2025
date City venue group
16/01 Amsterdam (NL) Theater De Richel Lumley Lisle Baars
19/01 Rotterdam (NL) Koffie & Ambacht Lumley Lisle Baars
28/01 Amsterdam (NL) Zaal 100 Baars Baggiani Brouskari & Delcroix Semey
03/02 Amsterdam (NL) OCCII POEZIE audio release ‘Pieta’ Mischa Andriessen with a.o. Ig Henneman viola
17/02 Amsterdam (NL) Roze Tanker All Strings Night with a.o. Ig Henneman viola
08/03 Apeldoorn (NL) Paleis het Loo 14:00 Orkest De Ereprijs plays Henneman’s 'Diep bloost de zee’
16/03 Rotterdam (NL) Koffie en Ambacht 19:30 G.Almeida Malaby Baggiani Baars
  Ab Baars goes on tour with Kaja Draksler Octet for 5 concerts April 2025
01/04 Ljubljana (SL) Cankarjev dom Kaja Draksler Octet
02/04 Velenje (SL)   Kaja Draksler Octet
03/04 Slovenske Konjice (SL)   Kaja Draksler Octet
04/04 Monfalcone (IT)   Kaja Draksler Octet
05/04 Cerkno (SL)   Kaja Draksler Octet
11/04 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis Baars plays with Loot
21/04 Amsterdam (NL) Roze Tanker All strings Night with a.o. Ig Henneman viola
22/04 Amsterdam (NL) Zaal 100 Baars - Marraffa
01/05 Antwerpen (B) Rataplan 20.30 Duo Baars-Henneman
03/06 Amsterdam (NL) Zaal 100 Baars Moore Draksler Govaert
04/06 Amsterdam (NL) De Kring 21:00 Hoogland/Baars/Vitols/Govaert
05/06 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis ICP Orchestra
17/07 Nürnberg (D) Metropolmusik Kneer/Baars/Elgart
15/08 Dortmund (D) Visual Sound Outdoor Festival Kneer/Baars/Elgart
16/08 Dortmund (D) Visual Sound Outdoor Festival Taubenfeld/Baars a.o.
18/10 Donaueschingen (D) Donaueschinger Musiktage 2025 Kaja Draksler Octet
03/09 Stadtgarten Köln (D) Jazzweek Marta Warelis 'Still life with lemons'
Ab Baars a.o.
04/09 Nijmegen (NL) Brebl Marta Warelis' 'Still life with lemons'
Ab Baars a.o.
09/09 Amsterdam (NL) Zaal 100 Ig Henneman curates the impro-night
29/09 Amsterdam (NL) OCCII POEZIE audio release Anneke Brassinga with a.o. Ab Baars tenorsax
03/10 Haarlem (NL) De Pletterij ICP a.o. Ab Baars
04/10 Utrecht (NL) TivoliVredenburg Orange JazzDays ICP a.o. Ab Baars
28/10 Amsterdam (NL) Zaal 100 Ig Henneman curates the impro-night
09/11 Wels (AT) Music Unlimited Duo Baars-Henneman
10/11 Vienna (AT) Celeste Ab Baars/Christof Kurzmann
12/11 Budapest (HU) https://bmc.hu/en Quartet Hock, Grencsó, Mezei, Miklós & Baars
13/11 Prague (CZ) Cafe Husovka Baars solo & Ovcí hájek
14/11 Berlin (D) Sowieso 20:30 Delius-Baars duo
16/11 Berlin (D) Richten 25 tbc Warelis-Baars duo
28/12 Amsterdam (NL) Dokzaal 16.30 - 22.00 SHAPES LINES AND LAYERS
Ig Henneman 80 Ab Baars 70
a celebration
musicians: Ab Baars, Ig Henneman, Vincent van Amsterdam, Esther Kuiper, Fie Schouten, Femke van den Berg, Chris Watt, Alistair Sung, Janneke van Prooijen, Heleen Hulst and Elisabeth Smalt.
