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2023

New CD’s

CD Wig 34
Cecil’s Dance BaarsBuisDeman
The trio recorded on April 30 at the Bimhuis Amsterdam.
Cecil's Dance Wig 34 will be released in the fall 2023.

CD Wig 33
Elegiacal Perch Hen Brock & Rain.
September 24 CD release party in the Bimhuis Amsterdam.
Eyal Hareuveni "Perch Hen Brock & Rain is a free-improv super-group featuring two prolific couples – the Dutch reeds master Ab Baars and violist Ig Henneman, and the German-American sax player Ingrid Laubrock and American drummer Tom Rainey, both couples are key members in the local Dutch scene and the New York Scene".
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CD #CAA-040
O hushed October
In January 2022, Baars Henneman Warelis released
O hushed October.
This Catalytic Artist Album for members only, will soon be released for the public. The music is a recording of a spontaneous trio session at the Prinsengracht 1009 in Amsterdam (NL) during lockdown on October 16, 2020. Ab Baars shakuhachi nohkan clarinet tenor saxophone, Ig Henneman viola, Marta Warelis, piano
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Concerts
Baars Henneman Laubrock Rainy Bimhuis Amsterdam September 24
BaarsBuisDeman October 14 Kaap Brugge

Ig Henneman invited New York violinist Gabby Fluke-Mogul.
Henneman Fluke-Mogul Antwerp Nov 2
Henneman Fluke-Mogul Almeida Rotterdam Nov 3
Henneman Fluke-Mogul Baars Janssen Renfrow Amsterdam Nov 5
Henneman Fluke-Mogul Dumitriu Amsterdam Nov 7
Henneman Harnik Brass @CSF Nijmegen, Amsterdam Dec 1, 2

Ab Baars invited New York cornetist Kirk Knuffke.
Baars-Knuffke-Henneman Eindhoven March 1
Duo Baars-Knuffke, Henneman solo Amsterdam March 2
Ab Baars Trio & Knuffke Amsterdam March 3
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Concert tour
Ab Baars presented his trio BaarsBuisDeman in an April/May European series of 10 concerts with a brand new repertoire performed by Ab Baars on clarinet and shakuhachi, Berlinde Deman on tuba and serpent, and Joost Buis on trombone.
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Activities
2022

CD Wig 32 'Outside the Rain has Stopped'
Ig Henneman's 'Outside the rain has stopped', named after her compostition for string quartet. The cd contains a selection of the recorded program of her Composer Portrait to celebrate her 75’s birthday in the Orgelpark Amsterdam: compositions and improvisations performed by Ab Baars -sha/cl, Anne La Berge -fl's, Lidy Blijdorp -vlc, Ig Henneman -compositions/vla, Annelie Koning -vce, Gerrie Meijers -org, Janneke van Prooijen -vl, Elisabeth Smalt -vla, Jellantsje De Vries -vl, Alistair Sung -vlc, Ansgar Wallenhorst -org, Anneke Brassinga -poems
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CD #CAA-040 In January, Baars Henneman Warelis released O hushed October Catalytic Artist Album for members only. A recording of a spontaneous trio session at the Prinsengracht 1009 in Amsterdam (NL) during lockdown October 16, 2020. Ab Baars shakuhachi nohkan clarinet tenor saxophone, Ig Henneman viola, Marta Warelis piano
see CD Catalogue

Concerts
Ab Baars will present a new trio: Baars Buis Deman. A new collaboration with Berlinde Deman on tuba and serpent and Joost Buis trombone.
February 23 Eindhoven (NL) February 24 Amsterdam (NL)
February 27 Duo Baars Henneman will play a house concert at Geraardsbergen (B)
March 26 Duo Baars Henneman concert Knockvologan, during a residency Mull (UK)
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Concert tours
Due to Covid-19 there were no tours planned in 2022

Projects
Ig worked on the video registration IG HENNEMAN 75 composer improviser knight:
The program of Henneman’s Orgelpark Composers Portrait for her 75th birthday on 12-9-2021, plus the speech of deputy mayor of Amsterdam Touria Meliani who presented Ignatine Henneman the award Ridder in de orde van Oranje-Nassau. That award Henneman received for her great contribution in the field of contemporary and improvised music. The concert program contains new work for organ, for string quartet, improvisations and earlier compositions. The project is supported by the Orgelpark Amsterdam, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Wig Foundation. Compositions and Improvisations performed by Ab Baars -sha/cl, Anne La Berge -fl's, Lidy Blijdorp -vlc, Ig Henneman -compositions/vla, Annelie Koning -vce, Gerrie Meijers -org, Janneke van Prooijen -vl, Elisabeth Smalt -vla, Jellantsje De Vries -vl, Alistair Sun -vlc, Ansgar Wallenhorst -org, Anneke Brassinga -poems.
https://youtu.be/MltLeMK1IdQ

