Cas Jiskoot

Loek van den Berg

Aseo Friesacher

Martin Hafizi

Nathan Surquin

Saxophonist Loek van den Berg stirs the imagination with his narrative, layered compositions. While staying focused on the melody, his band members have all the room the improvise and explore the gritty edges. Seafarer, the second album by the quintet, exudes this spontaneous character. It shows how close the members have become as the result of international tours with concerts in, among others, Spain, Turkey and India.

In September 2023, Loek van den Berg and his band won the Edison award in the category Jazz Newcomer National, for their debut album Wayfarer. With the title song of that album, the band leader won the award for best composition in the Dutch Jazz Competition of 2022. In the summer before that, the band reached second place in the Getxo International Jazz Competition, and in 2019 Loek won the Erasmus Jazz Prize.

‘A thoughtful player with a round, melodic sound… beautiful imaginative compositions that have the wind in their sails’ (NRC Handelsblad).

Shane Koppers

Bimhuis

Loek van den Berg Quintet

Martijn Vink

Suzan Veneman

Ellister van der Molen

Jan van Duikeren

Peter Beets

Ruud Breuls

Simon Rigter

Sjoerd Dijkhuizen

Ilja Reijngoud

Nabou Claerhout

Jasper van Damme

Bert Boeren

Martijn van Iterson

Ruben Drenth

Martin van den Berg

Marco Kegel

Juan Martinez

Wim Both

Erik Veldkamp

Jan Oosting

No new jazz without a new generation. That is why the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw gives space to young ‘Jazz Influencers’, with this edition the innovative trombonist Nabou Claerhout and a trumpet player with a great love for the sixties: Ruben Drenth.

Belgian trombonist and composer Nabou Claerhout is ‘definitely one to watch out for’ (London Jazz News). With her Trombone Ensemble she has already put the instrument in the spotlight five times, exploring its many possibilities: warm, soft and playful, but also spirited and always inviting. In addition, the orchestra also invites the surprising trumpeter and composer Ruben Drenth to share the stage with them. His album How To Gather Moss is inspired by the Rolling Stones with catchy melodies and rhythmic, brutal solos in his playing.

The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw is at the absolute top of the big bands in Europe. The orchestra won several Edison Awards and has performed with world class soloists such as Chick Corea, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Joshua Redman. In 2020, nine young jazz artists were commissioned to write compositions for the big band. This resulted in the album The Jazz Influencers, and the eponymous concert series.

Peter Beets piano, Marco Kegel alto sax, Jasper van Damme alto sax, Simon Rigter tenor sax, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen tenor sax, Juan Martinez bariton sax, Suzan Veneman trumpet, Ellister van der Molen trumpet, Wim Both trumpet, Erik Veldkamp trumpet, Jan van Duikeren trumpet, Ruud Breuls trumpet, Jan Oosting trombone, Ilja Reijngoud trombone, Bert Boeren trombone, Martin van den Berg bass trombone, Martijn van Iterson guitar, Frans van Geest bass, Martijn Vink drums

Ruben Drenth trumpet, Nabou Claerhout trombone

Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw ft. Nabou Claerhout & Ruben Drenth

Tuesday night means it is time for a new Tuesday Jam! Still led by saxophonist and winner of the Boy Edgar Prize 2019 Jasper Blom, Tuesday Jam is the place where musicians of all ages and levels meet and inspire each other. With the celebrated jazz department of the Conservatory of Amsterdam only a couple of hundred meters away from our BIMHUIS, there is no lack of impressive talent on stage at anytime. Add some spontanious visits of world-class musicians like Esperanza Spalding, Seamus Blake and Dick Oatts, and you got the perfect mix. In short, this is the session where every jazzmusician and jazzlover should be.

Entrance is free, reservations are not necessary. No reservations needed.

Tuesday Jam

Maarten Ornstein

Eric Hoeke

The illustrious trio DASH! (sax, bass guitar, drums) celebrated its twentieth anniversary with the release of Radio Rotor, a tribute to the eponymous electronics store in Amsterdam’s Kinkerstraat that closed in 2022. Now DASH! will perform the album in its entirety, alongside earlier works. Expect an intense, hypnotic night where unapologetic swing meets volcanic outbursts and whispery melodies.

