Maurice Horsthuis
Maurice Horsthuis (born April 28, 1948 in Breda ) is a Dutch jazz and avant-garde musician and composer.
Horsthuis studied classical viola in Tilburg for four years and electroacoustic music at the Sonology Institute for one year . In 1972, under the impression of a concert by Loek Dikker , he began to be interested in jazz and in 1974 came through the Herbie White Combo in groups by Guus Janssen . He also worked with Leo Cuypers . Maarten Altena brought him to his K'Ploeng ensemble in 1977 , which also included Derek Bailey , Tristan Honsinger and Terry Day . It was a member of the Amsterdam String Trio (with Ernst Reijseger and Ernst Glerum ) and the ICP Orchestra . In 1990 he founded the Amsterdam Drama , an ensemble of 19 strings and vocalists, with whom he recorded the album of the same name in 1993 and performed his drama music.
Since 1979 he has composed theater music for the theater companies Baal and Globe and the Footsbarn Tea Theater . For the cellist Yo-Yo Ma he wrote Yo el rey , a work for two cellos and orchestra. He also directs the string octet Elastic Slang , for which he also composes.
Discography (selection)
- Misha Mengelberg & ICP Orchestra: Japon Japon , 1982 (with Peter Brötzmann , Michael Moore Keshavan Maslak , Toshinori Kondō , Joep Maassen, Wolter Wierbos , Larry Fishkind , Han Bennink )
- Maarten Altena / Maurice Horsthuis Grand Duo , 1982
- ICP Orchestra: Bospaadje Konijnehol I , 1986
- Amsterdam String Trio: Dodekania , 1986
- ICP Orchestra: Two Programs: Performs Herbie Nichols and Thelonious , 1987
- Amsterdam String Trio: Wild West , 1989
- Amsterdam drama , 1993
- Amsterdam String Trio: Winter Theme , 2000
- Amsterdam String Trio / Nederlands Jeugd Strijkorkest Lente In de Werkplaats , 2002
- Elastic jargon slang with Mark Feldman , Jasper le Clercq, Jeffrey Bruinsma, Heleen van der Hoeven, Benjamin von Gutzeit, Annie Tangberg, Brice Soniano , 2009
- Elastic Jargon Tableau , 2012
Compositions
- Dat had ever showered for violin, viola and cello
- Zakkenroller for violin and piano, 1983
- Yo el rey two cellos and orchestra
- Drama music to:
- Kaspar by Peter Handke
- Figaro gets a divorce from Odon von Horváth
- Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht
- Moby Dick to Herman Melville
- A Shakespeare Party based on William Shakespeare
- The Man Who Laughs based on Victor Hugo's L'homme, qui rit
- The inspector after Nikolai Gogol
- Don Juan to Molière
- Romeo and Juliet after Shakespeare
- Babylon after Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
Web links
- Web presence
- Entry (Muziekencyclopedie)
- Maurice Horsthuis at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horsthuis, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch jazz and avant-garde musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breda |