1. "Preparing Silence": Sadahiro Otani: guitar, Sandrine
Robilliard: violoncello, Matthew Simon: trumpet. ( this piece is part
of a suite of 10 semi improvised pieces I wrote for EBNM in 2005)
2. Caballos Negros: Orkest De Volharding
and voice: Pep Casbas (composition Christiaan de Jong)
3. Suspiros de Dulcinea: Christiaan de Jong:
baroque transverse flute and quartertone flute, Valeria Mignaco: soprano,
Alfonso Marin: renaissance lute, Mary Oliver: violin (Globus
Ensemble)
4. Thizz: Christiaan de Jong:
composi/improvation, electric guitar and effect pedal
5. "Flamenko del Norte" composition for
piano and electronic soundtrack: Christiaan de Jong ( live recording 2002,
Ralph van Raat piano)
6. "Afterwards", Free improvisation with Eric Vloeimans
(trumpet), Christiaan de Jong (electric guitar), with additional
electronics and drumloops.
Influences
Edgar Varese, Igor Stravinsky, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Olivier Messiaen, Palestrina, J.S. Bach, G.F. Telemann, Frans Brügen, J. Dowland, A. de Mudarra, Lous Sclavis, Willem Breuker, Maarten Altena, Louis Andriessen, Theo Loevendie, James Newton, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Keith Jarrett, Robert Dick, Julian Bream, Ralph Towner, Leo Brouwer, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Morton Feldman, Paco de Lucía, Astor Piazzolla, Elliott Carter, F. Donatoni, Anton, Carlos Jobim, Emily Remler, Butch Morris, Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, Incredible Stringband, F. García Lorca, Charles Dickens, Antoni Gaudi, Don Quijote, nature, politics, daily life, my wife and painter Marisu Mompó Catalá and my daughters Aitana and Milena....
I am a composer, guitarist (electric and
classical), flutist (1/4 tone flute and baroque transverse flute) with a broad
interest. You can notice influences from all kinds of music in my work.
In fact I try to find a balance between physical music, related to dance and
direct expression like in jazz, flamenco, tango, rock-pop and the more spiritual
and intellectuel music related to world of renaissance and barroque
counterpoint, avantgarde composition techniques, Indian classical music and
ofcourse also the pure structural sound world. Also I find much inspiration in
literature, painting, nature, politics and the personality of the musicians I
work with.
I composed for my own ensembles and for Orkest De
Volharding, Duo Daniel Ahlert & Birgit Schwab, Grupo Circulo, Banda Municipal de
Barcelona, Duo Matthijs Koene & Stefan Gerritsen, Duo Wiek Hijmans & Anna
McMichael, Barcelona Percussion Group, Harry Sparnaay, Marcel Worms, Sound of
Colors Ensemble +Beatrice Voellmy, Ensemble BB, Grup XXI, Kaida, Ralph van Raat,
Ensamble Rosario and Ensemble Areté
Now I am or in the next future I will be
working on pieces for Duo Erik Bosgraaf & Izhar Elias (Netherlands), a new tango
project for various ensembles, a quartet (violin, electric guitar, trumpet and
violoncello), for Globus Ensemble (Netherlands, a new project based on Chinese
fairytailes including pipaplayer Liu Fang) a piece and flamenco - jazz project
for EBNM, collaborating with Jeronimo Maya (Spain), a guitarquartet for Quartet
Galiu and a piece for guitar and saxophone for Duo Otani-Gascon, a piece for
Ensemble Sizle (Netherlands) a tango for the group Astorpia, a piece for Amstel Quartet (4 sax + tablas), a suite of 19 miniaturas for piano solo for my daughter Aitana.
I played with: Markus Stockhausen and Tara Bouman, Jorrit Dijkstra, Riccardo
Massari, Michael Svoboda, Luc Houtkamp, Frances Marie Uitti, Wiek Hijmans, J. Mª
Balanyà, Ananda Sukarlan, Robert Dick, Harry Sparnaay, Garth Knox, Oene van Geel,
Eric Vloeimans, Ere Lievonen, theatre company "Sheer Madness" and many other
fine artists.
I founded Ensemble Barcelona Nova Música in
Barcelona and organize there a contemporary music series called "Projecte
International d'Influencies Musicals (see top friends) , where I combine very
different kinds of contemporary music. In Holland I founded a new
intercultural ensemble called "Globus Ensemble" and started to organize concerts
for the moment being in Weesp (Gooi
en Vecht Concerten)
Thanks for visiting this myspace, reading,
listening and eventuel comments or notes, please don't send me big
advertisements. I am always interested in collaborations with interesting
ensembles and musicians, dance companies, film makers and thetre companies
as a composer, flutist, guitarist or/and organizer.
Hi there! Black Bile Extempore, an album with our deconstruction of John Dowland’s galliard Can She Excuse will be released on August 20 during the Happy Nordic Music Days in Oslo. The CD release will be celebrated with a duo performance on guitars and electronics at Sound of Mu at 20:00 on August 20. This performance is organized by NoTAM, the studio in Oslo where the album was recorded. All best!/The Black Bile Galliards
More information and CD-order: http://www.elektronrecords.com
Sound of Mu Markveien 58, Oslo http://www.soundofmu.no/
Querido amigo, te quiero invitar a mis próximos conciertos:
6 junio 2009 Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Úbeda Recital "L'Arte della Coloratura"
10 junio 2009 Festival de Música Contemporánea de Sevilla. Pilar Jurado, soprano Solistas de Sevilla, dir. M.A. Gris (Se estrenará una nueva obra mía: "Tres cantos sefardíes")
17 junio 2009 Recital "L'Arte della Coloratura" Palacio de Salinas, Sevilla
Hey Christiaan! This is the videoclip of my song released by Universal this week. Would you be so kind and please give your (honoust) opinion on the youtube channel for me ? Would be great !!
Hi Christiaan, long time no contact. There are some videos from our latest tour on this address: atalante.org/television check it out, think you might like it! Talk soon, all best! Stefan
Todo va genial. Mucho trabajo y muchos proyectos que me tienen encantada. Espero que pronto coincidamos en algún sitio o podamos compartir alguno de nuestros proyectos. Un abrazo
gracias por tu apoyo y participación en este proyecto abierto de colaboración musical creativa. Con los mejores deseos para este año que comienza, un sinérgico abrazo
