Stichting Misha Mengelberg

Coming to you from the studios of the Concertzender / World of Jazz: Pocket Concerts. Featuring this edition: Bennink / Baas / van Gelder.

This video features legendary drummer Han Bennink, guitarist Reinier Baas and saxophonist Ben van Gelder performing at the worldofjazz.nl office. This trio was first brought together by Ben van Gelder in 2014. Since, they have performed at venues and festivals across Europe, including the Umbria Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival and Südtirol Jazzfestival.

Coming to you from the studios of the Concertzender / World of Jazz: Pocket Concerts. Featuring this edition: Jesse van Ruller & Maarten Hogenhuis

Guitarist Jesse van Ruller and saxophonist Maarten Hogenhuis bring together two generations of Dutch jazz in this intimate Pocket Concerts performance. Van Ruller, a key figure in the Dutch jazz scene and an internationally acclaimed guitarist, won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition in 1995, becoming the first European to receive the award. He has worked with artists including Roy Hargrove, Joe Lovano, Christian McBride and Peter Erskine, while releasing numerous albums as a leader and sideman. His album Catch! was nominated for an Edison Award.

Nieuw Amsterdams Peil presenteert stemkunstenaar van nu, Kristia Michael voor een ode aan waaghals en pionier in avant-garde: zangeres Ileana Melita. Wandeling vanaf idyllische plek naar huisconcert in woonboot op de Schinkel. Startpunt wandeling: toegangspoort Huis te Vraag.

Composition by Ilja, inspired by a movie of Pief the cat, one of the pets of Dutch pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg. Mixing, mastering and video by Ben.

In opus kaleidoskopus ontmoet het NJJO niemand minder dan Reinier Baas, meestergitarist, bandleider, componist, arrangeur én meervoudig Edison-winnaar. Onder zijn vleugels stomen zestien toptalenten zich in een tweejarig coachingstraject klaar tot de jazzmakers van morgen.

Op het programma: verrassend dansbare muziek van vooruitstrevende artiesten als Fuensanta, Petter Eldh, Genevieve Artadi en Misha Mengelberg en enkele van Baas’ eigen ‘greatest hits’ in nieuwe arrangementen. Alles om het dagelijks (jazz)brood van de improvisatie te laten samensmelten met invloeden van elders tot een opwindend nieuw geheel. En dat alles in de binnentuin van H’ART! 

Misha Mengelberg (5 June 1935 – 3 March 2017) was a highly influential Dutch avant-garde jazz pianist, composer, and a central pioneer of European free improvisation. Known for his wry humor, unpredictable musical subversions, and distinct artistic philosophy, Mengelberg fundamentally reshaped the landscape of contemporary improvised music.Life and CareerMusical Roots: Born in Kiev to a prominent musical family, his father was conductor Karel Mengelberg and his mother was harpist Rahel Draber. He later studied composition and music theory at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.Early Recognition: He gained international attention early in his career by performing on American multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy’s historic final studio recording, Last Date (1964). Read more…

Zijn we nu reeds aan het oefenen voor het volgende carnaval? Trekt het circus naar de stad? Of is dit een hommage aan de Amerikaanse componist Charles Ives? Niets van dit alles en dit alles tegelijkertijd. Het is de Instant Composers Pool – volgend jaar bestaan ze 60 jaar –  in één van die onvergetelijke composities van de oprichter en voormalige pianist van dit gezelschap: Misha Mengelberg. (Lees verder)

Goede Maten celebrates the birthdays and lasting legacy of Misha Mengelberg (5 June 1935 – 3 March 2017) and Louis Andriessen (6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021). Both close friends, composers and improvisers, they not only shook up Dutch music but left their mark across the world.

Tonight, Goede Maten shows that great artists do not only live on through their finished work: they remain forces that keep generating new encounters, through archival discoveries, musical friendships, rediscoveries and new generations of performers. A colourful gathering pays tribute to them, featuring the mighty ICP Orchestra, Cristina Zavalloni, Gerard Bouwhuis, Heleen Hulst and De Kickers, directed by Jan Maarten Koeman.

Het Misha Kosmos Festival 2026 vindt plaats van 25 mei – 7 juni. Het festival eert en viert de eigenzinnige en wonderlijke muziekwereld van componist, pianist en filosoof Misha Mengelberg (1935-2017), wiens muziek springlevend is en musici tot over de hele wereld blijft inspireren. Met in onze zaal onder anderen het ICP Orchestra, Goede Maten (ode aan Misha Mengelberg en Louis Andriessen) en een Intergalactic Night met Ernst Glerum en Terrie Ex.

Artchipel Orchestra represents the vibrant heart of the Italian jazz scene. The Milanese collective, founded and led by drummer and composer Ferdinando Faraò, has already been proclaimed Best Formation of the Year four times in the leading Top Jazz election of Italian trade magazine Musica Jazz. Artchipel Orchestra exudes a distinctly international spirit, and has enjoyed special collaborations with musicians such as Keith Tippett and Enrico Rava. The output of the orchestra is now up to eight albums, and ranges from original works to masterful reinventions of compositions from the 1970s and 1980s. Their latest release is entitled Officine Mengelberg, and contains pieces by the famous Dutch pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg from ICP Orchestra. At the festival, Artchipel Orchestra will play pieces from that album (for the first time ever in a live setting), with special guests such as Michael Moore, who is still performing with Misha’s own ICP Orchestra.