Current Projects:

---Sonido 13 is an electroacoustic improvisation duo with saxophonist Harry Cherrin. Utilizing a rich classical background and training combined with an unbridled sense of exploration and freedom, spontaneous pieces of chamber music and richly textured and surreal soundscapes are created and explored. Pushing the edge of what is musically possible, multiphonic chords melt together to create complex harmonies, microtonal melodies intertwine and clash, instruments are played in unconventional manners, and the incorporation of electronics infinitely expands the sonic palette. Sonido 13 is frequently collaborating with some of Amsterdam and Europe's most adventurous improvisers to create one-of-a-kind experiences at every performance.

    

 

---Payazen The Amsterdam-based klezmer trio Payazen has been entertaining audiences everywhere, from the streets to pubs to concert venues alike. The delicate touch of their chamber music aesthetic combines with their high energy level, guaranteed to make you dance and scream for more. A heavy dose of improvisation and freedom in their playing ensures every performance evolves differently, while their musicality and arrangements of traditional Jewish tunes engulf your soul, leaving you wondering where you’ve left your shoes.

    

 

---The Magic Lantern Show Orchestra is an international group of improvising musicians from both classical and jazz backgrounds. We devise, improvise, and perform live soundtracks to silent cinema. We are currently performing New Babylon (1929) and early stop-motion animations from Ladislaw Starewicz

---Projects involving improvising music with improvised theater and dance

---Contemporary classical repertoire

--Premières

  • 15 June 2010, Yu Oda, The Scheme of the Sea Organ, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 19 June 2009, Yu Oda, Like a Beautiful Woman with Dirty Clothes, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 22 May 2010, Athenasis Deligiannis, Adrastea (theater piece), Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 13 December 2009, Andys Skordis, Transolar Voices in an Absendminded Land, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 22 February 2009, Stefan Prins, A Short Walk Through Time; Jesse Broekman, Lang Rafels; Shiori Usui, Tuning into Paranoia, Graz, Austria

  • 11 December 2008, André Douwe & Aspasia Nasopoulou, Psidra, for pan flute, bass clarinet, and vibraphone, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 13 June 2008, Athenasis Deligiannis, Lefkipi, for ensemble, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 9 May 2008, Uri Sala, Flow of Imagery, for bass clarinet and vibraphone. Premiere with live electronics, 13 June 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 3 April 2008, Athenasis Deligiannis, Kenegousa, alla den Exera, for ensemble, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 6 March 2008, Francisco Castillo Trigueros, Monólogo Fantástico, for solo bass clarinet, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 16 December 2007, Bill Ryan, Simple Lines, for bass clarinet and tape, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 17 November 2007, Jacob Adler, Swoops Down Outta Kerk, for ensemble, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 31 May 2007, Jacob Adler, Automata, for ensemble, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

Previous Projects:

---Strange Loops is an international collective of musicians dedicated to the performance of early American minimal music and new interpretations of early European music, most notably from Philip Glass and Guillaume de Machaut. (saxophones & clarinet)

---Eclectomatic Big Band 21st century-cinematic-world-electro-jazz (tenor sax & clarinet)

---Het Nieuw Nederlands Basklarinet Collectief (bass clarinet)

---Insomnio Ensemble (clarinets)

---Tatune (bass clarinet)

---IMPULS International Ensemble- and Composers-Academy for Contemporary Music (clarinet & bass clarinet)

---Louie's Spaced Out Ensemble (bass clarinet)

---The Jason Sextet (bass clarinet)

---Deutsche Skandinavische Jugend Philharmonie & Big Band (clarinet, bass clarinet, and bari sax)

---Moacir Santos Brazilian Big Band (tenor sax)