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Humorous and narrative style ranging from poetic, empathetic to delicate
Musical omnivore Martin Fondse is a jazz and contemporary music pianist, composer and arranger. The customarily accepted boundaries between genres like classical music, jazz, Latin and world music simply do not exist in his world.
Live
All The Lonely People – Silbersee
How is it that some lives end in utter loneliness? With All the Lonely People, Silbersee and Martin Fondse Music pay tribute to these forgotten lives in a musical mosaic. The true stories are often wondrous, exciting, surprising, and heartbreakingly painful, but above all, deeply human.
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Projects
Martin Fondse Voice Orchestra – Faces of Earth
The return of colonial jewelry is a contemporary topic. These pieces are often tied to the history of diamond mining and trade during the colonial era. The wealth of one comes at the expense of another. Faces of Earth | Diamonds tells a controversial story of brilliance and power.
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Wild Card – Femi Dawkins
Versatile composer and pianist Martin Fondse and multidisciplinary artist Femi Dawkins explore the power of the Wild Card: the unpredictable factor, the joker that defies rules and moves freely between structures.
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Kitchen Stories – Jawa Manla
The best way to truly get to know someone is by sharing a meal and making music together. When you taste what the other tastes or listen to the music they enjoy, when you dance to each other’s rhythms with curiosity and openness, you grow closer.Whether someone lives nearby or comes from far away, we are the other!
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Martin Fondse & Margriet Sjoerdsma
An exciting combination in which the elastic voice of Sjoerdsma goes hand in hand with the rich harmonies and humour of Fondse. In this project they focus on captivating melodies, unison singing, melancholic poetry and silence.
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Especially for the 50th Birthday of Bimhuis Amsterdam, Martin Fondse composed the composition HOME, performed by a special large line-up under the name BigBim50. This line-up, consisting of 15 horns and a rhythm section, represents a cross-section of the (jazz) musicians who have taken the stage in recent years. BigBim50 is both a marching band, a jazz orchestra, a chamber ensemble and a powerful improvisational instrument, featuring wood, saxophones, brass, percussion, piano and guitar. HOME embodies this spirit and opens the anniversary month with a powerful and multifaceted musical spectacle.