A few weeks ago, more than 20 musicians living in the Netherlands were performing on this festival tour by Banyan Tree Events, the Word Jazz Festival. It was organised as a tour through several Indian cities. I've learned recently that Bangalore is officially named Bengaluru and Bombay is Mumbai. There were also shows in other cities but I flew stratight to Bengaluru and performed acoustic jazz; a few tunes from my new album and as you can see also made people dance together with Zosja as Venus Tunes Live.
Here's a little compilation of some of the concerts in these cities. These musicians were performing here: Alexander Beets, Rolf Delfos, Lucas Santana, Ellister van der Molen, Susanne Alt, Zosja El Rhazi, Anna Serierse, Lizzy Ossevoort, Baer Traa, Sebastiaan van Bavel, Timothy Banchet, Davor Stehlik, Marius Beets, Matheus Nicolaiewsky, Tim Hennekes and Sven Rozier. Robert Glass joined me for filming and tour management. Please fill me in if I forgot you! Special thanks to Banyan Tree for inviting us and Alexander Beets and Sven Rozier for putting the program together and coordinating our travels!
Before we start with all adventures around the new album DARK HORSE, let's stand still for a second and look back to the events of 2025...For me it was a busy and buzzing year with lots of different & exciting stuff going on and more that I could wish for. I am truly grateful and humbled. Thank you, dear people and agencies who continue to want to work with me, thank you, dear concert audiences, music lovers, dear friends&family, new acquaintances, and also extra thanks to my own body who lets me do all this! I decided to put a reel together with some of the activities on stage to give you an impression. If your activity together with me is not there, it doesn't mean I didn't like it but maybe there was no video evidence. There were even more off stage activities, therefore multiple shoutouts to: ArtEZ in Arnhem where I am teaching with a lot of joy, and these organisations/boards I am involved with and who contribute to our arts/music/jazz eco system: De Creatieve Coalitie, Bimpro.nl, VCTN, Kunstenbond Platformacct, Concertzender, BumaStemra, Stichting Brein. I wish you a happy and healthy new year and hope to see you again soon! P.s. Let's meet on 16th of January at Bimhuis! We will play the premiere of my new album DARK HORSE and there are still some tickets left. - A few weeks ago, more than 20 musicians living in the Netherlands were performing on this festival tour by Banyan Tree Events, the Word Jazz Festival. It was organised as a tour through several Indian cities. I've learned recently that Bangalore is officially named Bengaluru and Bombay is Mumbai. There were also shows in other cities but I flew stratight to Bengaluru and performed acoustic jazz; a few tunes from my new album and as you can see also made people dance together with Zosja as Venus Tunes Live.Here's a little compilation of some of the concerts in these cities. These musicians were performing here: Alexander Beets, Rolf Delfos, Lucas Santana, Ellister van der Molen, Susanne Alt, Zosja El Rhazi, Anna Serierse, Lizzy Ossevoort, Baer Traa, Sebastiaan van Bavel, Timothy Banchet, Davor Stehlik, Marius Beets, Matheus Nicolaiewsky, Tim Hennekes and Sven Rozier. Robert Glass joined me for filming and tour management. Please fill me in if I forgot you!Special thanks to Banyan Tree for inviting us and Alexander Beets and Sven Rozier for putting the program together and coordinating our travels!
