Stepping Stone is a new community aimed at empowering musicians towards sustainable international careers. The current music system has gradually lost its connection to the value of music and its creation. Stepping Stone enables an open dialogue with musicians and professionals: bottom-up, aimed at long-term relationships and committed to contribute and share.
During inJazz, Stepping Stone will be officially launched and opens a dialogue on a creator-centered approach. You are invited to step up and actively participate in this conversation together with Stepping Stone 2020 participants Berlinde Deman and Bram Stadhouders. Stepping Stone is financially made possible by among others Grensverleggers - funding to support cultural collaborations between parties in Flanders, the province of Noord-Brabant, the province of Limburg and the province of Zeeland - and by Sabam for Culture.
co-creation, international collaboration, talent development
About me
Sandra is the wise fool of MOROSOPH. As a musician in the business world and as a consultant in the music world, she performs the part of the wise fool who brings new insights with lightness and humour. In the capacity of social entrepreneur Sandra engages in bottom-up initiatives which have sustainable impact on transforming society and business. As such she is co-founder of Stepping Stone, together with Lobke Aelbrecht and Rogier Telderman
www.steppingstone.family
www.morosoph.nl
www.artvarksq.com
Rogier Telderman
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Company
Powered by TINC
Job title
artist, creative
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TBA
Lobke Aelbrecht
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Company
JazzLab
Job title
production manager
Interests
About me
Lobke works for JazzLab, where she takes care of the production side of concert tours and the international projects. She loves setting up collaborations with others and working out new ideas to help forward the music sector as a whole. Together with Rogier and Sandra, she is the initiator of Stepping Stone.
Berlinde Deman
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Company
Berlinde Deman
Job title
Artist & Composer
Interests
About me
Berlinde Deman obtained her Master's Degree in tuba in classical music at the Antwerp Conservatory and has been a highly sought musician in all genres. She has been playing in numerous bands/projects/soundtracks, such as Flat Earth Society, MikMâäk, Razen, Kleptomatics, Vvolk, Dick Van der Harst, Fa Fan Fahre, Lieven Tavernier, Jef Neve, De Kift and others.
Furthermore, she plays the serpent, with which she is a fixed member of B.O.X.. She has worked with Richard Reed Parry, Spinvis, Brihang, Tsar B, The Colorist Orchestra, DezMona, Eefje De Visser, Machinefabriek, among others and has her own serpent/electronics duo with Mirko Banovic.
Martel Ollerenshaw
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Company
Sound Out
Job title
Arts Broker & Creative Producer
Interests
About me
Working internationally, Martel Ollerenshaw is an arts broker and creative producer. With a wide portfolio of skills and interests, she leads her own company, Arts & Parts and works actively with artists, organisations and festivals to create and produce work that is pioneering and often genre blurring. A specialist in the development of musical talent at all stages of professional careers, Martel has managed significant UK jazz artists (conductor/arranger Jules Buckley and composer/saxophonists John Surman and Andy Sheppard) and has also identified and nurtured this generation of British, European and Australian jazz and art musicians via formal talent development schemes (e.g., Sound Out and Serious’ Seriously Talented Suite of programmes including, Air Time and Take Five: UK, Switzerland & Europe) and informal mentoring. She is the vice president of the Europe Jazz Network (EU funded, 160-member strong), and an active board member of the Australian Music Centre (the national organisation for Australian art mus
Sophie Blussé
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Company
Jazz International Rotterdam
Job title
Director
Interests
About me
As of 2017 Sophie Blussé is the director of Jazz International Rotterdam. Prior to JIR she worked for organisations such as Dutch Performing Arts and Music Center the Netherlands (project management & (inter)national promotion) and Scapino Ballet Rotterdam (fundraising). She also worked as a freelance artist & project manager and booked The Ploctones, Estafest, Tineke Postma, Jonathan Scales, New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra and others. In the field of project coördination and/or fundraising she has had the pleasure to work with organisations such as North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazz Promotion Network UK, Codarts Conservatory, London Jazz Festival and The Boy Edgarprijs Foundation. She started working in jazz as a product manager at Challenge Records, at the beginning of the century.
