Yes! Once again, the organisers of the Antwerp Jazz Festival Jazz Middelheim and the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp are tightening their bonds. Three students get three days to get ready for a dazzling performance together with the equally dazzling Joe Lovano. He is the coach on duty and takes Lars Van de Voorde (piano), Jef Manderveld (double bass) and Jesse Dockx (drums) under his wing to prepare for an amazing concert on the main stage.
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Live electronics: new major within Master Music
Starting next academic year (2021-2022) music students commencing their masters, will have an additional major to choose from, Live Electronics.
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In times of Corona, there is a lot of creativity on social media. Lessons are given from home, rehearsals and concerts take place online. Here is an overview of remarkable initiatives by students, alumni and teachers.
Alumnus Jazz receives a four star review of De Standaard
'Catwalk', the new album of drummer and alumnus Jazz Casper Van de Velde, is warmly welcomed.
First EP for Gizmo with alumni Jazz
Gizmo arose from the coaching project at Jazz Middelheim with the American saxophonist Chris Cheek in 2015.
Words of praise for FONS ft. Logan Richardson at Jazz Middelheim
We collected all words of praise for FONS. ft Logan Richardson at Jazz Middelheim.
Matthias Heyman first Belgian PhD in jazz
Matthias Heyman is the first Belgian who ever devoted a doctoral research on a jazz topic. During his PhD in the Arts at the Royal Conservatoire and the University of Antwerp, he studied the music, life and legacy of double bass player Jimmie Blanton, band member of Duke Ellington. He was seen as a revolutionary musician and one of the key figures in jazz, a status that Heyman, being a bass player himself, analyzed and nuanced. With 'Revolutionizing the Jazz Bass: The Life and Music of Jimmie Blanton', Matthias Heyman was the seventh Doctor to receive a PhD at the Conservatoire.