Spring Duets
Spring, a time of renewal and growth. In the annual Spring Duets series, the Bimhuis celebrates this spring feeling by creating new encounters between musicians they hold in high regard. Whether it concerns young heroes, internationally renowned performers, improv veterans or unique outsiders, they unite in taking on the challenge of making a new sound heard.
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Kristina Fuchs & Jeroen van Vliet – vocals/electronics & piano/electronics
Kicking off with an intimate duo presenting their album this evening: Life, you are beautiful , by singer Kristina Fuchs and pianist Jeroen van Vliet. Fuchs, who effortlessly switches between dreamy and playful, whispering and powerful with a kaleidoscopic voice, plays together with pianist Jeroen van Vliet, who impresses with his lyrical and crystal clear playing. Together they create an adventurous musical world in which 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 this is the first time they are playing in duo form. Together with vocalist Greetje Bijma, they formed Picatrix, an adventurous ensemble that explores the boundaries of improvisation. Oliver is a (viola) violinist and plays the Hardanger violin, a Norwegian folk variant of the violin. She is a linchpin in the Amsterdam improv scene, partly due to her participation in the ICP Orchestra. The idiosyncratic pianist Nora Mulder made her name with a combination of contemporary classical music, improvised music and special sound installations.
Ella Zirina & Wolfert Brederode – piano & guitar
In a short time, Ella Zirina has developed into a guitarist who is indispensable in the Dutch jazz scene, partly due to 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 names such as Tineke Postma, Ben van Gelder, Jesse van Ruller, Reinier Baas, Pablo Held and Yuri Honing. Now she shares the stage with another big name; pianist Wolfert Brederode. Brederode's piano playing and compositions are recognizable and yet surprising, because of the subtle contrasts he uses. His latest album Ruins and Remains was released on the renowned label ECM Records.
Giuseppe Doronzo & Genevieve Murphy - baritone saxophone/Iranian bagpipes & voice/electronics/Scottish bagpipes
Baritone saxophonist Giuseppe Doronzo is an improviser par excellence. It makes all the more sense that he will be duetting with another such born improviser, Genevieve Murphy. Doronzo has played at the Bimhuis before, for example with the AVA Trio or as a soloist, with the successful solo album Goya . Genevieve Murphy combines performance and visual arts with contemporary classical music. Playing the bagpipes is what she has in common, with Doronzo playing the Iranian bagpipes alongside baritone saxophone and Murphy playing the Scottish bagpipes alongside her voice and electronics.