Bram Stadhouders
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Company
Bram Stadhouders
Job title
Artist & Composer
Interests
About me
Bram Stadhouders (Netherlands, 1987) is an improviser and composer, best known for creating highly unusual projects using guitar and technology, blending different genres together. He has received important awards, is active touring globally and collaborates with established artists in the international music scene.
Svenja Doeinck
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Company
Stadtgarten
Job title
project manager NICA
Interests
About me
Svenja Doeinck is the project manager of NICA artistic development, a newly installed artist support programme at Stadtgarten, which supports individual musicians from the region of North Rhine-Westphalia in the further development of their professional careers. As a musician involved in production, she tries to give NICA artists a better understanding of this side of the jazz world in order to encourage them to work creatively with it.
Nabou Claerhout
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Company
N∆BOU
Job title
Artist & Composer
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About me
Maarten Mendelaar
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Company
Music Dept.
Job title
Artist manager
Interests
Record labels, festivals and more
About me
Artist booker and manager at Music Dept. the music minded agency. www.musicdept.nl
O. Gerritsen
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Company
Stichting Powered by TINC
Job title
Business Director
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About me
Angelique van Os
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Company
Jazzism / Aphranova
Job title
freelance journalist / musician
Interests
festival programmers, bookers, new talents
About me
For quite some years I am a freelance journalist/editor for Jazzism magazine. I ha a big international network and built up quite some expertise. Also I am a singer, songwriter and running my band Aphranova, of which we have released our debut album The Crossing in Feb. this year.
Marieke Meischke
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Company
So What's Next? - ArtEZ Music Conservatory - Sound Out
Since over 25 years I have been exploring and walking the field of music, as a booking agent, tour manager, festival producer/manager, teacher and lyricist.
For me it is about connection and communication, sowing and reaping that leads to the right artists on the right stages expressing the core of their story. I am the founder of eclectic music festival FlatFest and project manager of festival So What’s Next? And I’m equally passionate about coaching young music students with merging words & music and preparing them for the professional music world.
www.mariekemeischke.com
laura varache
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Company
musiclx
Job title
jazz project manager
Interests
About me
After almost 10 years spent in the music industry in France and in Africa (management, booking, programming), i am now project manager alongside luxembourgish musicians to accompany them in their career development at an international level.
Ikaros van Duppen
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Company
Buma Cultuur / inJazz
Job title
general manager
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About me
Mark van Schaick
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Company
Buma Cultuur / inJazz
Job title
conference programmer
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Ramon van Merkenstein
Country
Company
Ramon van Merkenstein Trio
Job title
musician & composer
Interests
About me
Dutch bass player based in Brussels, playing in several projects.
Leader of Ramon van Merkenstein Trio. We recorded our first album recently, and currently preparing the release.
www.ramonvanmerkenstein.com
Gabriele di Franco
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Company
LULELA
Job title
Composer
Interests
About me
http://www.gabrieledifranco.com/projects/
Stijn Viaene
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Company
Arawak Band Support
Job title
Artist Management
Interests
About me
Sol Jang
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Company
Sol Jang
Job title
Jazz Pianist/Composer
Interests
Networking, International Festivals, Jazz and Experimental Music
About me
“Musical language which is already mature and has its own sound but it’s still keeping the youthful freshness and willing to experiment.”(Jazzklub Krefeld)
Sol Jang is a South Korean pianist and composer. She debuted in the music scene through a famous Korean TV program called “The Greatest Birth” 2012. Sol Jang received her Bachelor's degree at UArts Philadelphia and finished a master's study at ArtEZ Arnhem. Currently working as a dance accompanist at ArtEZ Arnhem.
She is a two-time jazz competition finalist and actively performing in clubs and the festivals.
www.soljang.com
Giuseppe Doronzo
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Company
Giuseppe Doronzo/ Tora Records
Job title
musician,composer
Interests
About me
www.giuseppedoronzo.com
Danielle Oosterop
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Company
Danielle Oosterop Music Management
Job title
agent
Interests
About me
Felix Schlarmann
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Company
WonderYears & Adamas Circus (Bruut!, and more)
Job title
Drummer
Interests
Bookers, clubs and festivals from the Netherlands and the rest of Europe (and the world) who might be interested in one of the two mentioned projects!