Joëlle Léandre, Elisabeth Harnik, Gerry Hemingway, Camille Verhaak and Tobias Delius
see News 2025
2024
date City venue group
10/03 Amsterdam (NL) Splendor Baars & Van Duynhoven a.o
07/04 Amsterdam (NL) De Roode Bioscoop Baars/Loot
10/04 Amsterdam (NL) Sexyland World 20:30 Impro Space Ig Henneman solo
and more
12/04 Bremen (DE) Jazz Ahead Baars/ICP Orchestra
11/05 Amsterdam (NL) Concertgemaal BaarsBuisDeman
05/06 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis 20:30 Baars/ICP Orchestra
26/06 Faroe Islands (DK) TUTL 11.30
Summartónar Festival		 Duo Baars Henneman
27/06 Faroe Islands (DK) TUTL 11.30
Summartónar Festival		 Duo Baars Henneman
30/06 Faroe Islands (DK) ISCM World New Music Days 2024
SUNNUDAGUR -TVØROYRI SALT 15.00		 Henneman’ string quartet ‘Outside the Rain has Stopped’ performed by the Aldubáran String Quartet
30/06 Faroe Islands (DK) Tórshavn, Hotel Hafnia Panorama Suite 21:00 Duo Baars Henneman
24/08 Den Helder (NL) Kunsthal 45
15:00
 Duo Baars Buis
31/08 Fransum (NL) zomerjazzfietstour
15.30 & 16.45		 Duo Ab Baars Toby Delius
05/09 Amsterdam (NL) Occii Baars Henneman Gerbrandy Brassinga Bruinja Zea Groot Samba
12/09 Budapest (HU) Opus Jazz Club Quartet Hock, Grencsó, Mezei, Miklós & Baars
13/09 Székesfehérvar (HU) TBA Quartet Hock, Grencsó, Mezei, Miklós & Baars
13/09 Amsterdam (NL) Festival De Muze van Zuid Esther Kuiper mezzo soprano and Helena Basilova piano will perform Henneman's 'Hinter der Wand'
11/10 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis
Marta Warelis Bimhuis Reflex series 20:30		 Baars in Marta Warelis project
26/11 Torino (IT) Atelier Giorgi Via Belfiore 5/H
21:00		 BaarsBuisDeman
27/11 Poggibonsi (IT) Hotel Alcide BaarsBuisDeman
28/11 Poggibonsi (IT) Hotel Alcide BaarsBuisDeman
29/11 Bologna (IT) Teatro San Leonardo 19:30 BaarsBuisDeman
30/11 Udine (IT) Circolo Arci Misskappa 21:30
hybridaspace.org		 BaarsBuisDeman
01/12 Lodi (IT) Cascina Fanzago 18:00 BaarsBuisDeman
09/12 Amsterdam (NL) Huis de Pinto 19:30 BaarsBuisDeman
11/12 Groningen (NL) Brouwerij Martinus 20:30 BaarsBuisDeman
27/12 Amsterdam (NL) Roode Bioscoop Baars with the ICP Orchestra
2023
date City venue group
01/03 Eindhoven (NL) POM Baars Knuffke Henneman
02/03 Amsterdam (NL) Splendor Baars Knuffke Henneman
03/03 Amsterdam (NL) De Roze Tanker Ab Baars Trio & Knuffke
04/03 Rotterdam (NL) Koffie & Ambacht Ab Baars Trio
  European Tour BaarsBuisDeman April-May
02/04 Utrecht (NL) Huisconcert Stichting Elf BaarsBuisDeman
13/04 Rijckevorsel (BE) De Singer BaarsBuisDeman
15/04 Leiden (NL) Hot House Qbus BaarsBuisDeman
16/04 Münster (D) Black Box BaarsBuisDeman
19/04 Villach (AT) Kulturhof BaarsBuisDeman
20/04 Graz (AT) Stockwerk Jazz BaarsBuisDeman
21/04 St . Johann in Tirol (AT) Alte Gerberei BaarsBuisDeman
24/04 Haarlem (NL) De Pletterij BaarsBuisDeman
30/04 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis BaarsBuisDeman
07/05 Zaandam (NL) Doopsgezinde Vermaning BaarsBuisDeman
09/06 Berlin (DE) Ausland Kneer Baars Elgart
