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Balthaus&deGraaf kijk en luister
Hi there! You can already click to a number of tunes on SoundCloud or check us out on YouTube for Festive (by me) or Abeyance (by Dirk) Feel free...
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NIEUW: Duo Balthaus&deGraaf
Dirk Balthaus – piano & Dick de Graaf – tenor saxofoon In het nieuwe duo Balthaus&deGraaf delen jazz veteranen Dirk Balthaus en Dick de Graaf hun liefde voor muziek die...
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vrijdag 22 november Kenia avond
Friday November 22nd I will perform two solo presentations during Speak it Loud at the beautiful Hillegondakerk in Rotterdam-Hillegersberg. Doors open at 19:30, program starts at 20:00.
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Why Birds Always Sing?
This rhetoric question is the title of a composition I recorded on my CDs Istanbul Connection (2005), Moving Target (2007), and more recently on BIRD BUZZ (2017). My fascination...
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Do you want to browse through my CD productions?
Dear visitor. If you feel like browsing through those CD productions I have produced myself over the years, you can browse and listen to all music by clicking this...
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“Jazzdrieluik Hillegersbroek Schieberg”
“Jazzdrieluik (Triptych) Hillegersbroek Schieberg” is a series of three concerts in which I shed a musical light on some of the history of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek, the submunicipality of the city...
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Dick de Graaf Quartet live in Vrije Geluiden (VPRO)
Wednesday 7th of March 2018, the Quartet played two of Dick’s compositions in Vrije Geluiden (VPRO Dutch Public Television). Listen to “Sparrows”, to “Why Birds Always Sing”, and to...
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Link to my doctoral dissertation
You can open my online doctoral dissertation Beyond Borders: Broadening the Artistic Palette of (Composing) Improvisers in Jazz (2017 ACPA, Leiden University) by clicking on this link
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09febRead Moremooie **** CD recensie in de Volkskrant
Volgens Volkskrant recensent Gijsbert Kamer “een van de meest speelse, uitdagende en vrolijk stemmende jazzuitgaven van de laatste maanden”. Te koop bij Jazzcenter in Den Haag, Concerto in Amsterdam,...
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