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Marike van Dijk

Dutch saxophonist/composer Marike van Dijk began playing jazz as a precocious 14 year old. She went on to study at the Rotterdam Conservatory from which she graduated (cum laude) in 2006. She continued her studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory, obtaining her master’s degree in jazz performance (cum laude). In 2009 Marike was nominated for the prestigious Dutch "Deloitte jazz award" and the "Amersfoort jazz talent award". JazzNL, a foundation for promoting young Dutch jazz talent, selected her as an "artist deserving wider recognition".

In May 2013 she obtained her second masters degree, this time from New York University, for which she was awarded a full scholarship by the Dutch ‘Huygens Scholarship Programme’.

Prior to moving to the Big Apple, van Dijk toured Europe extensively, performing at prestigious festivals and venues with her quintet, and the European Jazz Orchestra, among others.

The Brooklyn-based artist's debut album Patches of Blue was released in 2010, and she now offers the brilliant follow up, The Stereography Project.

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Marike van Dijk Nonet: stranded

Read "stranded" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Come è accaduto ad altri colleghi, la sassofonista e compositrice olandese Marike van Dijk ha fatto tesoro delle restrizioni di spostamento imposte durante la pandemia per concentrarsi sul lavoro musicale. Il risultato è questo quarto disco da leader, progettato mentre era isolata a Brisbane (Australia) per frequentare il dottorato di ricerca in tecniche di composizione astratta. Dopo aver debuttato in Olanda nel 2010 con Patches of Blue, evidenziando un suono luminoso e un fraseggio fluente da coolster, ...

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Marike van Dijk: The Stereography Project feat. Jeff Taylor and Katell Keineg

Read "The Stereography Project feat. Jeff Taylor and Katell Keineg" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Raccontare i suoni di New York attraverso testi e voce di chi ci vive--Jeff Taylor, vocalist balzato agli onori della cronaca nel tributo a David Bowie a opera di Donny McCaslin--e di chi vi ha vissuto per un tempo necessario ad assorbirne umori e colori--la cantante britannica Katell Keineg--amicizia con Jeff Buckley e collaborazione con Iggy Pop. A mettere su disco questa idea attraverso il progetto denominato Stereography è la sassofonista e compositrice olandese Marike Van Dijk--residente anch'essa a New ...

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Marike van Dijk: The Stereography Project

Read "The Stereography Project" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Il fermento creativo in ambito orchestrale che caratterizza oggi la scena statunitense si arricchisce di una talentosa giovane sassofonista e compositrice olandese: Marike van Dijk. Trasferitasi a New York nel 2008 dopo un lunga pratica al sax contralto (dall'età di 11 anni) e un master degree al conservatorio di Rotterdam, la van Dijk ha debuttato nel 2010 a capo di un quintetto post bop (Patches of Blue) iniziando a dare concerti e perfezionando gli studi di composizione alla ...

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liner notes on 'The Stereography Project'

Gil Goldstein: "Marike van Dijk's writing has an organic quality; balanced and seems to find ratios and combinations that are based in nature. I find her music very intuitive and feel that she has great honesty. This record will be just another step in a long career of composing."

"It's strikingly exhiliarating" -The NYC Jazz Record - Donald Elfman

"Each ambitious blend unfolds with an almost narrative structure, sketching characters and stories, their elusive outlines all the more intriguing because of their implied nature. Equally impressive is the shift between pastoral color and urban angularity" - All About Jazz - Franz a. Matzner

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Primary Instrument

Saxophone

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Active as a teacher for over 10 years, teaching beginners as well as very advanced students up to conservatory level.

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

stranded

Bjurecords
2023

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The Stereography...

Membran Records
2019

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The Stenography...

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records
2015

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Patches of Blue

Self Produced
2010

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