Ab Baars and Ig Henneman had a residency at Knockvologan (Miek Zwamborn and Rutger Emmelkamp) on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. They prepared and performed their program Glig Glig Glig inspired by the Isle of Mull: literature, poetry, nature, Gaelic songs and language a.o. The presentation was on March 26 with the poets Derek Crook and Jan Sutch Pickard.
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Henneman new compositions
Diep bloost de zee for Orkest De Ereprijs. The work is inspired by 'sotto voce' of poet B. Zwaal. Premiere April 24 in Apeldoorn (NL).
Beweiss zu nichts an adaptation of her composition Hinter der Wand (1994-2020) on poems of Ingeborg Bachmann. On request of soprano Bauwien van der Meer the instrumentation will be expanded: str4, harp, organ and soprano. The composition is played in her program Van Donker naar Licht. Premiere April 30, Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht (NL), and 5 more concerts in different cities, plus CD recording (La Lumière)
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Activities
2021

New CD's
Ig Henneman 'Solo Songs for Instruments' Wig 31, Duo Baars Buis 'Moods for Roswell' Wig 30 and Ig Henneman Sextet & Guus Janssen 'Fervid' #CAA 020.
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Concerts
Ab Baars and Ig Henneman took part in the live and STREAM version of international Catalytic Sound Festival 2021 on October 8, 9 and 10. They have curated the program together with the other Dutch Catalytic artists Andy Moor, Terrie Ex, Jaap Blonk.
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Ig has been awarded 'Ridder (Knight) in de Orde van Oranje Nassau'. Right after her Composers Portrait concert at the Orgelpark on September 12 2021 the deputy mayor of Amsterdam Touria Meliani presented Ignatine Henneman the award for her great contribution in the field of contemporary and improvised music

Ig Henneman’s postponed 2020 Orgelpark Composers Portrait Ig Henneman 75 years was on Sunday afternoon September 12. The program contained new work for organ, for string quartet, improvisations and earlier compositions. The project was supported by the Orgelpark Amsterdam and the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.
programma
Componistenportret Ig Henneman 75
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Concert tours
Due to Covid-19 there were no tours planned.
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Projects
Ab Baars wrote a preface for the 'MishaKosmos': a broad selection of Misha Mengelberg ICP tunes collected by Michael Moore. Available in September

Ig Henneman’s Orgelpark Composers Portrait and celebration of her 75th birthday on 11-22-20 was postponed to September 2021. This program contained new work for organ, for string quartet, improvisations and earlier work compositions. The project was supported by the Orgelpark Amsterdam and the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. Compositions and Improvisations performed by Ab Baars -sha/cl, Anne La Berge -fl's, Lidy Blijdorp -vlc, Ig Henneman -compositions/vla, Annelie Koning -vce, Gerrie Meijers -org, Janneke van Prooijen -vl, Elisabeth Smalt -vla, Jellantsje De Vries -vl, Alistair Sun -vlc, Ansgar Wallenhorst -org, Anneke Brassinga -poems.
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Ab Baars and Ig Henneman’s residency at Knockvologan on the Isle of Mull in Scotland was postponed and will now take place March 2022. They prepared their program 'Glig Glig Glig' inspired by the Isle of Mull: literature, poetry, nature, Gaelic songs and language a.o. The presentation will be on be on Saturday 26 March 2022.

Henneman new compositions
Ig Henneman wrote a composition for string quartet 'Outside the Rain has stopped', written for the Luna Quartet. Together with her new organ solo 'February’s Turn' the string quartet was premiered at her Composers Portrait, Orgelpark, Amsterdam on September 12 2021
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Wig label

Baars en Henneman are both considering new releases. They will keep you posted.
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2020

New CD's
Ig Henneman Solo Songs for Instruments Wig 31 released in November (Lidy Blijdorp cello, Diamanda La Berge Dramm violin, Anna voor de Wind bass cl/cl, Elisabeth Smalt viola, Dana Jessen bassoon). Compositions by Ig Henneman, written between 2014-2019, inspired by poets Emily Dickinson, Ingeborg Bachmann, Anneke Brassinga, Sarah Lawson and Nanao Sakaki. All compositions are inspired by a poem, guided improvisation is an important element, as well as the voice of the performer. The liner notes are written by Bas van Putten, translated into English by Anneke Brassinga.

Duo Baars Buis
Moods for Roswell Wig 30 released in February (Ab Baars clarinet, tenorsax, shakuhachi and Joost Buis trombone) Music by Baars and Buis, adaptions of/compositions by D. Ellington and B. Strayhorn

Ig Henneman Sextet & Guus Janssen on organ
Fervid (recorded live in Haarlem 2010), # CAA 020 as a monthly Catalytic Artist Album, an unreleased recording specially released for Catalytic.”
Henneman writes: "March 2020: because of the global shutdown in response to the coronavirus, there is room to check out recordings from the past. I was really surprised by the spontaneity, imagination and energy the group showed that afternoon, halfway through our tour. The organ gives the concert a fantastic extra sound.”

