Sunday 23 September 2012

LATIN CROSSROADS

Special guest: Fang Weiling
Afterwards: DJ GerritJan Binkhorst
Fang Weiling (China) erhu, Marc Bischoff (Duitsland) piano, Daniel De Moraes (Uruguay) guitar, Eric Calmes (Curacao) bass, Jaime Rodríguez (Colombia) percussion

Latin Crossroads stages musical crossovers, with Latin jazz as a point of departure. Chinese musician Fang Weling is the special guest in this edition of the concert series in the Bimhuis café. As a virtuoso of the ‘Chinese violin’ erhu she travels all over the world. In the Netherlands her peformances have included those with Ensemble Ziggurat and The Hague Philharmonic. In Latin Crossroads she will meet percussion player Jaime Rodriguez ‘s Latin jazz group , which features top musicians from the Netherlands and Latin America.

Box office and cafe open at 15:30. The restaurant of the Bimhuis is open during and after the Latin Crossroads and will serve ensaladas and fajitas.

Celebrating jazz since 1974