The initial aim of Switch was to discover the existing repertoire for this combination; now, new works by talented young composers are being added. The name Switch was adopted from a piece of the same name written for the duo by Alejandro Castaños. The duo’s first concert was in...
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The Belgian Trio Dor was founded in 1992 by the Roumania-Belgian clarinettist Vlad Weverbergh and has since toured through Belgium, Rumania, Sweden, The Netherlands, South-Africa, Austria (with a highlight in the Viennese Konzerthaus) and the United Kingdom, where they performed for the BBC. In 2006 the ensemble recharged with new strength on...
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Graduation at The Hague Conservatory 1996. Winner of the Chet Baker Award 2007 and the All About Jazz Critics Poll in New York as best vocal release 2006. Was two times nominated for the “Edison Award“. Leader of her own group with Olaf Polziehn, Ingmar Heller and Hans Dekker. Worked and...
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Cum laude graduation at Hilversum Conservatory 1996. Master of Music Degree 1997. Winner of the Thelonious Monk Award 2003, Deloitte Stimulus Award 2003, Singer Laren Jazz Award 2004, VPRO-Jazz Award 1994. Permanent member of Nueva Manteca, Dutch Jazz Orchestra, The Houdini’s, Cubop City Big Band, Jasper van ‘t Hof Quartet, Ilja Reijngoud/Bart...
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Born in Leeuwarden in 1967, has played saxophone from his Seventh, in local harmony, first saxophone and later clarinet and flute. Then went first classic study in Groningen before light music to study to Hilversum. early ninety Allard completed his studies in Hilversum Conservatory excellent off, as teaching and performing...
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Founded in 2002 by the Russian-Cuban cellist, Makcim Fernandez Samodaiev, the Romanian pianist, Monica Florescu and the Mexican violinist, Pedro Pozos Melo, Spirale Piano Trio has proved to be one of the most known high-standard chamber music groups in Belgium. The members of this ensemble, each...
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The Opus Project Choir Foundation consists of five enthusiastic music-loving board members who have the goal of “yearly performing unique, never before performed music, when possible in the presence of the composer, where the music is combined with another art form.” They search out a...
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The Valerius ensemble was founded in 1988 and is the only professional chamber music ensemble in the province Overijsel in The Netherlands. Depending on the program, they perform with various casts and the number of musicians varies from two to ten or even more. Most of...
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Started in 1992 as a band of twelve friends, selected and conducted by Eeuwe Zijlstra, Cantatrix has in its fifteen year history grown into a mature chamber choir, professionally performing in various concert series every year. In all those years the typical sound of the...
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Frits Damrow started his musical carreer as principal trumpet of the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Netherlands when he was 21 and still had to finish his studies at the Maastrichts Conservatory. After 9 years he was appointed as principal trumpet of the Royal Concertgebouw...
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