MARTIN FONDSE STARVINSKY ORKESTAR
Martin Fondse-compositions, piano, melodica, Eric van der Westen-bass, Dirk Peter Kölsch-drums, Angelo Verploegen-trumpet, Claudio Puntin-clarinet, bass clarinet, Søren Eriksen-saxophones, flutes, Irma Kort-hobo, horn, Steffen Schorn-baritone sax, bass clarinet, tubax, Jasper le Clerq-violin, el.violin, Herman van Haaren-violin, el.violin, Benni von Gutzeit-viola, Jörg Brinkmann-cello
Amsterdam based pianist, composer and band leader Martin Fondse understands that Stravinsky had as much swing as the great stars of jazz. His Starvinsky Orkestar is a big band and classical ensemble at the same time. Along with the usual wind and bowed instruments this ‘pan-European flex orchestra’ frequently makes music from such exotic objects as stamps, spin-tops and melodicas. The twelve members, including musicians Claudio Puntin and Eric van der Westen, perform Fondse’s energetic, hybrid compositions at Bimhuis every three months.