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Corrie van Binsbergen

Guitarist/Composer/Bandleader Corrie van Binsbergen (1957) finished her classical guitar studies in 1983. She has been active in a very wide musical range and played with numerous different bands and groups, in pop, jazz and improvised music, music for theatre and danceproductions, recording sessions, TV-shows and even the circus. In 1999, Corrie van Binsbergen received the VPRO/Boy Edgar Prize (the most prestigious award in Dutch jazz- and improvised music) for her creativity, craftsmanship and versatility. This prize is considered an oeuvre-prize.

In 1986, she started her own band Corrie en de Brokken. Ten years later, she founded the Stichting Brokken realising every one or two years a new, surprising and succesfull production where she brings together different musical styles or artforms for a far more broader public than only jazz reaches.

She received numerous commissions, i.e. NPS Jazzmarathon, the European Woman in Music Congress, the Mondriaan String Quartet, the Holland Festival, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Filmmuseum, the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, The Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Asko Ensemble.

Awards

VPRO/Boy Edgar Prize 1999


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Album Review

Corrie van Binsbergen: Self Portrait In Pale Blue

Read "Self Portrait In Pale Blue" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Dutch guitarist Corrie van Binsbergen's musical aesthetics are often compared to charismatic, extrovert guitarists from the school of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa or Marc Ribot. Her first solo album is something completely different. It began to take form by accident after a scheduled recording was cancelled and van Binsbergen, with encouragement from pianist Albert van Veenendaal, decided consciously not to prepare for it, play tabula rasa, and see where the music will take her and take off.

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The combination of flaming, technically exceptionally skilful guitar solos and her preference for cross, disturbing compositions make her 'the Dutch Zappa'

Not only a fantastic composer, Corrie van Binsbergen is also a first class guitarist.

The sharpnes of Zappa and the emotion of Hendrix...

Guitarist Corrie van Binsbergen surprises again and again with interesting and well-thought concepts.

Frank Zappa
guitar, electric

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Ik wou

Brokken Records
2019

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10, a Brokken Records...

Brokken Records
2018

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Tales without words

Challenge Records
2017

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Live

Challenge Records
2015

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Self Portrait In Pale...

Brokken Records
2014

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What a romance

Chris Abelen Music Porductions
1999

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