concert JAN WILLEM VAN DER HAM – JASPER STADHOUDERS – BART DE VREES

JANWILLEM VAN DER HAM studeerde aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag saxofoon bij Leo van Oostrom (1981-1985) en fagot bij Johan Steinmann (1984-1990). Van 1979 tot 1986 speelde hij saxofoon in de groep Hoketus, sinds dezelfde tijd is hij actief in de geïmproviseerde muziek, onder andere met Loos, het Trio Van der Ham, J.C. Tans Orchestra, Sean Bergins Mob, Joost Buis' Astronotes, Trio Continuo, BikBentBraam en Corrie van Binsbergen.
Ook is hij fagottist van het Ives Ensemble.
Daarnaast werkte hij mee aan diverse muziektheaterproducties, in het verleden onder andere Patricio Wang's “Pinocchio”, Guus Janssens “Noach”, “Heart of Darkness” met 't Barre Land, “Over de Bergen” met Corrie van Binsbergen en Josse de Pauw.
JanWillems meest recente project is het kwartet “four by four” , met Wiek Hijmans, Renato Ferreira en Onno Govaert.

JASPER STADHOUDERS (Tilburg, the Netherlands, 1989) is a guitarist and bassist based in Amsterdam. He’s performed music on stage since the age of 8. He is an active member of the international improvised music circuit. He is a co-founder of the bands Cactus Truck(with John Dikeman and Onno Govaert), Stadhouders/Govaert/De Joode Trio and two duos with percussionists Dag Erik Knedal Andersen and Nicolas Field. He is also part of such diverse bands as Spinifex and Lily’s Déjà Vu, next to playing countless of ad hoc improv shows. Jasper also occasionally works in the fields of dance, theatre and contemporary composed music. He has played with Han Bennink, Ab Baars, Paal Nilssen-Love, Marshall Allen, Wolter Wierbos, Noel Redding, Ken Vandermark, Jim Black, Andrew D’Angelo, Terrie Ex, Andy Moor, Peter Evans, Frank Rosaly, Dave Rempis, Roy Campbell, Michael Moore, Jeb Bishop, Peter Jacquemyn, Wally Shoup, Ingrid Laubrock, Mars Williams, Michael Vatcher, Alan Wilkinson and many more. Jasper has performed extensively in Europe and the USA, as well as in India.

BART DE VREES: composer and percussionist. studied from 1996 to 2001 percussion at the conservatory of amsterdam and from 2003 to 2007 composition at the same institute. works with orchestras, ensembles, plays solo, chambermusic and performs in theatre and dance productions. wrote pieces for ensembles such as asko/schönberg, nieuw ensemble, nederlands blazers ensemble, collegium novum zürich, adapter ensemble, ensemble caméléon, de ij-salon, aurelia saxophone quartet, utrecht stringquartet, worldbrass and soil ensemble.
Performed music on festivals such as holland festival, november music, gaudeamus festival and the aaa series of the royal concertgebouworchestra.
Member of splendor, monoták, ‘de koene ridders’ and ‘trio hoorcomfort’, he plays drums and electronics in the band ‘f* and...’.
Is now working on new pieces for slagwerk den haag, de ij-salon, nora mulder and blikvelrasppapiersnaarglas for 4 channel electronics.