ERIK-JAN DE WITH SAXOPHONIST




ABOUT ME
Erik-Jan de With graduated with distinction from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 2005 under the tutelage of Leo van Oostrom and David Kweksilber.
He is co-founder of Ensemble Klang formed in 2003. Presenting innovative programmes, their commissioning of work from some of the most exciting composers working today, and the inception of their own record label has seen them quickly rise to become "one of the top ensembles " (NRC Handelsblad) in the Netherlands’ rich contemporary music scene.
Dedicated to a new generation of composers, Ensemble Klang continue to build a repertoire of bold, uncompromising works. The unique yet versatile instrumentation - ranging from a quiet, fragile intimacy to the punchy power of a big-band - has attracted composers including Heiner Goebbels, Tom Johnson, Martijn Padding, Phill Niblock, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Kate Moore, Jan-Bas Bollen, Oscar Bettison and Peter Adriaansz.
His quartet The Hague Saxophone Quartet (formerly Python saxophone quartet) have won the prestigious Concours Vandoren, and have worked with artists from many different backgrounds including; ao Ilya Pfeiffer (poet), the Gents, Johan Zomer, Jeroen Willems (actor), Paul Koek (theater), Hartley Hall (filmmaker) and Marije Nie (Tap Dancer). The world renowned Dutch composer Louis Andriessen wrote the opera Inanna for the quartet.
Erik-Jan performs regularly across the Netherlands and internationally with many Dutch orchestras and ensembles. Cities include; New York, Princeton, Valencia, Madrid, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Cologne, London, Cambridge, Brno, and Prague.
Under his leadership as founder and artistic director the Westland Saxophone Festival has grown into one of the largest saxophone festivals in the Netherlands held every two years.
NEWS

New member of the Ereprijs
Orkest de Ereprijs performs works by living composers, as well as interdisciplinary projects by a diverse group of creators in genres such as dance, theatre and film. We commission young composers with professional pieces for our orchestra and perform these in The Netherlands and internationally, in order to support young talent. So far, we have commissioned over four hundred compositions. Our assignments and concerts are often multidisciplinary, involving singers, instrumentalists, electronic art, dance, theatre and film.
Concerts
Orkest de Ereprijs
Gaudeamus Festival
09 September
Maya Verlaak – Vanishing Point
Alex Paxton – MUSIC FOR BOSCH PEOPLE
Ivan Vukosavljević – The Burning
Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht
Ensemble Klang
Gaudeamus Festival
10 September
Work from Ted Hearne,Ned McGowan, Oguz Buyukberber and Jason Velickovic
Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht
Orkest de Ereprijs
h/AI
12,13 & 14 September
De Veenfabriek
Music by Lam Lai
Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden
Orkest de Ereprijs
muTaTum
15 september, 20.15
Richter, Padding, Malossi, Grahl & Hearne
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
Ensemble Klang
WIJ Den Haag
Ensemble Klang
Environments
17/18 September
Den Haag
25 September, 20.15
Environments by Peter Adriaansz
De Doelen, Rotterdam
6 oktober, 20.15
Environments by Peter Adriaansz
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
7 oktober, 20.15
Environments by Peter Adriaansz
KorzoTheater, Den Haag
CONCERTS
Orkest de Ereprijs
LAB/Pocketopera
Orkest de Ereprijs
AARDLEK#7
08 October, 20.30
Acec, Apeldoorn
15 October, 15.00
Arnhem Museum
16 October, 11.00
Coda Museum, Apeldoorn
Westland Sax Orkest
Klassiek
29 October, 20.00
Work by Jennifer Watson, Andy Scott,
Fata Morgana, Monster
Orkest de Ereprijs
November Music
5 November
Slagwerkmarathon.
Work by Peter Adriaansz, Morritz Eggert, Tansy Davies & Konstantyn Napolov.
Azijnfabriek, Den Bosch
Orkest de Ereprijs
h/AI
11 november
De Veenfabriek
Music by Lam Lai
Musis Sacre, Arnhem
Westland Sax Orkest
15 November
Studenten van het Koninklijk Conservatorium
Amara, Den Haag
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CONTACT
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