A DASH! concert is like the Olympic hundred metres: an exhilarating, physical experience. DASH! creates its own musical universe with deceptively plain materials. A universe where only notes that matter are being played, and with no room for redundant noise.

‘It all permeates the music of DASH!: rhythmic depth, the directness of pop, the swing and improvisation of jazz and lightning fast, tightly played melodies’ (Trouw).

DASH!

Coşkun Karademir

Fatih Koçer

Adem Gülşen

With “Ethnic Signals,” award-winning instrumentalist Coşkun Karademir brings Anatolian music to a wide audience. In this innovative project, he combines mystical Eastern sounds, traditional Anatolian folk songs and self-composed instrumental melodies with electronic music, a first in this genre.

A passionate player of the baglama, Karademir has built an impressive career composing for TV series, films and documentaries. His work with The Secret Ensemble and albums such as “The Call of the Birds,” “Endless Path” and “Oz” garnered international recognition, as did his album “Interlude,” which was awarded the Best World Beat EP award and a Silver Medal from the Global Music Awards.

Coşkun Karademir kopuz/bağlama/vocals, Fatih Koçer kaval, Adem Gülşen piano/keyboards

Coşkun Karademir ‘Ethnic Signals’

Dré Pallemaerts

Alex Koo

Lennart Heyndels

‘Belgium is too small for pianist Alex Koo’, according to newspaper De Tijd. As the son of a Belgian missionary sent to Japan in the seventies and a Japanese peace activist, the West-Flanders born pianist refuses to be boxed into any traditional category. He began his musical journey as a classical piano prodigy at the age of five. In his teens, he developed a passion for jazz and improvisation, earning praise from jazz legends such as Kenny Werner and Brad Mehldau. Now he will perform music from his recent album Blame It on My Chromosomes, which features star trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire.

With ten remarkably personal compositions, Blame It on My Chromosomes is more than a musical statement—it is a form of self-therapy, a way to ‘ventilate and surrender to the music,’ says Koo. ‘Music should have a deeper meaning than just self-promotion. For me it is about accepting who I am and letting go of everything else.’ Like on the album, Koo will perform with his long-standing trio with Lennart Heyndels on bass and Dré Pallemaerts on drums, who provide daring ensemble playing and musical fireworks.

Alex Koo Trio

Jeroen van Vliet

Wolfert Brederode

Genevieve Murphy

Mary Oliver

Giuseppe Doronzo

Ella Zirina

Nora Mulder

Kristina Fuchs

Spring, a time of renewal and growth. In our annual Spring Duets series, we celebrate this spring feeling by creating new encounters between musicians we rate highly. Whether they are young heroes, internationally acclaimed performers, improv veterans, or unique outsiders, they unanimously take on the challenge make new music. This time the duos are:

Kristina Fuchs & Jeroen van Vliet – vocals/electronics & piano/electronics  
We begin with an intimate duo who present their album tonight: Life, you are beautiful, by vocalist Kristina Fuchs and pianist Jeroen van Vliet. Fuchs, with her kaleidoscopic voice effortlessly shifting between dreamy and playful, whispering and powerful, performs together with pianist Jeroen van Vliet, who impresses with his lyrical and crystal-clear playing. Together they create an adventurous musical world where jazz, improvisation, and poetry embrace each other.

Mary Oliver & Nora Mulder – violin/Hardanger fiddle/pedals & piano/electronics/pedals  
Mary Oliver and Nora Mulder are no strangers to each other, although they are now performing as a duo for the first time. Together with vocalist Greetje Bijma, they formed Picatrix, an adventurous ensemble that explores the boundaries of improvisation. Oliver plays the violin, viola and the Hardanger fiddle, a Norwegian folk variant of the violin. She is a pivot in the Amsterdam improv scene, partly through her participation in the ICP Orchestra. The distinctive pianist Nora Mulder made a name for herself with a combination of contemporary classical music, improvised music, and special sound installations.

