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Timuçin Sahin (Turkey, 1973) moved to the Netherlands in 1992 and studied jazz guitar at the Rotterdam and Hilversum Conservatory. His teachers were Maarten van der Grinten, Jesse van Ruller, Joe Pass and John Abercrombie. He succesfully completed the advanced programme Second Phase jazz guitar at the Sweelinck Conservatory, where he also studied composition and South Indian music. As a guitar-player, he performed jazz and world music at festivals and music theatres. He wrote various compositions for the ensembles of the "New contemporary music through nonwestern techniques" course. These and other compositions were performed in contemporary music festivals. Recently, he composed for "Nieuwe Slagwerkgroep Amsterdam". Since 1996, Timuçin teaches at the Amsterdam Music School. At the moment he studies classical and contemporary composition with Rafael Reina and Daan Manneke. Oene van Geel (NL, 1973) studied violin and composition at the Rotterdam Conservatory. He completed succesfully the "New contemporary music through nonwestern techniques" course at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Whether he is playing the violin, viola or even percussion, Oene van Geel is always trying to integrate elements from different musical traditions into his own music, such as jazz, funk, (contemporary) classical music as well as traditional music from all over the world. He founded several ensembles of which jazz quintet "GEEL!" won the 1998 Dutch Jazz Contest. Furthermore, he participated in many CD projects, toured around Europe and the Dutch Antilles, composed for and played in multidisciplinary projects with dancers, actors and (animation) film. In 2000 he won the Jur Naessens Music Award with his group Mosaic. In 2001 he won the prize for Best Soloist at the Dutch Jazz Competition. Albert van Veenendaal (NL, 1956) studied piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 1982 he won the Meervaart Jazz Competition with saxophone player Dick de Graaf. Ever since he worked with Dutch and international jazz, classical and world musicians (such as Corrie van Binsbergen, Cameron Brown, Arnold Dooyeweerd, Sylvie Courvoisier, Wiek Hijmans, Rob van den Broeck, Hans Hasebos and many others) in the Netherlands and Europe. He has been the founder of his own trio and septet and played several solo piano recitals. He composed for and played in theatre productions and dance companies and he works as a composer/arranger/producer for various CD projects. In 1999 he toured with a Sinatra project, involving his trio Pavlov and two female singers. In 2001 he performed with his Four Piano Quartet. Albert also works as a music teacher and twice a year he organizes the multidisciplinary festival The Evening of the Longest/Shortest Night.   |
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