About me
Felix Schlarmann is a German born jazz drummer, composer and educator based in Amsterdam.
With the well appreciated album Counterlife he made his recording debut as a composer on Challenge Records. Since more than ten years Felix makes part of the known Dutch powerjazz formation BRUUT!, a band that tours all over the globe and let him appear on numerous international festivals and stages. He is part of the jazz faculty at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, is a member of the Amsterdam musicians collective Splendor, and as a driven organizer within the Amsterdam jazz scene he is the founder and musical director of the highly acclaimed Jazzfestival ‘Jazzfest Amsterdam’.
For saison 2020/2021 and the near future Felix will focus on two projects he is involved in as a co-leader:
the WonderYears trio with saxophonist Jasper Blom and a new collaboration with pianist and composer Martin Fondse called Adamas Circus.
WonderYears is a new project featuring price-winning saxophonist Jasper Blom. The band plays exclus
Rosalie Genay
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Company
Rosalie Genay
Job title
Vocalist - Composer
Interests
About me
www.rosaliegenay.com
Pieter Schoonderwoerd
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Company
Your Jazz Career
Job title
Artist Coach / Author
Interests
About me
Since 2008 I have been improving the value propositions, teamwork and longterm success for several cultural and educational organizations.
Who am I? I am a driven and curious optimist with a knack for concept creation, teamwork and entrepreneurship. I have over a decade of working experience and tangible accomplishments in the non-profit sector and in higher music education.
Recent work experience includes director of Jazz Maastricht Foundation, Pop, Jazz & Beyond programmer at music venue de Doelen (Rotterdam), Board-member of VIP (Vereniging van Jazz- en Improvisatiemuziek Podia) and founder of music entrepreneurship platform Your Jazz Career.
Simone van der Weerden
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Company
Simone van der Weerden
Job title
Bandoneonist/ arranger/ composer
Interests
Networking, world music, jazz, good food
About me
I'm a Dutch bandoneon player with my own tango/jazz fusion project. My mission is to conquer the world with my bandoneon, making sure everyone heard it!
www.simonevanderweerden.com
Marta Golka
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Company
Golka
Job title
Musician
Interests
About me
Folker Tettero
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Company
Tettero
Job title
Guitarist/bandleader
Interests
About me
Rogé Verstraete
Country
Company
Citadelic-el NEGOCITO Records/Agency
Job title
Zaakvoerder
Interests
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Guy van Hulst
Country
Company
TivoliVredenburg & Transition Festival
Job title
programmer
Interests
About me
Birgül Donmez
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Company
Karsu
Job title
manager
Interests
International concerts
About me
I'm manager of sing&songwriter Karsu.
Lawrence Van Den Eede
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Company
ART-SPOT.BE
Job title
General Manager
Interests
About me
Cecile Chenais
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Company
Tsong Dao Prod
Job title
booker
Interests
About me
David Shooter
Country
Company
Lancaster Jazz Festival
Job title
Festival Organizer and Musician & Producer
Interests
About me
Stefano Zucchiatti
Country
Company
Europe Jazz Network
Job title
Communication Manager
Interests
About me
Gustavo Cabrera
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Company
Gustavo Cabrera
Job title
Composer/Violinist
Interests
Networking, Performance, Creating/Collaborations
About me
I'm an Argentinian violinist composer. I perform with various kinds of ensembles throughout Europe and perform my own work as well. I receive my Masters Diploma from Codarts studying under Paul van Brugge and Gustavo Beytelmann composition.
