Iniziano oggi tre intensi giorni di passione al Roode Bioscoop di Amsterdam: non sono i riti pasquali, bensì i festeggiamenti per Han Bennink, che domenica compie ottant'anni. Hantastic!
The Han Bennink 80 Passion will encompass a three-day festival at the Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam – one of Han’s favorite venues, thanks to the intimate setting, the casual atmosphere and the direct contact with the audience both during and after the concert.
For this Passion, Han has gathered musicians with whom he has performed all over the world these past few years. The three-day festival will open on Good Friday (15 April) with the trio Picatrix, originally assembled by Han: Greetje Bijma (vocals), Nora Mulder (piano), Mary Oliver (violin, viola). On this occasion they are joined by Joris Roelofs on bass clarinet and Han on snare drum and cajón.
His beloved ICP Orchestra will then perform as an octet: Michael Moore, Ab Baars and Tobias Delius (reeds), Wolter Wierbos (trombone), Mary Oliver (violin, viola), Guus Janssen (piano), Ernst Glerum (double bass) and the birthday boy himself on drums.
Easter Saturday will be a piano evening par excellence, with three key friends from various dimensions of improvised music: Guus Janssen (1951), Oscar Jan Hoogland (1983) and Timothy Banchet (1987).
Finally on Easter Sunday Han will perform with Reinier Baas (guitar), Ben van Gelder (alto sax) and Joris Roelofs (bass clarinet), followed by a trio with guitarist Terrie Ex and viol(in)ist Mary Oliver – a tried and tested line-up which performed in London recently and will now make sure the triple Han Bennink Passion festival at the Roode Bioscoop will go out with a bang.