Udo van Boven

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Biography

Pianist, arranger and musical director

The Hague pianist / arranger Udo van Boven has been playing on stages and festivals throughout Western Europe for about 40 years.

As an arranger he wrote for numerous Dutch orchestras, including the Metropole Orchestra and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw and for big bands in a.o. New York, Copenhagen and Bangkok. Nowadays he is active as piano player and arranger in Ben Schröder’s Vintage Sextet and initiated his own quintet and nonet.

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Orchestras
Quintet

Compositions that have never been played, which became in oblivian due to Erik’s sudden death in 2018, are now performed by The Hague top musicians.

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Vintage Sextet

Ben Schröder loved the sextets of yesteryear. After playing with (accompanying) many musicians it was Han Kleene (fan/jazzlover) who helped him to start the vintage sextet.

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Nonet

Udo’s transcriptions of Rogier van Otterloo’s music for the film ‘Turkish Delight’ are performed. The aim of the project is to connect renowned jazz musicians from The Hague with young talent.

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