Duo Baars Henneman collaborated with Evil Rabbit Records and released the cd
Aforismen Aforisme Aforismes ERR#32: a quartet with George Dumitriu (viola, violin) and Pau Sola Masafrets (cello).
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Concerts
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic most 2020 concerts and projects have been canceled
Wig did a Bimhuis December 13 concert
Spot on Ab Baars with Abs’ new groups
Baars' Crooners and the quartet Baars Dumitriu Henneman Sola
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Concert Tours
Due to the Covid 19 Ab Baars’ USA solo tour has been canceled: 19 concerts in April/May.
Instead of touring, Ab did a couple of streamed concerts organized by the American promotors. (Chicago Sequester Festival Duo Baars Henneman and 3 solo concerts in Boston, New Orleans and Chicago)
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Project
Ig Henneman’s Composers Portrait 75 years on 22 Nov 2020 is postponed to September 2021. This program will contain Henneman’s new work for organ, for string quartet, improvisations and earlier work. The project is supported by the Orgelpark Amsterdam and the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.
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Henneman new compositions Henneman works on new compositions for organ and for string quartet to be premiered 12 Sept 2021 in the Orgelpark Amsterdam.
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2019

New CD's Ig Henneman Jamie Branch Anne La Berge Dropping Stuff and other Folk Songs released at Relative Pitch Records RPR 1094, in collaboration with Wig Records #Wig 29 and to be expected in 2020 Duo Baars Buis Moods for Roswell #Wig 30
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Concerts
Duo Baars Henneman was invited for the Trytone Festival by Boi Akih (Monica Akihary voice, Niels Brouwer guitar) for a concert/recording and a Trytone session.
Duo Baars Henneman at the Dutch Music Institute exhibition opening in The Hague. Ig Henneman wrote
Allusion to Insects for that occasion.
Duo Baars Henneman played at the presentation of poet Anneke Brassinga’s new selection of poems 
Verborgen tuinen in Perdu, Amsterdam
Concerts of the Ab Baars Trio
EYE Filmmuseum screening of the silent movie The
Woman of Rjazan by Olga Preobrasjenska (1928) with score written by Ig Henneman in 1984
Ab Baars solo concerts in October in the Netherlands
and an Ab Baars solo tour in the USA April May 2020

Project
Ig Henneman is invited by the Orgelpark Amsterdam for Composers Portrait on11-22-20. The program will contain new work for organ, for string quartet, improvisations and earlier compositions. It is also a celebration of her 75th birthday
For more concerts and information
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Concert tours Canada tour September 2019: Duo Baars-Henneman is invited by Canadian duo Mercury (Lori Freedman bass clarinet, Nick Caiola bass) for a Canada tour in September. They performed as duo and as quartet NAIL
USA tour April May 2020: Ab Baars' solo tour
Poor Wheel. Ab will do a 3 week USA round trip
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Henneman at the publishing house Donemus
Ig Henneman has her own
webpage at Donemus as a Featured Composer. You will find Soundcloud and YouTube links to some of her written music. The published compositions you find in the Donemus webshop. for a total overview of all Henneman's work see Wigsite compositions and for the fully notated compositions see publishing house Donemus http://donemus.nl/ig-henneman/

Henneman new compositions At the moment Henneman is working on new compositions for her 2020 Composers Portrait at the Orgelpark in Amsterdam (November 22 2020). She will write an organ solo and a string quartet
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Wig label The Wig label is still going strong. A collaboration with New York based label Relative Pitch Records (RPR) and Wig culminated in: Ab Baars' Fish-Scale Sunrise No queen rises RPR 1075, and Ig Henneman Jamie Branch Anne La Berge Dropping Stuff and other Folk Songs RPR 1094/Wig 29
Spring 2020 we expect Wig 30 Duo Baars Buis
Moods for Roswell (Ab Baars clarinet, tenorsax, shakuhachi and Joost Buis trombone).
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2018

New CD's  Ab Baars Solo And She Speaks, a collection of ballads (Wig 27)
Duo Baars Henneman
Canzoni di Primavera (Wig 28)
Ab’s trio Fish-Scale Sunrise
No Queen Rises (RPR 1075)

to be expected:
Duo Baars Buis
Tonk
Henneman Branch La Berge
Henneman’s compositions
Solo Songs for Instruments

see CD Catalogue

Concerts
Ab Baars, Ig Henneman, Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey aka Perch Hen Brock & Rain kicks off 2018-2019 at the ZomerJazzFietstour (SummerJazzCyclingTour) in Groningen, August 25. Three days later, on August 28, they will record their second CD.
For more concerts and information
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Concert tours

Duo Baars-Henneman is invited to the AchtEck festival in Austria. They will also play some trio concerts with pianist Elisabeth Harnik September 20 - 25
The wonderful 2017 European tour of Ab Baars with his trio Fish-Scale Sunrise will get a sequel this year in Germany and Austria October 21-26. They will also bring their first CD
No Queen Rises to be released on RPR on September 21
Ab Baars solo tour in the UK will take place early December
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Henneman at the publishing house Donemus

Ig Henneman has her own
webpage at Donemus now as a Featured Composer. You will find Soundcloud and YouTube links to some of her written music. The published compositions you find in the Donemus webshop.
for a total overview of all Henneman's compositions
see Wigsite 
compositions

Henneman new compositions
At the moment Henneman is working on a new composition in her series Solo Songs for Instruments: Solo Song for cello -As if. Written for Lidy Blijdorp. All Solo Songs for Instruments will be released on a CD at the RPR label.
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Wig label
In celebration of the 25th jubilee of the Wig record label it released, with great success, the CD Duo Baars Henneman & Dave BurrellTrandans (Wig 25) in 2017.
(…) There are no ruins on Trandans, from the beginning to end this is marvelous, improvised music. A music so marvelous that we tend to forget that it did not exist before Ab Baars, Dave Burrell and Ig Henneman stepped on the stage of the Bimhuis that one night in September. And which after that intriguing concert did exist only as a memory. Until now.
--
Mischa Andriessen
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CD Catalogue
2017

