Rembrandt Frerichs (born 1977) is a jazz pianist and composer from the

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. He leads a few ensembles: Rembrandt Frerichs Trio and Levantasy. In his playing he is being influenced by the American jazz tradition, as well by philosophy and Arabic music. Frerichs teaches jazz piano on the conservatory of

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Life

Frerichs studied at the

Royal Conservatory of The Hague The Royal Conservatoire ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Nether ...

and the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. He completed his studies in The Hague with honors. At the age of 22 he made his debut at the

North Sea Jazz Festival The North Sea Jazz Festival is an annual festival held each second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue. It used to be in The Hague but since 2006 it has been held in Rotterdam. This is because the Statenhal where the festival wa ...

. Rembrandt plays in several of his own ensembles such as Rembrandt Frerich Trio, '' Chiaroscuro '' and (with and Yoram Lachish) 'Levantasy'. He has also collaborated with

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of ...

, the New Trombone Collective, Marnix Busstra,

Michel Godard Michel Godard is a French avant-garde jazz and classical musician. He plays tuba and the predecessor of the tuba, a brass instrument known as the serpent. Career At 18, Godard was a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-France. He ha ...

, and . In addition to jazz, he was inspired by classical European music as well as

Arabic music Arabic music or Arab music ( ar, الموسيقى العربية, al-mūsīqā al-ʿArabīyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also m ...

, for which he developed a passion during a two-year stay in Egypt. Frerichs teaches jazz piano at the Conservatory of

and has been a guest teacher at the conservatories of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. He is also artistic director of various cultural events, such as the Rabo Jazz Festival (

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), the Waterfront Jazz Club (

Almere Almere () is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands, located about 20 km to the east of Amsterdam (as the crow flies) across the IJmeer. Bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde, the municipality of Almere comprises ...

) and the Regentenkamer (The Hague). His debut album ''Self Portrait'' was nominated for an

Edison Award The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award. The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed by ...

In 2014, his album '' A Long Story Short '' was also nominated for this prestigious Dutch award.

Discography

* ''Self Portrait'' (Plastik People, 2007) * ''Ordem E Progesso Vol.1'' (Plastik People, 2009) * ''Ordem E Progesso Vol.2'' (Plastik People, 2009) * ''Levantasy'' (Kepera, 2010, with Yoram Lachish,

Tony Overwater Tony Overwater (Rotterdam, 24 March 1965) is a Dutch jazz bassist (acoustic bass and violone) and composer of jazz and improvisational music. In 2002 he received the Boy Edgar Award, the most important jazz award in The Netherlands. Presently ...

and ) * ''A Long Story Short'' (Challenge Records, 2014, with Tony Overwater, and Vinsent Planjer) * ''The Contemporary Fortepiano'' (2018) Discussion (jazz-fun.de)
* ''It’s Still Autumn '' (Kepera, 2019, with

Kayhan Kalhor Kayhan Kalhor ( fa, کیهان کلهر, ku, کەیھان کەڵھوڕ, translit=Keyhan Kelhur, born 24 November 1964) is an Iranian- Kurdish kamancheh and setar player and vocalist composer and master of classical Iranian traditional music. ...

, Tony Overwater, and Vinsent Planjer) * ''Same Self, Same Silence'' (Just Listen Records, 2020 with

Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh ( fa, حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohamm ...

)

References

External links

Website Rembrandt Frerichs
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