Having played over 600 concerts in
20 countries, reed quintet CALEFAX are in great demand all over the world.
The quintet performs standing up, plays some pieces from memory, and always introduces itself and the programme to the
audience. Most
importantly, the five musicians arrange, recompose and interpret music from eight centuries to suit their unique
constellation: from early
music to classical and jazz to world premières; in the hands of CALEFAX it all sounds
fresh and new.
CALEFAX has won a number of prizes, and in recent years has collaborated with artists
such as the Zapp String Quartet (NL), pianist Ivo Janssen, mezzo-
soprano Cora
Burggraaf and jazz singer Denise Jannah. Their discs, published by MDG, have met with
consistently enthusiastic reactions: "A sublime sense of timing [...]. In short: here are five souls playing as one.
These are … masters!
"
CALEFAX has recently explored many new territories outside their native Netherlands:
Sweden, Norway,
Estonia, Italy, Russia, many festivals in the UK, and even has travelled as far as China and the USA.
In addition to concerts, CALEFAX offer master classes and workshops for (young)
amateur musicians and
conservatory students. In cooperation with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, CALEFAX
developed two new shows: a musical gameshow for three or four classes of school children (presentation by Jeannie
Charlene) and a family concert staged by Jetse Batelaan.
In 2004 CALEFAX started publishing its best arrangements in the CALEFAXEDITION.
Scores and parts can be
ordered here
Ja erg mooi, ben benieuwd jullie eindelijk eens live te zien, ha en dan nog in Assen,beter kan het bijna niet. fijn en bedankt voor het schrijven. tot 3.okt.dan groeten Chelsa
Thanks so much for the Add, your nice comment–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends! We've just added two new blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our space. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too. We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy. Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other. We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large. What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
Thank you very much for da Link Up & Sharing the Music
Nice to meet you through cyberlink!
Luv your tunes & keep up da Great Work!
Wishes you All da Best in 2009!
Enjoy your Week
Hello calefax, I commanded(ordered) you the partitions(scores) of " circusmuziek " directly on the shop of your site yesterday, but I would like to know if it is possible to get itself the partitions(scores) of the " preludes and the fugues(the runnings away) opus 87 " of shostakovich?? Please give me the info
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