Wig label
At the end of the year four CD’s are recorded. They will all be released in 2018.
Ab Baars Solo – And she speaks, a collection of ballads
Ab’s trio Fish-Scale Sunrise – Now
Duo Baars Henneman – Canzoni di Primavera
Duo Baars Buis plays Ellington – Tonk - the music of Duke Ellington
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New CD

In 2016 Duo Baars Henneman invited Dave Burrell for a concert recording to celebrate the 25th jubilee of the Wig record label. The CD Duo Baars Henneman & Dave Burrell – Trandans (Wig 25) has been released on Febr 23rd.
(…) There are no ruins on Trandans, from the beginning to end this is marvelous, improvised music. A music so marvelous that we tend to forget that it did not exist before Ab Baars, Dave Burrell and Ig Henneman stepped on the stage of the Bimhuis that one night in September. And which after that intriguing concert did exist only as a memory. Until now.
-- Mischa Andriessen
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Concert tour Ab Baars will do a European tour with his trio Fish-Scale Sunrise. Furthermore he will be playing/touring with ICP Orchestra, Kaja Draksler Octet and Solo.
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Duo Baars-Henneman will tour Italy a.o. at the Noci Festival
In June Perch Hen Brock & Rain will play Canadian festivals and venues, Something Else! Festival, Casa del Popolo Festival, Ottawa International Jazz Festival, and others.
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Concerts
Baars-Buis (with trombonist Joost Buis) performed their new program Tonk - the music of Duke Ellington at the Jazzatelier in Ulrichsberg and in City Art Rotterdam.
Duo Harnik-Henneman (Elisabeth Harnik – piano) will premiere in May in Frohnleiten (AT) Duo Baars Henneman starts the spring with Canzoni di Primavera in March at the Pintotonics Series in Huis de Pinto (Amsterdam). They are invited for Jazz North East_Going Dutch Festival in Newcastle, and in Brugge (BE) Duo Baars Henneman will feature Oscar Jan Hoogland.
They also perform at the BimLab Uitmarkt at the Bimhuis
Just before Christmas Duo Baars Henneman will finalize their year at a house concert with Lori Freedman in France
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Workshops and talks In May Henneman will attend the Vienna premiere of her composition Feather-Light Monkeys for three bass clarinets in the project ‘Low Vibrations’ at the Universität für Musik. She will also give masterclasses on composition/improvisation and a Composer talk.

Henneman will furthermore give workshops at IMIR in Stavanger (NO), and an artist talk in Vancouver at the Academic Symposium UBC together with Baars.
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2016

Wig label celebrates its 25th anniversary
The Wig label is the cd label for the music of Henneman, Baars and kindred spirits: a long adventurous road of 25 years together with 37 musicians from different collaborations in working bands and projects.

all musicians in order of first label appearance:
Ig Henneman ˙ Wilbert de Joode ˙ Fred van Duynhoven ˙ Bart van der Putten ˙ Hein Pijnenburg ˙ Mary Oliver ˙ Mariette Rouppe van der Voort ˙ Michiel Scheen ˙ Jannie Pranger ˙ Vera Vingerhoeds ˙ Wolter Wierbos ˙ Felicity Provan ˙ Katrien Ex ˙ Ab Baars ˙ Ilse van de Kasteelen ˙ Michael Moore ˙ Tristan Honsinger ˙ Lorre Lynn Trytten ˙ Han Buhrs ˙ Theo Jörgensmann ˙ Lori Freedman ˙ Steve Arguëlles ˙ Oene van Geel ˙ Alex Waterman ˙ Misha Mengelberg ˙ Martin van Duynhoven ˙ Guus Janssen ˙ Godelieve Schrama ˙ Marilyn Lerner ˙ Joost Buis ˙ Ken Vandermark ˙ Axel Dörner ˙ Fay Victor ˙ Vincent Chancey ˙ Ingrid Laubrock ˙ Tom Rainey ˙ Dave Burrell
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Festivals
North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam(NL) invited Perch Hen Brock & Rain featuring Baars, Henneman, Laubrock and Rainey to perform on July 10.

November Music, Den Bosch(NL) invited Ig Henneman to program a concert with her Solo Songs for Instruments and with Duo Baars-Henneman for Sunday November 13. Solo Song for violin - In the Storm of Roses (2014) played by Diamanda La Berge Dramm, Solo Song for viola –Ten Lines (2015) played by Elisabeth Smalt, Solo Song for bass clarinet/clarinet – The Motion Caused (2016) played by Anna voor de Wind, Solo Song for bassoon – Hardwood Floorboards (2016) played by Dana Jessen, plus Ab Baars shakuhachi, clarinet and Ig Henneman viola.
In Tilburg De Pont a preview concert on 23/10
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Wig label
The Wig label will celebrate its 25th anniversary (1991-2016) with a special Wig 25 CD release; Ab Baars and Ig Henneman invited iconic jazz pianist composer Dave Burrell for a concert/recording with the duo on Saturday September 24 at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam
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New CD

