Doek Festival 2015

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    Featured Artist – Oscar Jan Hoogland

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    Oscar Jan Hoogland piano, electric clavichord, etc

    Oscar Jan Hoogland, Amsterdam 1983, is an improviser, pianist, composer based in Amsterdam. From an article by Kevin Whitehead: “Oscar Jan Hoogland represents the so-called “fourth generation” of Dutch improvisers, in the lineage of Misha Mengelberg, Guus Janssen and Cor Fuhler―smart pianist/composers with an itch to make music that cuts across genres, who don’t take themselves so seriously, but whose whimsical music has real bite and brainpower.”
    He works within fixed bands and groups as well as in first time collaboration settings.…

  • DOEK FESTIVAL # 13

    Antony BraxtonTri-Centric Foundation and Doek
    The music and legacy of Anthony Braxton

    June 2-7, 2015
    Bimhuis and other Amsterdam venues

    The Doek festival has developed over the years into a significant event for improvised music. For the next edition, we’re collaborating with the Tri-Centric Foundation to present the music of one of the greatest living composers and improvisers, Anthony Braxton.

    Musicians from Tri-Centric who will be joining include Taylor Ho Bynum, Vincent Chancey, Nate Wooley, Ingrid Laubrock, Mary Halverson, James Fey, Brendon Seabrook, Tomeka Reid, and Anthony Braxton himself.…