Ella Zirina & Wolfert Brederode – guitar & piano  
In a short time, Ella Zirina has developed into a guitarist who has become indispensable in the Dutch jazz scene, partly through a performance at North Sea Jazz (with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Joey Baron), her Edison-nominated debut album Intertwined, and the fact that she has already shared the stage with big names like Tineke Postma, Ben van Gelder, Jesse van Ruller, Reinier Baas, Pablo Held, and Yuri Honing. Now she shares the stage with another great musician: pianist Wolfert Brederode. Brederode’s piano playing and compositions are recognizable yet surprising, due to the subtle contrasts he uses. His latest album Ruins and Remains was released on the renowned label ECM Records.

Giuseppe Doronzo & Genevieve Murphy – baritone sax/Iranian bagpipes & voice/electronics/Scottish bagpipes  
Baritone saxophonist Giuseppe Doronzo is an improviser through and through. Therefore it makes a lot of sence he enters into a duet with another pure improviser, Genevieve Murphy. Doronzo has played many times on our stage before, for example with the AVA Trio or as a soloist, with the successful solo album Goya. Genevieve Murphy combines performance and visual art with contemporary classical music. A commonality is playing the bagpipes, with Doronzo on Iranian bagpipes alongside baritone sax and Murphy on Scottish bagpipes alongside her voice and electronics.

Spring Duets

Emma Rawicz

Asaf Sirkis

Elliot Galvin

Kevin Glasgow

Jamie Cullum calls her ‘an astonishing new talent’ and the British press is unanimously enthusiastic: Emma Rawicz is not to be missed. The young star from London made name on Instagram with clips showing her impressive skills on tenor sax, flute and bass clarinet. In her original compositions she takes example from legendary saxophonists/composers such as Joe Henderson and Wayne Shorter.

Color is the main theme on her debut album Chroma, which highlights her synesthesia: for Emma, music is inseparably connected to color and other sensory impressions. This has resulted in a layered, orchestrally sounding album featuring giants and super talents from British jazz. The album incorporates all kinds of influences, from Indian to latin and from fusion to singer-songwriters.

Emma Rawicz sax, Elliot Galvin piano, Kevin Glasgow bass guitar, Asaf Sirkis drums/percussion

Eva Klesse

Nicole McCabe

Sasha Berliner

Kaisa Mäensivu

Together they form a brand new ensemble, these four women who have profiled themselves in recent years as excellent band leaders and imaginative composers. All four have their foundations in jazz, from which they continue to expand their horizons through improvisation. They know each other well—Nicole McCabe appeared in Sasha Berliner’s band at North Sea Jazz, while Sasha played with Kaisa’s Machine led by Kaisa Mäensivu. Now they will tour Europe for the first time in this line-up.

Alto saxophonist Nicole McCabe is a major talent from the flourishing Los Angeles scene, where she collaborates with tastemakers such as Louis Cole, Jeff Parker and Amy Aileen Wood. She previously appeared on our stage with Dolphin Hyperspace, her electro jazz duo with bass guitarist Logan Kane. Her most recent album Mosaic was released on L.A.-based label Ghost Note.

Sasha Berlin is a phenomenon on vibraphone who topped the Downbeat Critics Poll in the category Rising Star Vibraphone. At a very young age she started playing drums and moved towards vibraphone. As a teenager she collaborated with singer-songwriter Beck, made her first EP Gold and completed her jazz education. She recorded her most recent album Onyx with the likes of Marcus Gilmore and James Francies.

Kaisa Mäensivu, originally from Finland, is making a name for herself in New York as a double bassist. She performed with esteemed players such as Kurt Rosenwinkel and Seamus Blake and she previously appeared on our stage with her band Kaisa’s Machine and special guest Jesse van Ruller. She was tutored by Ron Carter and got her master’s degree at Manhattan School of Music.

