Annemarie Roelofs

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Annemarie Roelofs (* 1955 in Amstelveen ) is a Dutch trombonist and violinist . She was a professor for ensembles at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts .

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Roelofs studied trombone and violin at the Conservatory in Amsterdam, where she also played with Henry Cow and Guus Janssen . She concentrated on theater music early on (1979 Deutsches Theater Berlin , since 1984 cabaret with Cornelia Niemann and partly also with Anne Bärenz , 1990-2005 sofa trilogy for Klappmaul Theater ). In addition, she made numerous experiences in jazz , free jazz , funk and salsa in clubs in Holland and England. At the same time she worked in the Feminist Improvising Group and in projects with Lindsay Cooper . Together with Heiner Goebbels , Alfred Harth , Christoph Anders, Paul Lovens and Rolf Riehm , she played the music for the LP "Es Herrscht Uhu im Land" in 1980 and was involved in the score for Helke Sander's classic films The All-Round Reduced Personality - Redupers and Der subjective Faktor (1981) involved, after which she moved to a second residence in Frankfurt / Main.

In addition to solo performances, Roelofs has organized several bands: The Waste Watchers , with Johannes Krämer and Dirk Marwedel , the Triple A trombone trio with Annie Whitehead and Abbie Conant. She also plays in a duo with the pianist Elvira Plenar and with Karl Berger . Occasionally she also played in the United Womens Orchestra and in groups with the Dutch violinist Ig Henneman .

literature

  • Annemarie Roelofs (1994): Thoughts on my music. In: Martina Peter-Boländer (ed.): Women body art. A documentation of the conference series of the same name 1991-1994 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt / Main. Kassel (Furore Edition 868).

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SURNAME Roelofs, Annemarie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roelofs, Anna Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch jazz musician and university teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Amstelveen