RPR 1051, Relative Pitch Records, a New York based record label, will release the first Perch Hen Brock & Rain CD in collaboration with our Wig label. The CD Live@ The Tampere Jazz Happening is a registration by the Finnish radio at the Tampere Jazz Happening 2014. Release concert North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam July 10 where Baars Henneman Laubrock and Rainey will perform
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Concert tour
Ab Baars will do a solo tour in December. Furthermore he will be playing/touring with ICP Orchestra, Klaus Ellerhusen-Holm, Luc Ex' Assemblee and Kaja Draksler Octet.
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Duo Baars-Henneman toured Holland, Poland and Germany
with their new program Canzoni di Primavera in a double bill with the Ab Baars Trio or Ab's new trio Fish-Scale Sunrise

Ab Baars did a Scandinavian solo tour that brought him to Kopenhagen, Trondheim and Oslo where he also played duo with Belgium pianist Fred van Hove at All Ears festival
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Concerts
Baars-Buis (with trombonist Joost Buis) performed their new program Tonk - the music of Duke Ellington at the Concertgemaal Wind Festival in Amsterdam
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Composition premieres Ig Henneman
Feather-Light Monkeys for three bass clarinets commissioned by the Basklarinet Festijn 2016 with financial support of the Performing Arts Fund NL. Premiered Januari 24 at LantarenVenster Rotterdam (NL) by Fie Schouten, Marij van Gorkom and Laura Carmichael.

Solo Song for bassoon - Hardwood Floorboards (2016) played by Dana Jessen will be premiered at November Music Festival 13/11 in a concert together with Henneman's other three Solo Songs for Instruments
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2014
Performance

Duo Baars-Henneman curates a three night program June 19-20-21 with music, poetry and dance steeds korter de nacht - muziek in dans een woord in the series Laboratoire Artistique sans Limite at Roode Bioscoop Amsterdam
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Tour
Tour Europe 2014 November 2 - 22 Perch Hen Brock & Rain
Ab Baars-ts cl shk, Ig Henneman-vla, Ingrid Laubrock-ts, Tom Rainey-drs see concerts

Dutch Premiere
Ig Henneman curated the program Henneman/Cage/Janssen for the Nicolaikerk Utrecht (NL) March 1 Godelieve Schrama harp and Fredrike de Winter marimba played the Dutch premiere of Four Dances by Ig Henneman, Guus Janssen improvised on an organ theme of Henneman see concerts

Ab Baars
Ab Baars puts together a new group Fish-scale Sunrise featuring pianist Kaja Draksler, bass player Joe Williamson and Ab Baars tenorsax clarinet and shakuhachi.
Ab played solo concerts in France, the Netherlands and Japan.
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Composition premieres Ig Henneman

Ig Henneman had three successful premieres of her new compositions: Riassunto for bass clarinet solo for Fie Schouten.
Translucent Layers for the Vancouver based Orkestra Futura.
In the Storm of Roses – Solo Song for violin with improvisation, premiered by Dutch violinist Diamanda La Berge Dramm and the German violinist Ayumi Paul. March 28 2015 the USA premiere was played Erica Dicker
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Video
new video’s of Ab Baars and Ig Henneman see video

New CD
Ab Baars worked on two new cd's being released in 2015: Wig 23 Ab Baars Trio & NY Guests Invisible Blow and Wig 24 Ab Baars Trio Slate Blue

Wig label see CD Catalogue
2015
In the Storm of Roses

Henneman's In the Storm of Roses Solo Song for violin with improvisation is nominated for the prestigious Dutch Matthijs Vermeulenprijs
The composition celebrated its USA premiere on March 28 performed by Erica Dicker
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CD release
January 22 the Ab Baars Trio played a CD release concert at Mahogany Hall in Edam. At this concert two new Wig CD's Slate Blue and Invisible Blow have been presented
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Concert tour
February 5, 7 and 8 Ab Baars toured with his new band Fish-scale Sunrise featuring pianist Kaja Draksler, bass player Joe Williamson and Ab Baars tenorsax clarinet and shakuhachi
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Composition premieres Ig Henneman
Ten Lines Solo Song for viola with improvisation premiered by the Dutch violist Elisabeth Smalt May 31 in the Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
Shapes Lines and Layers premiered on September 25 by the DKBB David Kweksilber Big Band at the Bimhuis
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Hungarian Television
On February 25 the recording of the 10-11-2014 show of Perch Hen Brock & Rain in Budapest, has been aired on Hungarian television, as part of the series ’On the Stage of A38 Ship’ on Channel m2
Perch Hen Brock & Rain: featuring Ab Baars, Ig Henneman, Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey

Concerts
March 7 Ab Baars played a duo concert with saxophone wizard Evan Parker in De Singer, Rijkevorsel (BE) see concerts
April 2 Duo Baars-Henneman started in Nijmegen Jazz in Brebl a new series of concerts spread over the year see concerts
Baars and Henneman worked together with Dutch poet Anneke Brassinga. They performed at Anneke's big farewell night at Haus der Berliner Festspiele after her one year DAAD residency. Duo Baars-Henneman also performed at her P.C.Hooft Award presentation in The Hague.