Eva Klesse also achieved her master’s degree in New York, after studying jazz in Weimar, Paris and Leipzig. As a drummer she has won many awards including an Echo, the German Grammy. In the past decade she has released five albums as a band leader and composer on the renowned label Enja Records, including Songs Against Loneliness which featured guitar hero Wolfgang Muthspiel.

Nicole McCabe alt sax, Sasha Berliner vibraphone, Kaisa Mäensivu double bass, Eva Klesse drums

Nicole McCabe / Sasha Berliner / Kaisa Mäensivu / Eva Klesse

John Dikeman

Ziv Taubenfeld

Frank Gratkowski

Christian Achim Kühn

Esat Ekincioglu

Young and experienced players from improvised music will encounter each other for three days at International Jazz Platform Amsterdam. On the last evening, the participants will join forces for a concert on our stage, where they will form three new bands. Then the room will be taken over by Kuhn Fu, a spectacular band from Berlin mixing psychedelic rock and jazz while leaning towards cabaret, surf, metal, Zappa and Monty Python.

The unknown talents will be introduced on stage by three European music greats, vocalist Greetje Bijma, drummer Gard Nilssen and saxophonist Otis Sandsjö. After the break, guitarist Christian Kühn will appear with his red Telecaster and richly varied compositions. In his band Kuhn Fu we see familiar names alongside rising stars of European improvised music: Frank Gratkowski, Otis Sandjö, Ziv Taubenfeld, Sofia Salvo, Esat Ekincioglu and George Hadow.

Frank Gratkowski alto sax/clarinet, John Dikeman tenor sax, Sofia Salvo baritone sax, Ziv Taubenfeld bass clarinet, Christian Achim Kühn guitar/composition, Esat Ekincioglu bass, George Hadow drums

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KUHN FU | IJP FINAL CONCERT

Adam

Maggie

Christie

Eric

Anna

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Het BIMHUIS is een plek voor baanbrekende musici en nieuwsgierige luisteraars van alle generaties.

Hier wordt jazzgeschiedenis gevierd, ontwikkelt jong talent zich en wordt het gesprek over muzikale conventies en vrijheid doorlopend gevoerd. Al sinds 1974 zijn we een knooppunt in het nationale en internationale netwerk van grensverleggende muziek.

ONZE MISSIE

Wij beloven het publiek een wederkerige concertervaring op een prachtige plek, waar state-of-the-art, grensverleggende jazz ontstaat. In een persoonlijke sfeer met perfect geluid.

We programmeren vanuit het vrije denken. Dat doen we sinds 1974 met musici, makers, programmeurs en publiek die allen een bijdrage leveren aan het gesprek over (muzikale) conventies en vrijheid.

We geven vorm aan de veranderende wereld: we faciliteren projecten, initiëren en organiseren het maken van nieuw werk.

Het BIMHUIS is, net als jazz zélf, een open vorm, onophoudelijk in ontwikkeling, in relatie met de wereld – een mentaliteit. We scheppen in alle lagen van de organisatie condities om goed te luisteren voor meer wederzijds begrip. Luisteren naar de muziek, naar makers, naar elkaar, naar de bezoekers en naar de samenleving.

De uitgebreide versie van onze missie, doelen en plannen de aankomende jaren zijn te lezen in ons Beleidsplan.

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Het BIMHUIS heeft een ANBI-status. De Gemeente Amsterdam steunt ons met een meerjarige subsidie en ons programma wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door het Fonds Podiumkunsten, Ammodo, Sena, Janivo en Brook Foundation. Wij zijn zeer dankbaar voor de steun van de leden van NEWTHING, onze vrienden en donateurs. Het BIMHUIS wordt gesponsord door Grolsch.

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DASH!

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Alex Koo Trio

Tuesday Jam

Spring Duets

Emma Rawicz

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Loek van den Berg Quintet

Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw ft. Nabou Claerhout & Ruben Drenth

Tuesday Jam

DASH!

Coşkun Karademir ‘Ethnic Signals’

Alex Koo Trio

Tuesday Jam

Spring Duets

Emma Rawicz

Nicole McCabe / Sasha Berliner / Kaisa Mäensivu / Eva Klesse

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