- cellist, composer. Born in Naarden (NL) in 1954, Reijseger started playing cello at the age of seven. At the Conservatory of Amsterdam his teacher Anner Bijlsma encouraged him to follow his own path in order to develop his musical vocabulary. more...

- jazz violinist, saxophonist, music composer and arranger. In 1973 he left Poland for New York. He gained fame appearing on the LP Tutu with the jazz legend Miles Davis. more...

Hailed by Strings magazine as “one of the most gifted cellists in the world” more...

A world famous jazz violinist associated with the New York jazz scene, John Zorn and his avant-garde label Tzadik Records. Played in such famous bands as the Masada String Trio and Bar Kokhba, as well as performing Zorn’s film music. more...

- jazz violinist, saxophonist, music composer and arranger. In 1973 he left Poland for New York. He gained fame appearing on the LP Tutu with the jazz legend Miles Davis. more...

- one of the greatest and most important bass players in the history of jazz music. more...

- cellist, composer. Born in Naarden (NL) in 1954, Reijseger started playing cello at the age of seven. At the Conservatory of Amsterdam his teacher Anner Bijlsma encouraged him to follow his own path in order to develop his musical vocabulary. more...

- jazz violinist, saxophonist, music composer and arranger. In 1973 he left Poland for New York. He gained fame appearing on the LP Tutu with the jazz legend Miles Davis. more...

- one of the greatest and most important bass players in the history of jazz music. more...

Cellist Erik Friedlander started studying music at an early age, beginning at 5 with guitar, and then at 8, cello lessons. He grew up in a house filled with music, as his father, an avid music lover, made countless mixtapes which played daily in their home. Erik spent his twenties honing his skills as a player and an improviser and quickly became a sought after studio musician, performing on the Downtown music scene and with artists as diverse as The Mountain Goats, John Zorn, Dave Douglas and… more...

Dominique Pifarély modernized jazz violin, combining extraordinary technical skills with an inclusive idea of music-making. He has been soon very in-demand as a straight jazz player, but was soon in some of the more adventurous groups in Europe, too, including Mike Westbrook’s band, Martial Solal, the Vienna Art Orchestra, Joachim Kühn… more...

A world famous jazz violinist associated with the New York jazz scene, John Zorn and his avant-garde label Tzadik Records. Played in such famous bands as the Masada String Trio and Bar Kokhba, as well as performing Zorn’s film music. more...

In 2002 Mark Feldman premiered the Violin Concerto of Guus Janssen as soloist with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the Contemporary Music Festival Nederland Muziek Dagen.Also that year he performed a work composed for him by Bill Dobins the Concerto for Violin and Jazz Orchestra with the WDR Jazz Orchestra in concert at the Vienna  Concert House. more...

The percussionist and composer Janusz M. Stefański is highly regarded among a strict elite of jazz percussionists in Europe. In his more than 40 years of work as a percussionist, composer and band-leader, he has gained international recognition among both musicians and critics.   more...

Josh Grossman has been Artistic Director of Toronto Downtown Jazz, producers of the annual TD Toronto Jazz Festival, since 2010.Since joining Toronto Downtown Jazz, Josh has sought to re-invigourate the organization’s activities, launching new educational and off-season activity, building new bridges into the local jazz community, and encouraging the presentation of those artists who are moving jazz into a new and exciting direction. more...

In 2002 Mark Feldman premiered the Violin Concerto of Guus Janssen as soloist with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the Contemporary Music Festival Nederland Muziek Dagen.Also that year he performed a work composed for him by Bill Dobins the Concerto for Violin and Jazz Orchestra with the WDR Jazz Orchestra in concert at the Vienna  Concert House. more...

Glen Moore is a jazz bassist with early classical training in piano until age 13. He played bass in the school orchestra, experimenting with jazz and free improvisation on his own. His performing career began at age 14 with the Young Oregonians in Portland, Oregon where he met and played with American Indian saxophonist, Jim Pepper. He graduated with a degree in History and Literature from the University of Oregon where he also studied the cello. His formal bass… more...

The percussionist and composer Janusz M. Stefański is highly regarded among a strict elite of jazz percussionists in Europe. In his more than 40 years of work as a percussionist, composer and band-leader, he has gained international recognition among both musicians and critics.   more...