Vinsent Planjer

The music of Dareyn combines the mystical sound of the kemenche – with its heritage of traditional music originating from Istanbul and the Silk Road – and the deep-rooted sound of the cello in a contemporary fashion. The musicians Emine Bostanci and Maya Fridman blend their vocal talents with their instrumental expertise, creating a uniquely mesmerising soundscape.

Together with the Alma Quartet (all strings of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra), double bassist Dominic Seldis and his regular percussionist Vinsent Planjer, Frerichs took an entirely new and unexpected path. He brought the improvisational element back into classical music: a practice that was common in the time of Mozart and Beethoven. Composers then wrote out their orchestral parts and came up with their solo parts during the performance. Frerichs follows this pattern in his first two piano concertos.

Together with the Alma Quartet (all strings of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra), double bassist Dominic Seldis and his regular percussionist Vinsent Planjer, Frerichs took an entirely new and unexpected path. He brought the improvisational element back into classical music: a practice that was common in the time of Mozart and Beethoven. Composers then wrote out their orchestral parts and came up with their solo parts during the performance. Frerichs follows this pattern in his first two piano concertos. He uses a 'black page' with prescribed notes for the strings and allows himself to be inspired by the moment from a 'white page' together with percussionist Planjer. The musical imagination is given free rein and because of this unusual starting point, each performance will be different.

During the fall of 2013, they first met at November Music Festival and since then there has been a successful collaboration and a deep friendship between the Iranian kamancheh grand master Kayhan Kalhor and the three Dutch jazz musicians of the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio.

The REMBRANDT FRERICHS TRIO has been active on the international concert stages for the last 12 years. Besides pianist Rembrandt Frerichs, the trio is formed by renowned bassist and composer Tony Overwater – winner of the Dutch VPRO / Boy Edgar Price – and percussion innovator and composer Vinsent Planjer. Their music is often described as poetic, visual and impressionistic. The trio performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival several times and has a busy touring schedule each year.This year, they have been, among other places, to Iran, Taiwan, Indonesia, London’s Barbican Centre and countries in countries in Europe, performing in full concert halls each time. LINE UP Rembrandt Frerichs fortepiano & harmonium Tony Overwater violone Vinsent Plans percussion.