Hilde Spille
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Company
Paperclip Agency
Job title
booking agent
Interests
cross-over
About me
booking agent for the Netherlands and Europe, since '95, working with pop/rock and crossover to world and jazz, for standing and seated audience; I also write about mental challenges for artists at compassforcreatives.com
Kirsi Harju
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Company
Kirsi Harju Music, KAMA Kollektiv
Job title
Trumpeter, singer, composer
Interests
About me
Finnish musician based in Amsterdam. Leader of KAMA Kollektiv www.kamakollektiv.com
facebook.com/kamakollektiv
www.kirsimarjaharju.com
facebook.com/kirsiharjumusic
Aviv Noam
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Company
Aviv Noam Music
Job title
Saxophonist/composer & band-leader
Interests
About me
A young professional saxophone player and the founder and leader of "Aviv Noam Quartet".
Originally born and raised in Tel Aviv (IL) but for the past few years living and working in the fields of Jazz, Avant-garde & free improvised music alongside playing Funk & groove based projects like "Valvetronic Brassband".
Aviv Noam Quartet is releasing its debut album in fall 2020, playing original music in a mixed genre of Avant-garde & contemporary jazz music.
Our music has a changing balance between written and improvised musical material, creating exiting "On the spot" moments!
Intimacy, Organized Chaos, humor, groove & mixed Genre influences are only a few ways to describe our music...
You can hear us live in Amsterdam's "Grachtenfestival 2020" coming August.
Quartet setting:
Saxophones, Bass Clarinet, Double Bass & Drums.
Rosa Galbany
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Company
JAZZ I AM & Taller de Músics
Job title
Director & Head International Department
Interests
About me
TBA
Fahranaz Bozkurt
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Company
3dots
Job title
artist manager
Interests
About me
Marika Mastrandrea
Country
Company
Inner Urge Music
Job title
Booking & Management
Interests
Music, Jazz, Networks, Music Festivals
About me
Booking agent and Artist Manager at Inner Urge Music (Agency, Records, Publisher, Education).
https://innerurgemusic.com/
Francisco Cereno Andrade
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Company
Música Mundo
Job title
Co-Founder, Program Director
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About me
Francisco Cereno worked as coordinator of international affairs and curator at the state-run program Musica Minas which supports the international promotion of Brazilian artists. Later he co-founded the cultural organization Embaixada Cultural which develops international network for young professionals and organizes the internacional music fair Musica Mundo. Musica Mundo is an annual event occurring in Belo Horizonte, Brazil that aims to promote the Brazilian Music scene abroad.
Fer Abrahams
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Company
CAB
Job title
consultant
Interests
talent development
About me
Malwina Witkowska
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Company
No Earplugs
Job title
Booking agent
Interests
www.noearplugs.no
About me
Booking agent and founder of No Earplugs - booking agency and blog.
Working with:
Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band, Jonas Cambien Trio, Kalle Moberg/Paul Lytton/Philipp Wachsmann and The Young Mothers.
Website: noearplugs.no
Instagram: no.earplugs
Based in Oslo, Norway.
Joshua Dellaert
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Company
ART-SPOT.BE
Job title
external relations, showcases & bookings
Interests
About me
ART-SPOT.BE is an innovative alternative management office for jazz orientated acts. ART-SPOT.BE uses its skills and knowhow to support musicians with one-off projects and/or structural aspects of their band and is a sparring partner and coach that assists bands in their search for authentic expression and helps them to reach a larger audience. ART-SPOT.BE is a contact point for artists, bands and projects. We offer a clearly defined long-term vision and thorough, structured and reliable support. We aim high and we like to work with artists who do the same musically, artistically and business-wise. ART-SPOT.BE represents following bands : BESTIAAL - COMPRO ORO - H A S T - JOHN GHOST - MATTIASDECRAENE - MDCIII - NORDMANN - SKORDATURA - STEIGER - WASDAMAN
Estrella Acosta
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Company
eStar
Job title
Musician/Bandleader
Interests
Concerts, festivals, booking agents.
About me
I am a Cuban born vocalist living in The Netherlands. My music is a mixture of Cuban, Brazilian and Jazz. I have issued four albums on my label 'eStar'. The most recent project, “Mujeres de Luna', with Esquina 25 quintet + string quartet, presents a new take on songs by great female Cuban composers from past 100 years. Member of The Recording Academy (NARAS & LARAS) www.estrellaacosta.com
Julie Campiche
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Company
Julie Campiche Quartet
Job title
jazz harpist, composer
Interests
I will be interested in meeting professionals and presenting my work to them to get advice on how to improve communication. In particular, it would be very interesting for me to get an outside perspective on my work, what are the strong points, the weak points, etc...
