Theo Loevendie & Swinging Strings

Renowned Dutch composer celebrates his birthday and love for jazz with The Wellingtonians, the Swinging Strings and Wolter Wierbos.

On his 90th birthday, Theo Loevendie presents a feast of music featuring The Wellingtonians and Swinging Strings, a collective of wonderful string players and jazz musicians. His orchestral and operatic works are performed all over the world, but in the 1960s and 70s he played saxophone in jazz bands. The band will play both new and well-known compositions by Loevendie.

Theo Loevendie is mainly known as one of the most adventurous post-war-composers in The Netherlands. Connecting classical and traditional music from various cultures, he has won many awards. Later in life he started playing piano in jazz clubs, to play his own pieces with respected jazz musicians.

Emma Breedveld violin, Oene van Geel viola, Wolter Wierbos trombone, Maarten van der Grinten guitar, Theo Loevendie piano, Tijs Klaassen bass, Steve Altenberg drums