10/06 München (DE) Offene Ohren Kneer Baars Elgart
14/06 Ljubljana (SLO) Hupa Brajdic Baars Gasiorek Henneman Poderzaj
08/09 Potsdam (DE) Kunsthaus Sans Titre Kneer Baars Elgart
09/09 Peitz (DE) Peitz 60 Kneer Baars Elgart
22/09 Amsterdam (NL) Dokzaal Rosaly Roebke Baars
24/09 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis Perch Hen Brock & Rain
Ab Baars, Ig Henneman, Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey
14/10 Brugge (B) Kaap BaarsBuisDeman
27/10 Haarlem (NL) De Pletterij ICP Orchestra
28/10 Bergen (NL) Ruïnekerk ICP Orchestra
29/10 Amsterdam (NL) venue tba ICP Orchestra
02/11 Antwerp (BE) Oorstof/Klankhaven at Rataplan Henneman Fluke-Mogul
03/11 Rotterdam (NL) Koffie en ambacht Henneman Fluke-Mogul Almeida
05/11 Amsterdam (NL) De Roze Tanker 16:00 Henneman Fluke-Mogul Baars Janssen Renfrow
05/11 Den Bosch (NL) Festival November Music Luna Quartet plays Henneman's string quartet 'Outside the Rain has stopped'
07/11 Amsterdam (NL) Zaal 100 Henneman Fluke-Mogul Dumitriu
12/11 Amsterdam (NL) Splendor Ab Baars Hélène Seiyu Codjo -shakuhachi
19/11 Amsterdam (NL) Theater Vrijburcht on IJburg Duo Baars Henneman
28/11 Copenhagen (DK) Klub Primi Riris Haugerud Baars
29/11 Berlin (DE) Venue tbc Riris Haugerud Baars
01/12 Nijmegen (NL) Doornroosje Merleyn
Catalytic Sound Festival		 Henneman Harnik Brass -Blonk, Hessels, Moor, with different guests and combinations
02/12 Amsterdam (NL) Paradiso
Catalytic Sound Festival		 Henneman Harnik Brass -Blonk, Hessels, Moor, with different guests and combinations
02/12 Bergen (NO) Tedans/Bergen Improklubb Riris Haugerud Baars
14/12 Amsterdam (NL)
postponed		 Sexyland World Ig Henneman solo
2022
date City venue group
23/02 Eindhoven (NL) POM 20.30 Baars Buis Deman
24/02 Amsterdam (NL) De Ruimte 20.30
 Baars Buis Deman
27/02 Geraardsbergen (B) Huisconcert 15.00 - reserveren Duo Baars Henneman
18/03 -
29/03		 Isle of Mull (UK) Knockvologan Residency Baars Henneman
26/03 presentation Glig Glig Glig
08/04 Saarbrücken (D) freejazzfestival saarbrücken Ab Baars' Fish-Scale Sunrise
24/04 Apeldoorn (NL) De Ereprijs De Ereprijs performs Henneman’s Diep bloost de zee - premiere
  Trondheim (N) April 19 - 26/04 Tour Norway Ab Baars as guest with Alexander Riris trio
30/04 Utrecht (NL) Tivoli/Vredenburg Bauwien van der Meer sings Henneman’s Beweis zu nichts for sopr, str 4, hp, organ
30/04 Ulrichsberg (AT) Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon 19:00 Duo Baars-Buis
21/05 Amsterdam (NL) Orgelpark 20.15 Bauwien van der Meer sings Henneman’s Beweis zu nichts for sopr, str 4, hp, organ
22/05 Utrecht (NL) Willibrordkerk 16.00 Bauwien van der Meer sings Henneman’s Beweis zu nichts for sopr, str 4, hp, organ
29/05 Groningen (NL) Luthersekerk 15.00 Bauwien van der Meer sings Henneman’s Beweis zu nichts for sopr, str 4, hp, organ
23/06 Rome (IT) Casa del Jazz Ab Baars with ICP Orchestra
29/06 Gorica (SL) International Saxophone Meeting SAXGO Ab Baars' Fish-Scale Sunrise
30/06 Kopenhagen (DE) Koncertkirken Ab Baars with Kaja Draksler Octet
