Looking forward to hearing the ELLE Quartet and the ESMAE Big Band at the Academy of Music in Porto in the beginning of May 2015 at their annual Jazz Festival. ELLE and the Big Band will perform two of my Ciudades and I will give a short lecture on my music. I will keep you informed when in Porto!
In May 2021 Caspar Vos, pianist and artistic director of the Schiermonnikoog Music Festivals approached me with the request to write a piece for the 20th International Schiermonnikoog Chamber Music Festival. For the first anniversary of the Festival I had written a fun piece for the Syrene Saxophone Quartet yet this time the idea was…
Some time ago Shevaughan Beere, baritone saxophonist with the Ferio Saxophone Quartet, approached me: on their first album they would like to include some of my Ciudades. London is not too far away, so we decided to meet somewhere before the recording sessions. On July 27 I flew over to London to find the Quartet…
I had the pleasure and honor to be at all the saxophone exams at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam this summer (not so surprising as I am teaching there…). The saxophone class lead by my dear friend Arno Bornkamp is of amazing variety and artistry. On Friday the 3rd of June three members of the Ebonit…
It’s been quite a time that I posted something, to busy composing (for Mirasol Duo, Studenten Cantorij Utrecht – Ties Mellema and Arno Piters) and performing (with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble). More on the new compositions soon. This post about a wonderful sax-percussion duo from Slovenia, Janina Lorenci and Lola Mlacnik, both studying at the…
Yesterday night I witnessed the world premiere of my work ‘Energía’ by the Trio Abril and it was simultaneously their ‘world premiere’; their first concert. All this in a small venue in the lovely town of Naarden near Amsterdam (the Netherlands). An all-star trio with Juani Palop (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones), Arno Bornkamp (alto…
Want to let you know that I just finished a piano reduction of ‘Consecuencias’. Originally for alto saxophone/clarinet in Bb and string quartet/string orchestra. The score will be available after the world premiere by Arno Bornkamp. I will keep you posted on that! This is where you can find the world premiere by Arno and…
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