About me
Harpist Julie Campiche’s work is an on-going process of musical innovation. Through research and experimentation she has developed the use of electronic effects that enhance the scope of her improvisational work. She has a very personnel technique and her own musical language.
Julie introduced her harp into the world of jazz and contemporary music in a very organic way. She now performs in numerous European clubs and festivals on a regular basis.
As a leader, Julie develops very personal projects.
Since 2016, Julie has been playing regularly in Europe with her eponymous quartet. This group, ist acclaimed by the international press and was selected to represent Switzerland at the 12 Points Festival in Dublin and nominated for the Montreux Jazz New Talent Award.
In January 2020 Julie initiated the Strings Project, with which she wants to reunite her classical, jazz and electronic roots.
In addition to her concerts as a performing musician, Julie recently discovered a great interest in composition.
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Theo van Dooremalen
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Company
November Music
Job title
managing director
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Imke de Feber
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Company
Powered by TINC
Job title
Marketeer
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Guy Salamon
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Company
The Guy Salamon Group
Job title
Musician
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About me
Amsterdam based drummer / composer / arranger / educator / band leader. Originally from Israel, main occupation as leader of the award winning Guy Salamon Group and drummer of Fuensanta Mendez, Teis Semey, Sam Newbauld, Jim van der Zee and Aviv Noam to name a few.
www.guysalamon.com
Thomas Beltsios
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Company
Thomas Beltsios
Job title
Guitarist/Photographer
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Lize Colson
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Company
VI.BE
Job title
Folk, Jazz & World Representative
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Jelske Hoogervorst
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Company
Jelske Hoogervorst
Job title
Musician
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Dirk Beets
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Company
Dirkbeetsmusic
Job title
Musician
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About me
Mik Torfs
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Company
JazzLab
Job title
director
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Frank van Berkel
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Company
BIMHUIS
Job title
Head of Programming
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About me
Frank van Berkel (born 1963) is working as program director at the BIMHUIS Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since January 2018. Frank also works as a freelance programmer for festival North Sea Round Town in Rotterdam. Before that, Frank worked as a freelance music program manager in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Frank worked for Concertgebouw De Doelen, Jazz International Rotterdam, LantarenVenster and LUX in Nijmegen. He managed the New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra, an original collective of next generation Dutch jazz musicians and sat on the advisory committee for music of the Dutch Performing Arts Fund for six years. Frank studied double bass and bass guitar at the Rotterdam Conservatory (nowadays Codarts) and obtained a master-degree on music programming at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem.
Wesley Stephenson
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Company
Jazz North East / Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music
Job title
Programme Director / Administrator / Festival Producer
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Lucas Figueiredo Santana
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Company
Lucas Figueiredo Group
Job title
Musician/Composer
Interests
About me
Brazilian musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in Amsterdam. Working in my debut album with LF Nonet.
Vivienne Aerts
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Company
Vervool
Job title
Vocalist and experience design
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About me
Piotr Turkiewicz
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Company
Jazztopad Festival
Job title
Artistic Director
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About me
Piotr Turkiewicz has been the artistic director of he Jazztopad Festival in Wroclaw, Poland since 2008. Since 2018, Piotr has been the curator of Jazz and Improvised Music at Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. Additionally, Piotr is responsible for International Development and Programming (jazz, world music, dance, special projects) at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Poland. From 2012 until January 2020 he was on the Board of Directors of ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) and served as a co-chair of the Programme Committee and a Chair of Pitch New Works of that organization. Between 2014 and 2018 he was the Vice-President of the Europe Jazz Network.
Adam Simmons
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Company
The Usefulness of Art
Job title
Musician, composer, educator, curator and other
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About me
Fuensanta Méndez
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Company
Fuensanta Méndez
Job title
Artist / Bandleader
Interests
About me
www.fuensantamendez.com
Singer, double bassist, composer, and poet. Born and raised in the water forest of Veracruz (MX), based in Amsterdam.
