Projects

Native Aliens Ensemble

A group dedicated to play composed music using forms of Brazilian popular music combined with free improvisation.

Renato Ferreira – all compositions, tenor and baritone sax
Yedo Gibson – soprano sax
Laura Polence – voice
George Dumitriu – guitar, viola
Miguel Petruccelli – guitar, bass guitar
JanWillem van der Ham – bassoon
Saartje van Camp – cello
Onno Govaert – drums

Haffah

An avant-garde jazz quartet experience with:

Christian Ferlaino – alto saxophone
Herbert De Jonge – piano
Renato Ferreira – double bass
Hans Houtman – drums

Groep Rood

A music theater group.

In the piece created by Jan Langedijk called “Wachten, wachten, wachten…”, Judith De Klerk and Renato Ferreira perform together with children from 2 years old on. It is an interactive piece for children that has already traveled through many theaters in The Netherlands. It was followed by the piece “Papier en bas”.

Judith De Klerk – performance
Renato Ferreira – tenor sax; double bass
Jan Langedijk – idea and direction

Amsterdam Big Band

18 musicians, 1 singer, 1 singer and 1 conductor, one passion: They are fully committed to playing Dutch songs. Whether it’s Ramses Shaffy, Wim Sonneveld, Annie M.G. Schmidt, Spinvis or Jeroen Zijlstra, they breathe new life into their repertoire. Enjoy all those Dutch gems that have been given a beautiful big band jacket by band leader and arranger Simon Lutz.

Trolleybus

A joyful trio that navigates between contemporary music performance, improvisation and conceptual music-theater.

Nora Mulder – piano, objects and toys
Yedo Gibson – all kinds of saxophones and reeds
Renato Ferreira – double bass and electric bass

Royal Improvisers Orchestra

A super group of young improvisers from the improv. scene in Amsterdam/The Hague, in The Netherlands. They are musicians from all over the world.

Yedo Gibson – musical director, tenor, soprano and baritone sax
John Dikeman – sax
Felicity Provan -trumpet
Marie Guilleray-voice
James Hewitt – baroque violin
Renato Ferreira – double bass
Alfredo Genovesi – guitar
Mikael Szafirowski – guitar
Oscar Jan hoogland – piano
Nora Mulder – cimbalom
Marcos Baggiani – drums
Onno Govaert – drums