09/07 Rotterdam (NL) North Sea Jazz Festival Ab Baars with ICP Orchestra
21/07 Haarlem (NL) Haarlem Organ Festival-Philharmonie 20.00 Bauwien van der Meer sings Henneman’s Beweis zu nichts for sopr, str 4, hp, organ
19/08 Haarlem (NL) De Pletterij Ab Baars with LOOT
20/08 Amsterdam (NL) De Ruimte Duo Ab Baars Dódo Kis
25/08 Amsterdam (NL) De Roze Tanker Duo Baars-Henneman
invites Verhaak & Buis
27/08 Fransum (NL) Kerk 12:00 & 13:30 BaarsBuisDeman
27/08 Antwerpen (BE) De Studio Baars Ex Draksler
08/09 Amsterdam (NL) De Ruimte Baars Ex Draksler
11/11 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis Ab Baars with Kaja Draksler Octet
25/11 Berlijn (D) Institut Francais Kneer Baars Elgart
28/11 Berlijn (D) KM28 Ab Baars Toby Delius
11/12 Wormer (NL) Catalytic Sound Festival Baars Blonk Henneman Hessels
Moor a.o.
2021
date City venue group
20/06 Amsterdam (NL) Roze Tanker (15:30) Ab Baars - Niels Brouwer
22/07 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis Ab Baars (O.J.Hoogland - Loot)
08/08 Amsterdam (NL) Sexyland Ab Baars Trio
22/08 Saalfelden (DE) Saalfelden Jazz Festival Ab Baars (Kaja Draksler Octet)
28/08 Hoog Keppel (NL) Festival Hessenbad 50 jaar Ig Henneman solo ao 'Solo Song for viola' – Ten Lines –
11/09 Utrecht (NL) Tivoli Vredenburg Ab Baars (Kaja Draksler Octet)
12/09 Amsterdam (NL) Orgelpark 14:00
 
Programma Componistenportret
Ig Henneman 75		 Composers Portrait -Ig Henneman 75
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
  Sicily tour 14-19 September Ab Baars with ICP Orchestra
25/09 Bochum (DE) Ruhr-Jazzfestival Kunstmuseum Baars Kneer Elgart
07/10 Brugge (BE) Concertgebouw Brugge Ab Baars (Kaja Draksler Octet)
08/10 Rotterdam (NL) Worm
international Catalytic Sound festival		 curators: Baars, Blonk, Henneman, Hessels, Moor
09/10 Haarlem (NL) Pletterij
international Catalytic Sound festival		 curators: Baars, Blonk, Henneman, Hessels, Moor
10/10 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis
international Catalytic Sound festival		 curators: Baars, Blonk, Henneman, Hessels, Moor
18/10 Cottbus (DE) Jazzwerkstatt Gladhouse Baars Kneer Elgart
19/10 Schwerin (DE) Schleswig-Holstein Haus Baars Kneer Elgart
07/11 Isle of Mull (UK)
cancelled		 KNOCKvologan Duo Baars-Henneman residency and presentation of their program 'Glig Glig Glig' at KNOCKvologan
14/11 Newcastle (UK)
cancelled		 The Globe Duo Baars Henneman & Faye MacCalman
15/11 Newcastle (UK)
cancelled		 Recording recording Baars Henneman MacCalman
05/12 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis Ab Baars (Cor Fuhler Memorial)
2020
date City venue group
17/01 Eelde (NL) Museum De Buitenplaats 17:00 Fie Schouten plays Henneman’s 'Solo Song for bass clarinet/clarinet – The Motion Caused –‘
01/03 Utrecht (NL) Stichting Elf Duo Baars Henneman and poet Anneke Brassinga
12/03 Den Haag (NL) Studio Loos Fie Schouten plays Henneman’s 'Solo Song for bass clarinet/clarinet – The
Motion Caused –‘