New CD's
Wig 23 Ab Baars Trio & NY Guests Invisible Blow
Wig 24 Ab Baars Trio Slate Blue

Wig label see CD Catalogue
2013
Tour Romenia and Italy February March Duo Baars-Henneman see concerts

Performance
August 9 ´La Sonorité de l´Argile´ performed by Ab Baars and Alexandra Engelfriet
'La Sonorité de l'Argile' by visual artist Alexandra Engelfriet and musician Ab Baars will conclude their artist-in-residency at La Briqueterie. This residency-production will provide Alexandra with the unprecedented opportunity of a collaboration with Ab Baars, her Dutch compatriot, on tenor saxophone, clarinet and shakuhachi see concerts

World Premiere of 'Four Dances' for harp and marimba by Ig Henneman in Reykjavik (IS) Kaffi Rosenberg September 9
played by Katie Buckley and Frank Aarnink (Duo Harpverk) see concerts

Next year 'Four Dances' will have its Dutch premiere in Utrecht (NL), Nicolaikerk March 1
played by Godelieve Schrama and Fredrike de Winter see concerts
Later that year 'Four Dances' will experience a UK premiere by Eleanor Turner and Owen Gunnel

Tour Ab Baars is invited to take part in 'Assemblee', a project organized by Luc Ex (bass) together with Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax) and Hamid Drake (drums)
Tour November 8 - 23 concerts see concerts

Tour
Tour Europe 2014 November 5 - 23 Perch Hen Brock and Rain
featuring Ab Baars-ts cl shk, Ig Henneman-vla, Ingrid Laubrock-ts, Tom Rainey-drs see concerts

Video new video’s of the Duo Baars Henneman Bimhuis concert Nov 30 2012 see video

New CD
see CD Catalogue
Wig 22
Duo Baars-Henneman Autumn Songs
recorded at the Bimhuis Amsterdam November 30 2012

Wig label see CD Catalogue
2012
Concerts
Ab Baars and Ig Henneman see concerts

Composers in residence May 29 - June 20
Banff (CA) Baars and Henneman at the Leighton Artists' Colony in the Banff Centre

Tour Canada June 21 - 28 see concerts
Kindred Spirits Ig Henneman Sextet with new work of Ig Henneman

Tour USA Oct 13 - Nov 7 see concerts
Autumn Songs Duo Baars-Henneman
with new work of Ab Baars and Ig Henneman

New CD see CD Catalogue
Wig 21
Ig Henneman Sextet Live@The Ironworks Vancouver
recorded at The Ironworks Vancouver June 28, 2012

Ab Baars selected twice in the 2012 Downbeat Critics Readers Poll
For those that are into this kind of thing: Ab Baars was honored twice in the 2012 Downbeat Critics Poll! Ab was rated #11 for Clarinet overall and in the Rising Star category #9.

Ig Henneman composition Tratti per Arpa featured on the album The Crown of Ariadne
The Crown of Ariadne is the latest release of solo harp music by English harp virtuoso Eleanor Turner, who received second place in the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in 2011 for her interpretation of Ig’s 'Tratti per Arpa'. This album is released on Champs Hill Records.

Video update: registration Ig Henneman Sextet video

Financial support
The Performing Arts Fund NL provided financial support for two travel grants and three composition commissions.Wig

Wig label see CD Catalogue
CDs now also available on CD Baby
2011
Tour
INVISIBLE BLOW Ab Baars Trio & NY guests.
A European Tour and a new program.
November 10 - 26, 2011 see concerts

Ab Baars - tenorsax, clarinet, shakuhachi
Wilbert de Joode - bass
Martin van Duynhoven - drums
Fay Victor - voice
Vincent Chancey - french horn

New 5 CD Box Set
Ab Baars Trio 20 Years
and a booklet 'Ab Baars Trio 20 Years (and Counting)'
with an essay by Kevin Whitehead
Wig 20

New CD Cut a Caper Ig Henneman Sextet recorded
at the Bimhuis Amsterdam Dec 19 and 20, 2010
Wig 19

Tour Europe Ig Henneman Sextet December 8-12 see concerts

Concerts Ab Baars Trio Germany September 16-17 see concerts

Tour KINDRED SPIRITS Ig Henneman Sextet Ig Henneman Sextet Canada; the Victoriaville Festival Musique Actuelle FIMAV May 19 - 23 see concerts

Composer in residence
Banff (CA) Baars and Henneman at the Leighton Artists' Colony in the Banff Centre
April 17 till May 18

Ig Henneman Tratti per Arpa for harp solo played by Eleanor Turner (UK)
April 17 Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw- Gaudeamus International Interpreters Competition

Concerts Sticks and Stones. The Ab Baars Trio plays the music of John Carter.
January 2011, see concerts

Video update: registration Ig Henneman Sextet see video
2010
The Wig label released a Box set 'Ig Henneman Collected' (Wig 18) and a booklet 'Ig Henneman 65' in celebration of Henneman's 25th anniversary as a composer/bandleader and her 65th birthday. This box contains 5 CD's, 1 DVD, and the booklet 'Ig Henneman 65'.
Available at Stichting Wig

Tour KINDRED SPIRITS Ig Henneman Sextet
Ig Henneman, composer and bandleader, celebrates in December 2010 her 25th anniversary and her 65th birthday with KINDRED SPIRITS. She will be touring with her new international sextet.
December 2 - 19, see concerts

Ab Baars (NL) - tenorsax, clarinet, shakuhachi
Axel Dörner (DE) - trumpet
Lori Freedman (CA) - bass clarinet/clarinet
Ig Henneman (NL) - viola/compositions
Wilbert de Joode (NL) - bass
Marilyn Lerner (CA) - piano

New CD

time to do my lions Ab Baars solo
recorded at the Bimhuis Amsterdam April 24 and November 12, 2008
Wig 17

