| Donnerstag | 4.12. | 20.30 Uhr |
| ERNST REIJSEGER - CELLO SOLO | ||
![]() Cellist Ernst Reijseger (1954) started to play the cello at 8 years old. Early in his life he became fascinated by the diverse musical formes and styles available for him at the time. His teachers were Jan Olivier, Anner Bijlsma and René van Ast. In 1974 Anner Bijlsma advised Reijseger to stop following his classes and the Amsterdam conservatory, thus stimulating Ernst to follow his own path. He played and recorded a.o. with: Burton Greene (1969), Sean Bergin (1975), Martin van Duynhoven, Derek Bailey, Alan Purves and Franky Douglas, Trilok Gurtu and Yo Yo Ma. Was member of the Theo Loevendie Consort, the Guus Janssen Septet, the Arcado Stringtrio, Trio Clusone with Michael Moore and Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg’s Instant Composers Pool, the Gerry Hemingway quintet, Trio with trumpetist Eric Vloeimans and guitarist Anton Goudsmit. In 1985 he received the Boy Edgar prize, an award highly regarded by potential Dutch audience and highly appreciated by its receiver. In 1995 he received the Bird Award at the Northsea Jazz Festival. Ernst Reijseger often playes soloconcerts. He playes duo with pianist Franco d' Andrea, clarinettist-soprano saxophonist Louis Sclavis, accordeonist, banjo, guitar,mandoline, kaval, and pedal steel guitar-player Stian Carstensen, duo and trio with masterpianist Simon Nabatov and trio with the Amsterdam String Trio, trio with Stian Carstensen and drummer Jarle Vespestadt, trio with Senegalese singer Mola Sylla and Senegalese percussionist Serigne Gueye, quartet with bassplayer Mats Eilertsen, clarinet-saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist and drummer Thomas Strønen. He regulary gives concerts with drummer percussionist Alan Purves in duo or in combination with singers from Sardenia, the Tenores e Concordu de Orosei. Projects Ernst Reijseger participated in are for instance: A Tango/PostTango with WDR-bigband Köln With Music of pianist/composer/director Gerardo Gandini and bandoneonist Nestor Marconi and Barana & Co with Dutch and Turkish musicians and a drummer/percussionist from Iran. In collaboration with Theatergroep Flint he made the production 'Korreltjie Korreltjie Sand', based on the poetry of south-african Ingrid Jonker. His written music is performed by cellist Larissa Groeneveld and pianist Frank van de Laar with Reijseger as soloist. (cd: Do You Still, label Winter & Winter). Reijseger played solo with the Metropole Orchestra, in a project about the filmmusic of Ennio Morricone. Compositions in collaboration with copmposer/arranger Martin Fondse. Ernst Reijseger writes music for film (a.o. 'The White Diamond', 'The Wild Blue Yonder' and 'Rescue Dawn' by Werner Herzog)) and documentaries(a.o. ‘The Unforbidden City’ by Floris-Jan van Luyn). At this moment Reijseger performs a ‘concertant’ version of the music, based on Werner Herzog’s films. The title both of the cd and the concert is: Requiem for a Dying Planet At the moment he performs a concertant version with the same singers who particapated in the making of two Werner Herzog movies. The cd and performance are called Requiem for a Dying Planet. Reijseger also likes to play for children, in schools and theatres, and teaches at Amsterdam conservatory and gives occasional celloworkshops His music is released by the label Winter & Winter, www.winterandwinter.com |
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