Agus Setiawan Basuni
Country
Company
WartaJazz Indonesia
Job title
Editor in Chief | Managing Director
Interests
About me
WartaJazz is the an ecosystem of Jazz in Indonesia. Helping many international artists reach out Indonesian audiences.
Arlette Hovinga
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Company
MusicRunner
Job title
Organizer, marketeer
Interests
Muziek, events, marketing
About me
I work for an agency as a tour producer. I am not a booking agent, but I host and organize my own events. Currently, I am primarily active as a marketeer for jazz/world/classical musicians, and spend most of my time writing.
Teis Semey
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Company
Teis Semey
Job title
Artist/bandleader
Interests
About me
Danish guitar player living in Amsterdam. Active in the Teis Semey Quintet, Teis Semey XL, Guy Salamon Group and Fuensanta Mendez’s Ensamble Grande.
Sebastian Scotney
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Company
LondonJazz News
Job title
Editor
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About me
Nigel Slee
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Company
Jazz North
Job title
Creative Director
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TBA
victor belmonte
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Company
.
Job title
.
Interests
About me
Yuri Rhodenborgh
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Company
YRMusic
Job title
Musician - Guitarist
Interests
Music, composition, highlining
About me
Dutch guitar-player, composer and highliner living in Rotterdam
Koen Graat
Country
Company
November Music, Jazz in Duketown, Paradox & Verkadefabriek
Job title
Promoter & Programmer
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About me
TBA
Emile Bode
Country
Company
MUSIC™
Job title
composer/producer/label owner
Interests
About me
composer/producer/label owner
Robert van der Padt
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Company
Bird Call Bookings
Job title
Booker/Musician
Interests
Birds, board games, outdoor sports and some jazz
About me
Representing a.o. Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet (new album BLUEBEARD), Ikarai (new show MURAKAMI). Bandleader of Tyranni Flock (jazzfusion). Delegate of the Conservatorium Maastricht.
Agnese Daverio
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Company
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Job title
Programme Manager
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Kirill Dumchenko
Country
Company
The Skypainters
Job title
Musician, Composer, Band leader
Interests
About me
Peter Broekhuizen
Country
Company
Artvark Saxophone Quartet
Job title
musician, Artvark's business director
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About me
Antonio Fernandes
Country
Company
Makuma
Job title
Virtual Assistant
Interests
Jazz and World Music, Improvisation, Electronic Music, Etnomusicology.
About me
Antonio Fernandes provides virtual assistance services directed to the music industry.
Designing strategies, niche-networking, connecting, communicating.
Working as a freelancer services provided include:
Career Consulting
Artist website Building
Concert Booking and Implementation.
Sales newsletters and Press Releases using Automations.
Exporting Stategies.
Tour Management
Contracts, Logistics, Travelling Arrangements
Showcase Applications
Funding Campaings.
Having studied Arts and Cultural Management, programmed several venues in Portugal and worked as exporting agent, Makuma is Antonio´s own project and was launched in early 2020, just before the pandemic reached Europe.
www.makuma.org
https://linktr.ee/antonio_makuma
ROB BUCKLAND
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Company
Apollo Saxophone Quartet/John Helliwell’s Super Big Tramp Band
Job title
Musician/Musical Director
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About me
Inge De Pauw
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Company
StillettoProductions
Job title
Publicist
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About me
Saskia Hoekstra
Country
Company
Buma Cultuur
Job title
Office manager
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About me
Ivan Baryshnikov
Country
Company
Ivan Baryshnikov Music
Job title
Boss
Interests
Jazz Music
About me
www.ivanbaryshnikov.com -
Saxophonist, composer and educator living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Post-bop oriented jazz musician and a leader of Ivan Baryshnikov Quartet. Award-winning performer and recording artist with international acclaim, Master of Music.
Educator and mentor, author of original teaching method.
Henk Kraaijeveld
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Company
Henk Kraaijeveld
Job title
Artist - Band leader
Interests
About me
www.henkkraaijeveld.com
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