Occupation(s) MusicianComposer Role Cellist | Name Ernst Reijseger Instruments Cello | |
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Awards Golden Calf for Best Music Albums Requiem for a Dying Planet, Colla Parte, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, I Love You So Much It Hurts, Zembrocal Musical ‑ Music fro | ||
Painter simon kramer meets cellist ernst reijseger
Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Gerry Hemingway, Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Mangelsdorff, Franco D'Andrea, Joëlle Léandre, Georg Gräwe, Trilok Gurtu, and Mola Sylla, and has done several world music projects working with musicians from Sardinia, Turkey, Iran, Senegal, and Argentina, as well as the Netherlands based group Boi Akih.
Contents
- Painter simon kramer meets cellist ernst reijseger
- Ernst reijseger cave of forgotten dreams concert live in ravenna festival
- Film scores
- Quotes on
- Solo and group work
- Discography
- References
He has made numerous recordings, both as solo cellist and with other groups, and has been the subject of a documentary film. He has also written several film scores, including scores for a number of Werner Herzog films.
Ernst reijseger cave of forgotten dreams concert live in ravenna festival
Film scores
Quotes on...
"He is a magnificent cellist, and he can do anything, anything on his cello. He could play the civil war, the American Civil War on his cello." —Werner Herzog
Solo and group work
Reijseger's most well known solo album is Colla Parte, which he recorded in a room of a small villa which he was staying in on a trip to Sardinia, this would be the same trip that he would meet the Voches De Sardinia with whom he recorded Colla Voche.
He has done several recordings with Mola Sylla, including Requiem for a Dying Planet, and Janna.
Reijseger is also a member of the Amsterdam String Trio, with Ernst Glerum and Maurice Horsthuis, and another trio, simply called Graewe, Reijseger, Hemingway, with Georg Graewe and Gerry Hemingway.
He was also a member of the ICP Orchestra (or Instant Composers Pool) for many years, as well as the Clusone Trio with Michael Moore and Han Bennink.
Discography
With the Amsterdam String Trio
With the Arcado String Trio
With the Uri Caine Ensemble
With Michael Moore