Next to music, food is a subject dear to our hearts. No wonder that I Hear a Smell is opening the festival! During the Doek Festival there are diverse opportunities to eat before the concert. On Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 april you can enjoy a three course organic vegetarian meal in Zaal 100 courtesy of Vekologish. On Satuday 3 May there’s a la carte in the Bimhuis and on Sunday 4 May Yvonne and Els will cook 3 course vegetarian Indonesian in Zaal 100.…
Check out the upcoming festival on the new Doek website. www.doek.org/
08/04 Shinjuku Wild Side
09/04 ANTIKNOCK
11/04 Babel The Rock Tower
13/04 20000 den-atsu
14/04 Onno Govaert and Oscar Jan Hoogland improvising with local musicians in The Foxhole
15/04 Minami ikebukuro music dot org
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Two months ago a packed audience in Zaandam’s Serah Artisan were treated to a very special concert with Wolter Wierbos (trombone), Michael Moore (alto sax and clarinet) and Franky Douglas (guitar). If you missed that concert or are eager to hear these three top improvisers again, then you have your chance this Sunday 6 April during the Come Along series in Serah Artisan.
Besides being a gifted guitarist, Frank Douglas is also a formidable composer. His melodies (revealing his roots in Curacao) are pleasing to every ear and sound deceptively simple.…
Workshopping compositions
It goes without saying that the musicians of Doek view improvisation as paramount to their creative process. Many of the Doek groups have an international reputation for their strong combination of improvisation and composition.
How does this relationship work? Can we lift a corner of the veil and give insight into that creative process?
For Sunday, March 30, 2014, we’ve invited two young musicians to form a group with a few members of Doek. In the space of an hour they will work on a composition featuring improvisation and then perform it for the first time.…
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