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Great fun working with the Osimun Quartet on my Nocturne, for saxophone quartet and tape. Enjoy this excerpt with phrases of evening ragas Saraswati, Hamsadhwani and Darbari Kanada! Tour schedule: 30th Jan - Harmonie, Leeuwarden 2nd Feb - Concertgebouw, Nijmegen 5th Feb - Musis Sacrum, Arnhem 6th Feb - Phil, Haarlem 9th Feb - Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht 12th Feb - Oosterpoort Groningen 13th Feb - TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht 16th Feb - De Doelen, Rotterdam @osimun.quartet @diegodc26 @fatimalcz @gg_ines @ricardmartinez3 Tape track mixed by Dimitri Geelhoed Audio engineer: Thomas Myrmel #raga #raag #contemporary #saxophone #saxophonequartet #osimun #quartet #composer #indianmusic #saraswati #darbarikanada #hamsadhwani #newmusic #concert #tour #electronics #electronicmusic
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Very grateful to have been granted a stipend by the @afk020! Their support will enable me to continue my studies in Indian classical music. The coming year will be filled with many lessons with my dear guru's @tulika_swarayogini and @sabirsultankhan and two travels to India. Furthermore, the stipend allows me to devote more time to practising and perfecting my craft. So exited to dig deeper in this fascinating music, starting with a full month in India this February! #khayal #raga #raag #trombone #indianmusic #indianclassicalmusic #concert #musician #composer
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Thrilled to be presented as a Rising Star of classical music by the @nrcnl newspaper! A few weeks ago a had a beautiful talk with @gandolahage who wrote this article about Indian music, practising, composing music and the trombone in a new context. Swipe right for a few snippets or read the whole article (in Dutch, sorry international friends!) at nrc.nl!
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Today on NPO2 (Dutch national television), talking about @wim.henderickx_official and the piece I dedicated to him: Canzona sopra "Laat de zon in je hart". This is a short excerpt from the 25 minute documentary about @nympheastrombonequartet and the making of our latest record.
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Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy this last verse of my arrangement of "God rest, ye merry gentlemen". Watch until the end for some Christmas chord goodness 😉 The full recording is up on the @nympheastrombonequartet Instagram feed! Recording by @npoklassiek as part of the NPO Klassiek Kerstconcert 2024
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Now online: the recording of my Raga Malika for drums and orchestra! Link in bio! @somerkamerorkest @grachtenfestival #rolfverbeek #wouterkuhne
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Nice review after a lovely project playing Ravel and Shostakovich string quartets, Punch Brothers and many ragas! The review mentions my performance of Ustad Amir Khan Saheb's composition in raag Charukeshi: Paar Karo Mori Naav (Please bring my boat to the shore) I learned from my dear guruji @sabirsultankhan. We played it on an actual boat in the Dutch Waddenzee!
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My working process writing a new piece for saxophone quartet and tape! 1) Sketching ideas 2) First rough version on paper 3) Detailed work in my notation software Finalizing the piece this week, then on to the next steps: recording and rehearsing with the great @osimun.quartet for their tour in January and February! @diegodc26 @fatimalcz @gg_ines @ricardmartinez3
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Alap in raag Yaman by an orchestra! Beautiful solos by @isabella_mc__ (alto flute) and @petite_ronce (cello). This excerpt is part of my Raga Malika for Drums and Orchestra. I'm working on a full recording and will share snippets on here! recording by @concertzender orchestra: @somerkamerorkest with Rolf Verbeek @grachtenfestival
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Looking forward to the première of my Raga Malika, tonight at 19:00 performed by @somerkamerorkest, Wouter Kühne and Rolf Verbeek at the @grachtenfestival! Meanwhile, enjoy these excerpts of Jhalla in Raga Darbari which I got to try out with the @noordnederlandsorkest with Henri Aavik last year. Some parts of this 6 minute piece eventually made it into the big 50 minute Raga Malika!
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Interview for @dagbladvanhetnoorden about the premiere of my 49 minute orchestral work, my first raga-based piece. Swipe right to read! Raga Malika for Drums and Orchestra will be performed by Wouter Kühne, @somerkamerorkest and Rolf Verbeek 17th August @festivalveenhuizen 30th August @grachtenfestival 31st August @uitgastfestival
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RAGA MALIKA FOR DRUMS AND ORCHESTRA Finished my biggest piece yet: a 50-minute concerto in five movements for drums and orchestra! For the first time I'm developing Raag into orchestral colors, very exciting! Looking forward to the first performances with Wouter Kühne, @somerkamerorkest and Rolf Verbeek. Come see it at: - 17th August @festivalveenhuizen - 30th August @grachtenfestival - 31st August @uitgastfestival
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Some shots of my lastest Indian Classical recital with @niti_ranjan_biswas on tabla. We played in the exact place where I heard Indian music for the first time, almost six years ago. Safe to say that experience really changed my life! Ragas played were Rageshree and Adana Photos by Parcifal Werkman
Great times living with my great Ustad @sabirsultankhan in Mumbai! Experiencing beautiful ragas, touching compositions and great food in this room in the presence of the legend: Padma Bhushan Ustad Sultan Khan, Sabir ji's father and guru. #raga #sultankhan #sarangi #trombone #music #indianmusic #practise #mumbai