Composer in residence

Banff (CA) Baars and Henneman will be composer in residence at the Leighton Artist’ Colony in the Banff Center
April 5 – 26

Ig Henneman Traghettatore and Vóga lunga for guitar, mandolin and recorder played by Zimbello.
March 7 Workum Doopsgezinde kerk
March 24 Kapelle, Gemeentehuis
March 28 Diemen, Schuilkerk De Hoop
May 2 Wognum, kerk
Tour Floating Worlds
Ab Baars (NL) - tenorsax, clarinet, shakuhachi
Ig Henneman (NL) - viola
Michiyo Yagi (JP) - kotos
The Netherlands September 11 - 21, see concerts
Japan october 17 - 31, see concerts

Concerts Ab Baars, Ig Henneman, see concerts

Tour Ab Baars Trio & Ken Vandermark USA Canada April 2- 25 see concerts Amsterdam meets Chicago

New CD's
Sliptong Baars/Henneman/Mengelberg
recorded at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam December 18 2008
Wig 16
coming soon: Ab Baars solo
recorded at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam April 24 and November 12 2008
Wig 17

Ig Henneman Twirl for small bigband played by the Clazz Ensemble.
May 3 Bimhuis, Amsterdam 20.30

Ig Henneman Traghettatore and Vóga lunga for guitar, mandolin and recorder played by Zimbello.
February 1, Theehuis,Midwolde 11.00
March 15, Zaal Phoenix, Schayk 12.00
August 9, Bonifatiuskerk, Oldeberkoop 20.00
September 27, Schuilkerk de Hoop, Diemen 15.00

Ig Henneman Molot for marimba solo
played by Tatiana Koleva September 27, Stichting Elf, Utrecht 16.00
played by Fredrike de Winter September 26, Catharinakerk, Doetichem 20.00 and October 3, Nicolaikerk, Utrecht 20.15

See News for 2010 and later...
Concerts Ab Baars, Ig Henneman.

New CD Ab Baars Trio & Ken Vandermark  Goofy June Bug (Wig 15)

Tour Duo Baars - Henneman USA Canada May June July

Ab Baars and Ig Henneman composer in residence at the Banff Arts Centre/Leighton Colony in Canada from June 1 till June 15.

June 24 Toronto (CA): Ig Henneman, Sottosuolo for bassclarinet played by Lori Freedman, Contact Contemporary Music/Gladstone Hotel

15 - 18 July 2008 Haarlem (NL) 47th International Organ Improvisation Competition. Theme composed by Ig Henneman for the final round on Thursday July 17 on the Müller organ (1738 / IIIP / 62) of the St.-Bavokerk Haarlem

Premiere Ig Henneman Traghettatore and Vóga lunga for guitar, mandolin and recorder played by Zimbello Delft Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof nov 2 15.00

Tour Queen Mab Trio Europe November, see concerts

See News for 2009 and later...
Concerts 2008 | Duo Baars-Henneman | Ab Baars Quartet | Ab Baars Trio | Ab Baars Trio & Ken Vandermark | Ig Henneman | Queen Mab Trio | Wig15
Tour Duo Baars-Henneman England 27 February - 6 March

Ab Baars Quartet Novara Jazz Festival (I) May

Concerts Ab Baars Trio

Concerts Duo Baars-Henneman

Tour Ab Baars Trio & Ken Vandermark Europe 27 September - 21 October

Tour Duo Baars - Henneman Japan 10 - 27 December

Premieres Ig Henneman compositions
* Molot  for marimba solo (2007) ± 12’
premiere 6 October Vancore 2007 Joure and November Music 2007 Den Bosch Gent and Hessen performed by Wim Konink
* Twirl  for small bigband (2007) ± 10’
premiere 4 November Amsterdam Bethaniën Klooster 15.00 performed by the Clazz Ensemble
* Bow Valley Whistle for flute solo and live electronics (2007) ± 12’
premiere 14 October Bratislava 17 October Kosice (Slovakia) performed by Anne la Berge

Concerts 2007 | Duo Baars-Henneman | Ab Baars Quartet | Ab Baars Trio | Ab Baars Trio & Ken Vandermark | Ig Henneman
Duo Baars-Henneman:
Concerts in Italy (January)
Tour Germany and Italy (May, June)
Tour Japan (October)
Concerts and a workshop in Sicily ‘the Dutch Sicilian Connection’ (December)

Ab Baars Quartet:
Tour ‘Kinda Dukish’ USA, Canada en Europa (April/Mei)

Queen Mab Trio:
Tour ‘Lines of Descent’ Europe (November)

Release CD ‘Stof’ Duo Baars-Henneman (Wig 13)
Release CD ‘Thin Air’ Queen Mab Trio (Wig 14)

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Duo Baars-Henneman | Kinda Dukish | Queen Mab Trio | Wig 13 | Wig 14
Ab Baars Solotour in Japan (January)

Concerts Ab Baars Trio and Ab Baars Quartet

The Queen Mab Trio Tour ‘Thin Air’ USA/Canada/Europa (May/June/July/October)

Ig Henneman Composer in Residence at the Banff Centre, Banff (AB) Canada (May/June)

Duo Baars-Henneman Atlantic Jazz Festival Halifax (NF) Canada (July)

Release CD ‘See Saw’ Queen Mab Trio (Wig 11)

Release CD ‘Kinda Dukish’ Ab Baars Quartet (Wig 12)

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Queen Mab Trio | Wig 11 | Wig 12
Tour Henneman String Quartet in USA and Canada, with Mark Helias on bass.