  USA tour Ab Baars Solo ‘Poor Wheel’ April 16-May 11
17/04 New York (NY/USA)
cancelled		 I-Beam Brooklyn Ab Baars solo & duo with Tom Rainey
18/04 New York (NY/USA)
cancelled		 244 Rehearsal Studios NY 6 pm Ab Baars solo & trio with Sylvie Courvoisier, Ken Filiano
18/04 Chicago (IL/USA)
streamed		 Sequesterfest vol.2 in ESS Duo Baars Henneman
19/04 New York (NY/USA)
cancelled		 DownTown Music Gallery Ab Baars solo & duo with Ingrid Laubrock
21/04 Boston (MA/USA)
cancelled		 School of the Museum Fine Arts at Tufts, Anderson Auditorium Ab Baars solo & trio with Jorrit Dijkstra, Jeb Bishop
23/04 Buffalo (NY/USA)
cancelled		 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Ab Baars solo
24/04 Cleveland (OH/USA)
cancelled		 Mahalls Ab Baars solo
26/04 Chicago (IL/USA)
cancelled		 Hungry Brain Improvisations Ab Baars & Chicago Musicians
26/04 Boston (MA/USA)
streamed		 Non-Event at Home
www.nonevent.org		 Ab Baars Solo
27/04 Chicago (IL/USA)
cancelled		 Experimental Sound Studio/Option Series 7 pm Ab Baars Solo
28/04 Chicago (IL/USA)
cancelled		 Corbett & Dempsey Duo Ab Baars Ken Vandermark
29/04 Chicago (IL/USA)
cancelled		 Constellation Ab Baars Large Ensemble of Chicago Musicians
30/04 Seattle (WA/USA)
cancelled		 The Chapel Ab Baars solo
01/05 Portland (OR/USA)
cancelled		 houseconcert Ab Baars solo
03/05 Los Angeles (CA/USA)
cancelled		 Zebulon Ab Baars solo & LA musicians
04/05 Flagstaff (AZ/USA)
cancelled		 Coconino Center for the Arts Ab Baars solo
06/05 Shreveport (LA/USA)
cancelled		 Minicine? Ab Baars solo
07/05 New Orleans (LA/USA)
cancelled		 Side Bar Nola Ab Baars solo & New Orleans musicians
08/05 New Orleans (LA/USA)
streamed		 Side Bar Nola Ab Baars solo
09/05 Columbia (SC/USA)
cancelled		 If Art Gallery 8:30 pm Ab Baars solo
11/05 Philadelphia (PA/USA)
cancelled		 Ars Nova Workshop Ab Baars solo & duo with Dave Burrell
17/05 Haarlem (NL)
cancelled		 Remonstrantse Kerk Poëzie dienst 10:30 compositions Henneman with Gerrie Meijers, Annelie Koning, Lidy Blijdorp, Ig Henneman
06/06 Hoog Keppel (NL)
cancelled		 Festival Hessenbad 50 jaar Ig Henneman solo ao 'Solo Song for viola' – Ten Lines –
07/06 Utrecht (NL)
cancelled		 Stichting Elf Henneman’s Solo Song for cello –As if– by Lidy Blijdorp
29/06 Chicago (IL/USA)
streamed		 Option Series ESS
performance and talk
 Ab Baars solo
10/07 Chicago (IL/USA)
streamed		 Catalytic Sound Festival Baars Henneman Hessels
26/09 Geraardsbergen (BE)
cancelled		 huisconcert Duo Baars Henneman
02/10 Amsterdam (NL) Vrij Paleis 20:00 Duo Ab Baars Lily Kiara
05/11 Gent (BE)
cancelled		 SMAK Duo Baars-Henneman
05/11 Seattle (WA/USA)
streamed		 Earshot Festival 8:30PM PST Ab Baars solo
06/11 Amsterdam (NL)
cancelled		 Bimhuis 22:00 Bimhuis & Doek presenteren Ab Baars solo
22/11 Amsterdam (NL)
postponed to Sept 2021		 Orgelpark Composers Portrait -Ig Henneman 75
Compositions and Improvisations
13/12 Amsterdam (NL) Bimhuis Spot on Ab Baars 15:00 & 17:00 Baars’ Crooners - Baars Buis Hong Payne Renfrow - & Baars Dumitriu
Henneman Sola