Author: doek

April 13 – 21:00
De Ruimte
€8 Space is the Place ft. Doek, €6 Second Stop, €10 combined ticket

It’s a full-on Doek evening this Friday in De Ruimte. We start in the small space at 21:00 with two trios put together by Doek members Eric Boeren and Michael Moore, featuring some of the most interesting young players around:
Trio 1: Eric Boeren cornet, Joachim Badenhorst clarinets, tenor sax; Daijo Riuchi guitar
Trio 2: Michael Moore alt sax, clarinet; Uldis Vitols double bass; Tristan Renfrow drums

At 23:00 it’s 2nd Stop is Jupiter where AY 69 serves up Turkish psychedelic folk and All Ellington sweeps you up into the snappy, dreamy, swinging world of Duke Ellington.…

March 9 – 21:00
De Ruimte
€8 Space is the Place ft. Doek, €6 Second Stop, €10 combined ticket

This night’s program is a very exciting one. First off a solo performance by that wonderful lyricist Michael Moore on sax and clarinet, followed by the Kaja Draksler Octet playing the music of Moondog, an influential American musician, composer, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. Listen to his music here.

At 23:00 it’s the Second Stop is Jupiter with dancing to live Turkish and cumbia music.…

All here at Doek – musicians Eric Boeren, John Dikeman, Kaja Draksler, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Wilbert de Joode, Michael Moore, Jasper Stadhouders, Wolter Wierbos; board members Gunther Barten, Jappe Groenendijk, Lena Vizy, Malaya Zumel and coordinator Carolyn Muntz wish you all the best for 2018. We hope to meet you at one of our concerts this year. The Doek Festival is planned for 14 – 17 June – save the dates! …

Last Friday the Minister for Education, Culture and Science, Ingrid van Engelshoven, announced an extra investment of €10 million per year for the arts and culture. The budget of the Performing Arts Fund (FPK) will rise by €9 million per year in the period 2018 – 2020. This money will go to the so-called B category organizations and arts companies whose subsidy application had been approved, but for whom insufficient funds were available. This means that Doek will receive structural subsidy for the next three years.…

October 28 – 21:45
Theater Kikker
€17,- / €12,- (U-pas, student)
Amsterdam Real Book

Doekers Eric Boeren, John Dikeman, Kaja Draksler, Wilbert de Joode, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Jasper Stadhouders and Onno Govaert present a special edition of the Amsterdam Real Book during Rumor Festival 85 on Saturday 28 October. Come along to Theater Kikker to hear explorations, interpretations and improvisations based on repertoire by such Amsterdam greats as Misha Mengelberg, Sean Bergin, Guus Jansen, Michael Moore and The Ex.…