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For the jazz lovers in town Chennai MAARTEN Visser originally belongs to Holland and lives in Chennai. Between 1994 and 1998 Maarten Visser studied saxophone at the ‘Brabants Conservatorium (Netherlands), played in bands and composed for a number of groups he played for. After finishing conservatory in 1998 he came to Chennai to study carnatic music. And gave up rather soon. In 2000 he started to collaborate with choreographer Padmini Chettur. He composed music for Segment of a Solo (2000), Fragility (2001), 3 Solos (2003), Paperdoll (2005)’, Pushed (2006). Between 2003 and 2005 Maarten Visser stayed in the Netherlands. In 2006 he conducted a workshop called Sound and Silence. This workshop revolved around the composition Mist, a microtonal piece for 6-14 musicians of any level, any instrument. The workshop is produced by ei-producties an organisation started in 2005 by Ferdi Schukking and Maarten Visser. ‘ei-producties’ organises weekly concerts of experimental music. ‘ei-producties’ also produces albums. From 2006 onwards Maarten Visser spent most of his time in Chennai. In 2008 a CD with saxophone solos was released. Maarten Visser is currently composing duets for 2 saxophones and a new production with Padmini Chettur. In 2008 Maarten Visser started a contemporary jazz trio with bassist Keith Peters and drummer Jeoraj George. Keith Peters has performed with the who’s who of music in India – A R Rehman, Zakir Hussain, Louis Banks, Kadri Gopalnath, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Illaiyaraja & Harris Jayaraj, to name a few. Jeoraj George was trained at DrumTech, an institute for drummers in the UK. Having gigged considerably at various clubs, Jeoraj is adept at various forms of percussion, especially jazz. His influences include the famous Latin jazz drummer Horacio Hernandez and the funk-styled Dennis Chambers. Jeoraj, who teaches at his institute in Chennai, is collaborating with jazz, funk and fusion bands around India. They play fine pieces of jazz music and the repertoire has been composed for the trio exclusively. The trio will play on May 22 at Rhapsody restaurant, Courtyard by Mariott. 7:30pm onwards. Snap http://www.expressbuzz.com/Images/article/2009/5/14/13may_holland.jpg http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=For+the+jazz+lovers+in+town&artid=8kvnVt00ZqA=&SectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&MainSectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&SEO=Holland&SectionName=rSY|6QYp3kQ= Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
