Bert Boeren (born March 11, 1962) is a Dutch

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and

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Early life and education

Boeren was born in

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, on March 11, 1962. He took up the

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at the age of 16. In 1981, Boeren went to study classical music at the Conservatory in

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, and in 1983, moved to the Conservatory in

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in order to study jazz under Bart van Lier. While at Hilversum, he took part in workshops with some of the foremost jazz musicians of the day, including

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, Frank Foster, Bill Holman, and

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Career

Since 1987, he has taught at various conservatories and schools, including the Rotterdam Conservatory and the

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. He was chosen to represent the Netherlands as a soloist at the 1989 Nordring Festival in

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, in 1990 as part of the European Broadcasting Union Big Band in

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, and as a soloist at the 1991

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European Radioweek. Boeren has toured worldwide, both as soloist and as a member of various bands. He has played in the Eurojazz Big Band, the Swingcats, the

Dutch Swing College Band The Dutch Swing College Band (DSCB) is a traditional dixieland band founded on 5 May 1945 by bandleader and clarinettist/ saxophonist Peter Schilperoort. Highly successful in their native home of the Netherlands, the band quickly found an in ...

, the Bob Brookmeyer Big Band, and in Bart's Bones. In 1992 he appeared as a soloist at the Classical Jazz Festival in

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. He's currently playing with the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Masters of Swing, and the Frits Landesbergen Baileo Big Band. He can be heard on the Daybreak album 'en blanc et noir' #11 with the Rob van Bavel Trio. Boeren is an artist/clinician for Michael Rath Trombones. His personal instrument is a brass/nickel silve
Rath R1

References

External links

(''Jazzmasters'' entry, listing recording, tours, awards, etc.)
Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw
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