Ab Baars Trio plays at festival ContemporaneaMente 2004, Lodi (Italy)

'Kinda Dukish' Ab Baars Trio plus Joost Buis play the music of Duke Ellington.

'Henneman, Henneman & de Swaan'. Multimedial concert by Ig Henneman composer, Jeroen Henneman visual artist and Carrie de Swaan filmmaker. Premiere: November 15th 2003 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Concerts in the Netherlands of The Queen Mab Trio. (Lori Freedman, Marilyn Lerner, Ig Henneman)

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Kinda Dukish | Henneman, Henneman & de Swaan | Queen Mab Trio
'Henneman, Henneman & de Swaan'. Multimedial concert by Ig Henneman composer, Jeroen Henneman visual artist and Carrie de Swaan filmmaker. Premiere: November 15th 2003 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Ab Baars Trio tour USA and Canada.

Release CD '10 Years Ab Baars Trio - Party at the Bimhuis' recorded live at the Bimhuis with guests Misha Mengelberg, Guus Janssen, Mariëtte Rouppe van der Voort and Ig Henneman. (Wig 09)

'Days of Dutch Culture' Henneman String Quartet in St. Petersburg, concerts and masterclass.

Henneman String Quartet on tour in Austria.

'Canzoni Per Sonar Con Qualsiasi Strumento' Festival at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam. Henneman String Quartet, Ab Baars Trio, Italian Instabile Orchestra and poet H.C.Ten Berge. Two new compositions written for the Instabile Orchestra by Henneman and Baars.

Concert serie '10 Years Ab Baars Trio + Guests' with Misha Mengelberg, Guus Janssen, Ig Henneman, Mariëtte Rouppe van de Voort. The Bimhuis concert has been released on label Wig. (Wig 09)

Release CD 'Veer & Haul' Ab Baars + Mariëtte Rouppe van de Voort.

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Henneman, Henneman & de Swaan | Ab Baars Trio - Tour USA and Canada | Wig 08 | Wig 09 | Wig 10 | Canzoni project
'Ig Henneman + duo Queen Mab' (Lori Freedman, Marilyn Lerner) on tour in Canada and USA.

Ab Baars Trio on tour in Canada.

Release CD 'OLO' Wilbert de Joode Bass solo. (Wig 06)

Release CD 'Piazza Pia' Henneman String Quartet. (Wig 07)

Concerts Henneman String Quartet in the Netherlands and Germany.

Concerts Henneman String Quartet and Ab Baars Trio plus Roswell Rudd in Italy. (Poggibonsi, Rome and Florence)

'De Boksers' Ab Baars Trio with singers Ilse van de Kasteelen and Han Buhrs. A program with compositions and improvisations inspired by the boxing sport. more...

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Queen Mab Trio | Wig 06 | Wig 07 | CD Presentation | De Boksers
Concerts Ab Baars Trio

Concerts Henneman String Quartet in Canada and Austria.

Concerts Henneman String Quartet and release of the CD 'Pes'. (Wig 05)

'Ig Henneman Tentet en Nederlandse Poëzie'. A program with new compositions by Ig Henneman, Ab Baars and Tristan Honsinger based on dutch poetry.

'Ab Baars Trio and the North American Indians'. A program with compositions/improvisations inspired by the various art forms of the Native Americans. CD 'Songs' (Geestgronden 22)

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Wig 05 | Geestgronden 22 |
Commission for Ig Henneman by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Work Employment to write the composition 'Lichtschuw and Indigo' for The Ig Henneman Tentet, performed during the 'Symposium Commemoration of 100 Years National Exhibition Woman's Labour'. Compositions and improvisations based on the work of Dutch Woman Poets. CD 'Indigo' (Wig 04)

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Wig 04 |
Henneman String Quartet plays 'Westwerk'. A program with compositions/improvisations by Ig Henneman inspired on architecture and music of the Middle Ages.

'10 year commemoration of the foundation Woman on Music'. September celebration concert. Ig Henneman Tentet and The Henneman String Quartet play compositions of Ig Henneman.

'Ab Baars Trio plus Roswell Rudd'. A program with new work by Ab Baars especially written for this combination. CD 'Four' (DATA 012)

Concerts Ig Henneman Tentet.

'Ab Baars Trio plays the music of John Carter'. A program for which Ab Baars has arranged compositions by the American composer and clarinettist John Carter for The Ab Baars Trio. CD 'Carol Court' (Geestgronden 12)

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | DATA 012 | Geestgronden 12 |
Concerts Henneman String Quartet and Ig Henneman Tentet.

Concerts archive pdf (180k) |
Ig Henneman Tentet plays 'Nachtegaal tijdens de slaap'. A program with compositions and improvisations inspired by poems on birds. CD 'Repeat that repeat' (Wig 03)

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Wig 03 |
Ig Henneman Tentet plays 'Dickinson'. A program with compositions and improvisations composed by Ig Henneman and inspired by poems of Emily Dickinson. CD 'Dickinson' (Wig 02)

Concerts archive pdf (180k) | Wig 02 |