Ilse Huizinga (15 October 1966) is a Dutch

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singer. She performs throughout Europe.

History

She lived in Australia for a year and attended the

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, where she received a degree in

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. From 1993 to 1996 she studied music at the

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and took master classes with

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and Margriet Eshuis. Her informal debut was at

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, and she has also performed at

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and Amsterdam's

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prison. She has toured in Spain, Turkey, Switzerland and France, and regularly performs in the United Kingdom. A winner of the

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Jazz Award, she has represented the Netherlands at the international jazz festival in Vienne, France. In 2011 Huizinga formed Vocal Jazz Trip, a tour operator based in Amsterdam that hosts vocal jazz master classes and

themed city breaks in Paris, Berlin, Rome, New York City, Prague, and London. She was invited to several concerts in China and performed with the Orchestra de Jazz do Algarve in Portugal. JAZZSINGERSACADEMY For aspiring jazz singers, who like to learn how to scat, how to make the most of lyrics and how to sing jazz – Ilse offers online courses with her initiative Jazz Singers Academy. Her courses are followed worldwide, from the Bahama's to India, from the US to the UK and from Holland to Taiwan
www.ilsehuizinga.com/jazz-singers-academy/
Ilse currently works on a new show and album. KLM selected Huizinga's debut album '' Out of a Dream'' for its in-flight entertainment program. On ''

Voices Within ''Voices Within'' is a 1999 album by Dutch jazz singer Ilse Huizinga. Track listing # "Foolin' Myself" (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) – 3:21 # "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:10 # "I Should Care" ( S ...

'' she recorded her own voice five times. Her third album '' The Sweetest Sounds'' was voted Album of the Week on Dutch radio and is played on specialist jazz radio stations across Europe. In 2001 Huizinga recorded an album devoted to the songs of

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entitled '' The Sweetest Sounds''. Her latest album 'Here's To Maya Angelou' is a celebration of the poetry by Maya Angelou, set to music by Erik van der Luijt and received rave reviews from the international press. "Amsterdam siren Ilse Huizinga perfectly seasons the sentiment of Angelou's poetry" Huizinga's most celebrated collaboration is with her husband, the pianist, composer, and arranger

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. Other notable collaborations include double bass player Sven Schuster, percussionist

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double bass player

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, guitarist

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Discography

* '' Out of a Dream'' 1997 * ''

'' 1999 * '' The Sweetest Sounds'' (Daybreak, 2001) * ''

Easy to Idolize ''Easy to Idolize'' is a 2004 (see 2004 in music) album by Ilse Huizinga. Track listing # " That's All" ( Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:08 # "The Sound of Music" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:08 # "I Only Have Eyes for Eyes ...

'' (Daybreak, 2004) * ''

Beyond Broadway ''Beyond Broadway'' is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) album by Ilse Huizinga. Track listing # "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:59 # "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:31 # " S ...

'' (Maxanter, 2005) * ''

The Intimate Sessions ''The Intimate Sessions'' is an album by Ilse Huizinga with pianist Erik van der Luijt. Track listing # " Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 2:45 # "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:42 # "Don't Expl ...

'' with

(Foreign Media Group, 2006) * ''

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'' for Japan only – 2006 * ''Here's to Maya Angelou'' (Daybreak, 2016)

Samples

* Download sample, "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Herbert Brown/Kahn), from the 1997 album '' Out of a Dream'' * "Almost Like Being in Love" (Lerner/Loewe), from the 1999 album ''

'' * Download sample of the 2005 album ''

References

External links

Official website of Ilse Huizinga
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huizinga, Ilse 1966 births Living people People from Beverwijk Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni Dutch jazz singers Dutch women singers 21st-century Dutch women singers