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.

 

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

---Contemporary classical repertoire

 

Previous Projects:

---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

---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.

---Het Nieuw Nederlands Basklarinet Collectief

---Insomnio Ensemble

---Tatune

---IMPULS International Ensemble- and Composers-Academy for Contemporary Music

---Louie's Spaced Out Ensemble

---The Jason Sextet

---Deutsche Skandinavische Jugend Philharmonie & Big Band

---Moacir Santos Brazilian Big Band