Klenes

André KLENES. Bass player and composer, André Klenes was borned in Vielsalm (Belgium) on february 14, 1954. He obtained the first prize for double bass and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory at Liège, Belgium. He has worked extensively as a classical musician, playing concerts and making recordings with the Radio Symphonic Orchestra, the National Brussel's Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra from Liège and the Royal Opéra de Wallonie. As a Jazz musician, he has taken part in a number of seminars (with Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Steve Houben, Charles Loos and John Clayton) and has appeared with Jacques Pelzer, Jean-Pierre Catoul and others. He is regularly involved with the major educational project in Belgium, Les Jeunesses Musicales. He has also, since 1986, been bass soloist with the ensemble of the French singer-songwriter William Sheller. André Klenes founded "Adam’s Dream" in 2000, first as a strings quintet, also as a cello & bass duo, and recently as a Strings & Drums Quartet; he produced and recorded 5 albums with this project for the label Chamber/AMG. In 2006, he recorded an album with the finger-style guitar player Jacques Stotzem. Late 2006, he also created for the Arthur Rimbaud Museum in Charleville-Mezières (France) a concept album : "Ballade sur le nom de Rimbaud". In 2007, he joined the german tango nuevo quartet "JassTango" and recorded in 2008 for Topaz/Köln. Late 2008, he produced a new album with his Strings & Drums quartet : "MOONLY DELIGHTS"(Chamber/AMG).

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