Ernst Reijseger
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Born | Bussum, Netherlands | 13 November 1954
Genres | Jazz, contemporary classical ⋅ |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instruments | Cello |
Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Gerry Hemingway, Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Mangelsdorff, Franco D'Andrea, Joëlle Léandre, , Trilok Gurtu, and Mola Sylla, and has done several world music projects working with musicians from Sardinia, Turkey, Iran, Senegal, and Argentina, as well as the Netherlands-based group Boi Akih.
He has made numerous recordings, both as solo cellist and with other groups, and has been the subject of a documentary film. He has also written several film scores, including scores for a number of Werner Herzog films.
Film scores[]
- 2000 - Ajax: Hark the Herald Angel Sings
- 2004 - The White Diamond
- 2005 - The Wild Blue Yonder
- 2008 -
- 2009 - My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
- 2010 -
- 2010 - Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- 2013 -
- 2014 -
- 2015 - Prejudice
- 2016 - Salt and Fire
- 2019 - Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
- 2019 - Family Romance, LLC
- 2020 - Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Quotes on...[]
"He is a magnificent cellist, and he can do anything, anything on his cello. He could play the civil war, the American Civil War on his cello." —Werner Herzog
Solo and group work[]
Reijseger's most well known solo album is Colla Parte, which he recorded in a room of a small villa which he was staying in on a trip to Sardinia, this would be the same trip that he would meet the with whom he recorded Colla Voche.
He has done several recordings with Mola Sylla, including Requiem for a Dying Planet, and Janna.
Reijseger is also a member of the Amsterdam String Trio, with and , and another trio, simply called , with and Gerry Hemingway.
He was also a member of the ICP Orchestra (or Instant Composers Pool) for many years, as well as the Clusone Trio with Michael Moore and Han Bennink.
Discography[]
- Mistakes (Broken, 1979) with Sean Bergin
- Taiming (Hummeloord, 1981)
- Cellotape & Scotchtape (Data, 1982) with Alan "Gunga" Purves
- Dutch Masters (Soul Note, 1987) with Misha Mengelberg, Steve Lacy, George Lewis & Han Bennink
- Ta (Nimbus, 1987) with Alan "Gunga" Purves
- Sonic Fiction (, 1989) with Georg Gräwe and Gerry Hemingway
- Noci...Strani Frutti (Leo, 1991) with Pino Minafra and Han Bennink
- Et on ne Parle pas du Temps (FMP, 1995) with Louis Sclavis
- Colla Parte (Winter & Winter, 1997)
- Colla Voche (Winter & Winter, 1999) with Tenore and Concordu de Orosei
- I Love You So Much It Hurts (Winter & Winter, 2002) with Franco D'Andrea
- Janna (Winter & Winter, 2003) with Mola Sylla and Serigne C.M. Gueye
- (Winter & Winter, 2006) with Georg Graewe and Gerry Hemingway
- Requiem for a Dying Planet (Winter & Winter, 2006) - soundtrack music for Werner Herzog's The White Diamond and The Wild Blue Yonder
- (Winter & Winter, 2007)
- Tell Me Everything (Winter & Winter, 2009)
- (Winter & Winter, 2010) with Groove Lélé
- (Winter & Winter, 2011)
- (Winter & Winter, 2011) - soundtrack music for Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- (Winter & Winter, 2013) - with Harmen Fraanje and Mola Sylla
- (Winter & Winter, 2014)
- (Winter & Winter, 2015) - with Harmen Fraanje and Mola Sylla
- (Winter & Winter, 2016)
- (, 2020) - with Harmen Fraanje and Mola Sylla
With the Amsterdam String Trio
- (Winter & Winter, 2000)
With the Arcado String Trio
- Green Dolphy Suite (Enja, 1995) with Trio de Clarinettes
- Live in Europe (Avant, 1996)
With the Uri Caine Ensemble
- The Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter, 2000)
With Michael Moore
- An hour with... (Hat Hut, 2000)
References[]
External links[]
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Dutch jazz cellists
- Dutch classical cellists
- Dutch composers
- People from Bussum
- Arcado String Trio members
- Clusone Trio members
- Winter & Winter Records artists
- Leo Records artists
- Music & Arts artists