Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in avant-garde jazz,

free jazz Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians duri ...

, improvised music, and

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and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg,

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, Franco D'Andrea, Joëlle Léandre,

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, Trilok Gurtu, and Mola Sylla, and has done several world music projects working with musicians from

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, and

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, as well as the Netherlands-based group

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. He has made numerous recordings, both as solo cellist and with other groups, and has been the subject of a documentary film. He has also written several film scores, including scores for a number of

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films.

Film scores

* 2000 - '' Ajax: Hark the Herald Angel Sings'' * 2004 - '' The White Diamond'' * 2005 - ''

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'' * 2008 - '' The Unforbidden City'' * 2009 - ''

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'' * 2010 - '' It's Already Summer'' * 2010 - ''

Cave of Forgotten Dreams ''Cave of Forgotten Dreams'' is a 2010 3D documentary film by Werner Herzog about the Chauvet Cave in Southern France, which contains some of the oldest human-painted images yet discovered. Some of them were crafted around 32,000 years ago. The f ...

'' * 2013 - '' Mongools goud – Mongolian gold'' * 2014 - '' Voor Emilia'' * 2015 - ''

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'' *2016 - '' Salt and Fire'' *2019 - '' Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin'' * 2019 - ''

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'' * 2020 - '' Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds''

Quotes on...

"He is a magnificent cellist, and he can do anything, anything on his cello. He could play the civil war, the American Civil War on his cello." —

Solo and group work

Reijseger's most well known solo album is '' Colla Parte'', which he recorded in a room of a small villa in which he was staying on a trip to Sardinia. This would be the same trip that he would meet the Voches De Sardinia, with whom he recorded '' Colla Voche''. He has done several recordings with Mola Sylla, including '' Requiem for a Dying Planet'' and '' Janna''. Reijseger is a member of the Amsterdam String Trio, with Ernst Glerum and Maurice Horsthuis, and another trio, simply called Graewe, Reijseger, Hemingway, with Georg Graewe and

. He was also a member of the ICP Orchestra (or Instant Composers Pool) for many years, as well as the Clusone Trio with

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and Han Bennink.

Discography

*''Mistakes'' (Broken, 1979) with

Sean Bergin Sean Bergin (29 June 1948 – 1 September 2012) was an avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flautist from South Africa. Bergin was born in Durban on 29 June 1948. He was a saxophonist, flautist, composer, educator and bandleader. In his youth Berg ...

* ''Taiming'' (Hummeloord, 1981) * ''Cellotape & Scotchtape'' (Data, 1982) with Alan "Gunga" Purves * ''Dutch Masters'' (

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, 1987) with Misha Mengelberg, Steve Lacy, George Lewis & Han Bennink * ''Ta'' ( Nimbus, 1987) with Alan "Gunga" Purves * ''Sonic Fiction'' ( Hat Art, 1989) with Georg Gräwe and

* ''Noci...Strani Frutti'' ( Leo, 1991) with Pino Minafra and Han Bennink * ''Et on ne Parle pas du Temps'' ( FMP, 1995) with Louis Sclavis * '' Colla Parte'' (

Winter & Winter Winter & Winter is a record label in Munich, Germany that specializes in jazz, classical and improvised music. It was founded by Stefan Winter following the demise of his JMT Records label. Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by ...

, 1997) * '' Colla Voche'' (Winter & Winter, 1999) with Tenore and Concordu de Orosei * '' I Love You So Much It Hurts'' (Winter & Winter, 2002) with Franco D'Andrea * '' Janna'' (Winter & Winter, 2003) with Mola Sylla and Serigne C.M. Gueye * '' Continuum'' (Winter & Winter, 2006) with Georg Graewe and

* '' Requiem for a Dying Planet'' (Winter & Winter, 2006) - soundtrack music for

's '' The White Diamond'' and ''

'' * '' Do You Still'' (Winter & Winter, 2007) * '' Tell Me Everything'' (Winter & Winter, 2009) * '' Zembrocal Musical'' (Winter & Winter, 2010) with Groove Lélé * '' My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done'' (Winter & Winter, 2011) * ''

'' (Winter & Winter, 2011) - soundtrack music for Werner Herzog's ''

'' * '' Down Deep'' (Winter & Winter, 2013) - with

Harmen Fraanje Harmen Fraanje (born 23 January 1976 in Roosendaal, Netherlands) is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He currently lives in Amsterdam. Career Harmen Fraanje is a pianist, composer, and educator from the Netherlands, currently based in Amst ...

and Mola Sylla * '' Feature'' (Winter & Winter, 2014) * '' Count Till Zen'' (Winter & Winter, 2015) - with Harmen Fraanje and Mola Sylla * '' The Volcano Symphony'' (Winter & Winter, 2016) * ''

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'' ( Just Listen, 2020) - with Harmen Fraanje and Mola Sylla With the Amsterdam String Trio * '' Winter Theme'' (Winter & Winter, 2000) With the Arcado String Trio * ''Green Dolphy Suite'' (Enja, 1995) with Trio de Clarinettes * ''Live in Europe'' (Avant, 1996) With the Uri Caine Ensemble * '' The Goldberg Variations'' (Winter & Winter, 2000) With

* ''An hour with...'' (Hat Hut, 2000)

References

External links

Ernst Reijseger biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reijseger, Ernst 1954 births Living people Dutch jazz cellists Dutch classical cellists Dutch composers People from Bussum Arcado String Trio members Clusone Trio members Winter & Winter Records artists Leo Records artists Music & Arts artists FMP/Free Music Production artists Black Saint/Soul Note artists