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 (, 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 Netherlands. Since September 2021, t ...

and the

New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (NYCDA) is a private drama school in New York City. It was originally conceived for the purpose of training actors for film and television acting and is accredited by the National Association of Scho ...

. 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 a festival held annually on the second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue. The festival moved to Rotterdam in 2006 after the demolition of the Statenhal in The Hague where it was originally held. ...

. 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 a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in ...

, the New Trombone Collective, Marnix Busstra,

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

Arabic music Arabic music () is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse List of music styles, music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also many linguistic Varieties of Arabic, dialects, with each countr ...

, 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 (

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

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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. Presentl ...

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 (, born on 24 November 1964) is an Iran, Iranian Kurds, Kurdish kamancheh and setar player, and a vocal composer. He has received three Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album nominations. Kalhor has also earned two nom ...

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

Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh (; born August 24, 1951) 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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