Frank Crijns
Frank Crijns with Saadet Türköz (2005)
Frank Crijns (* 1960 ) is a Dutch guitarist, improvisation musician and composer.
Crijns studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Peter-Jan Wagemans and Klaas de Vries . He then worked with musicians such as Fred Frith , Elliott Sharp , Tim Hodgkinson , Pavel Fajt and Jacques Palinckx .
With Dick Bruinsma , Paed Conca and Fabrizio Spera he founded the Blast4tet , with which he recorded several albums. As a composer he has worked for groups such as the Percussion Ensemble Attacca , the Dutch Ballet Orchestra , the Trio Nu , the saxophone quartets Quasar and Koh-I-Noor , the flute trio Tegenwind and many others. He also emerged as a composer of new music and improvisational music.
Discography
- Blast: Purist Syrup , 1992
- Blast: Wire Stitched Ears , 1995
- Blast: Stringy Rugs , 1997
- Blast: A Sophisticated Face , 1999
- Positive Nuns: The Bible Two , 1999
- Blast: Altrastrata , 2003
- Blast: As Nowhere as Anywhere , 2007
- Blast: Sift , 2009
- Concrete Fraction: Snake Nation Cropduster , 2011
- Concrete fraction : Sure 'nuff yes we do , 2014
- F. Crijn's "[B] ONE": Works for ensembles and soloists, 2014
Web links
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| SURNAME | Crijns, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch guitarist, improvisation musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |