Featured artist – Eric Boeren

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Eric Boeren cornet

Eric Boeren made his first steps in music with the brassband of Ulicoten, a small village in the south of Holland. He played solo euphonium, then moved over to the Eb tuba. At eighteen, after attending his first concerts of improvised music, he switched to cornet, his first love. He attended workshops at Amsterdam’s Bimhuis, and developed his interest in melodic shapes, musical cues, texture and sonority. In the following ten years Boeren played with the Maarten Altena Ensemble, Willem van Manen’s Contraband, Ab Baars Tentet and the Paul Termos Tentet. He joined Available Jelly, and became a member of J.C. Tans and his Rockets, Sean Bergin’s MOB and Frankie Douglas’ Sunchild. He holds the chair of second trumpet and soloist in Michiel Braam’s Bik Bent Braam since 1990. He formed the Eric Boeren 4tet which features Ornette Coleman’s compositions alongside Eric’s own pieces.
As a composer, Boeren has contributed to the repertoires of Available Jelly, Bik Bent Braam, Big Band Nieuwe Muziek, JC Tans and his Rockets, Sean Bergin’s MOB and Mobette and of course his own quartet. He is also composes for special projects, such as Eric Boeren Double Quartet and Eric Boeren Guitar Band.