In Memoriam Maarten van Norden ( 1955 – 2024 )
1. Saturday 12th April in Musicians Corner at 8:00 PM.
2. Tuesday 15th April in Chronicle of Dutch Music at 9:00 PM.
Musicians Corner of 12th April and Chronicle of Dutch Music of 15th April are both dedicated to Maarten van Norden, who passed away on 5th September 2024. Maarten was not only an eminent saxophonist, who played for many years with the Willem Breuker Kollektief, Orkest de Volharding and the bands of Willem van Manen – he also led his own jazz rock group ‘Future Shock’ for 12 years in the 90s and 00s -. From the mid-90s, Maarten was active as a composer of (mainly notated) modern music. He wrote more than thirty pieces for a variety of orchestras and ensembles, such as the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Chamber Orchestra (VARA-Matinee), Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Asko-Schönberg Ensemble, Choir New Music, Osiris Trio, Matangi Quartet, Percussion Group The Hague and the Amstel Saxophone Quartet. In Musicians Corner of April 12th, we will – together with ex-colleague reed player Rutger van Otterloo – play Maarten’s work as a jazz musician, in the programme Kroniek van de Nederlandse Muziek – this time in collaboration with ex-colleague and friend Martijn Padding – Maarten’s work as a composer will be discussed.
