Jazz at Wester-Amstel: Ineke Vandoorn and Marc van Vugt
Jazz at Wester-Amstel: Ineke Vandoorn and Marc van Vugt will be singing and playing at Wester-Amstel on 7 December. We are delighted to have them as our guests.
The music of this Dutch Grammy Award-winning duo – singer/pianist Ineke Vandoorn and composer/guitarist Marc van Vugt – is a mix of lyrical, original jazz songs and adventurous, sound-oriented improvisations. Add to that the symphonic jazz sounds of Marc's large ensemble works and you have a concert you will never forget.
Ineke Vandoorn's voice is intriguing, and Marc van Vugt's guitar playing is equally impressive. The singer's timing is perfect, her voice is warm and penetrating, and her improvisations often take the music in a different direction. But above all, she forms a close unity with Marc van Vugt's guitar sounds. He knows how to transform staccato parts into vocal counterpoints to his partner's vocal capers.
They would like to introduce themselves to you on paper, but above all they hope to be able to do so in person on 7 December.
Ineke Vandoorn:
"I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to perform with a number of highly influential and inspiring national and international jazz musicians, such as trumpeter Kenny Wheeler (UK/Canada), singer Norma Winstone (UK), saxophonist Thomas Chapin (USA), trombonist Robin Eubanks (US) and conductor/arranger Vince Mendoza (US), Paul van Kemenade, Eric Vloeimans, Robert Jan Vermeulen, Yuri Honing and Michiel Braam (NL).
I collaborate with guitarist/composer Marc van Vugt in a duo, trio and quartet and in many projects, such as the jazz chamber orchestra Marc van Vugt's Big Bizar Habit. We have played at international jazz festivals, in clubs and concert halls in New York, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Paris (France), among other places. I have also been involved in various theatre productions based on texts and poems by Lorca, Pessoa and Paul van Ostaijen. Together with Marc van Vugt, I also wrote and performed “Ballroom dreams” (2015), a choreography in which we collaborated with ten classical singers (including the German classical vocal ensemble Amarcord)."
Marc van Vugt:
"My passion is creating things. I get an idea and then I feel the urge to do something with it. As long as I'm creating things, I feel at one with everything around me. That's also what I want to express in what I make.
I grew up with pop music and studied contemporary composition and jazz composition. My compositions range from small chamber ensembles to chamber orchestras, from jazz and pop combos to jazz orchestras. Ultimately, I see myself as a songwriter with a great love of improvisation.
In Marc van Vugt's Big Bizar Habit, I combine my experience of composing for chamber ensembles with my love of jazz and improvised music. The duo with singer Ineke van Doorn focuses on songs; you could say it's a singer-songwriter duo, but in the jazz domain. Music in its simplest form.
My instrument is the guitar. Whether it's a fully acoustic guitar, an electric semi-acoustic guitar, or a large jazz box: if it has strings, it sings for me.
I have performed with many exceptional and influential jazz musicians, such as John Clayton (US), Andy Sheppard (UK), John Abercrombie, Sylvain Beuf (FR), Benjamin Herman, David Linx (FR), Alain Clark, Cor Bakker, Denise Jannah, Dre Pallemaerts (B), Paul van Kemenade, Nico Langenhuizen, Eric Vloeimans, Fernando Lameirinhas, Gijs Hendriks, and Peter Niewerf.
I have collaborated with singer/pianist Ineke Vandoorn on many projects, including Vandoorn and his own jazz chamber orchestra Marc van Vugt's Big Bizar Habit. He has played at many international jazz festivals, in clubs and concert halls, and has toured Canada, Japan, Indonesia, France, the US, Macedonia, and of course my home country, the Netherlands. I was a guest soloist with the Metropole Orchestra conducted by Vince Mendoza. I was also a guest soloist and conductor with the Netherlands Chamber Choir."
We cordially invite you to come and enjoy these two virtuosos at Wester-Amstel on 7 December. Tickets are available, as usual, via ticketkantoor.nl/shop/westeramstel.
Want to get a taste of what's to come?
- If you want to get in the mood, you can listen to a preview of their music here..
- Or visit their website for more information about Ineke, Marc, and their music.
