pretty much shaken up our everyday life, the numbers of those tested positive are rising. In the Netherlands, but also in Germany.  

The song "Dobell Drive" takes us to the other end of the world, far away – to Lake Macquarie in Australia. 

"Steven, a long-time work colleague, lives there in Dobell Drive," says Anton van Doornmalen. "He's a music lover just like me." He sent him a violin solo from halfway around the world. "And my team and I developed a complete song from it," says Anton. The song tells of the light-heartedness and authenticity of nature. 

The picture shows Lake Macquaire, New South Wales, Australia.