Luc Houtkamp

Blessed in 1953 in Den Haag, Netherlands, saxophonist, composer, and improviser Luc Houtkamp spent some time working numerous renowned music artists and innovators all over the world. Although essentially self-taught, Houtkamp do research in his hometown on the Vrije Academie in the first ’70s. While there, he fulfilled many esteemed digital composers such as for example Tony truck Campen, Michel Waisvisz, and Gilius truck Bergeijk, with whom he’d later collaborate. Through the entire middle-70s, Houtkamp performed in a variety of groupings, including lineups with Sven-Ake Johansson and John Russell. By the end from the ’70s, he became energetic with composer truck Bergeijk and in Klimaat, an organization with Jan DenBoer and Maartje ten Hoorn that continuing until 1984. Per year following the inception of Klimaat, Houtkamp also joined up with the saxophone quartet Hommage, including Michael Mast, Andre Goudbeek, and John Ruocco. The middle-’80s noticed Houtkamp happen to be Australia using the Comparative Music group, and perform within a trio and quartet with Han Bennink, Ernst Reijseger, and Konrad Bauer. His participation in both of these groups continuing until 1989, when Houtkamp became a member of Wolfgang Fuchs’ Ruler Ubu Orchestra. Through the past due ’80s and early ’90s, Houtkamp also performed in trios with Alex Maguire and Willi Kellers, and Horst Rickels and Greetje Bijma. He continued to be in the Ruler Ubu Orchestra until 1992, and the next year performed within a trio and quartet with Carl G. Beukman, Gert-Jan Prins, and Johannes Bauer. During 1994, Houtkamp performed within a duo with Nicolas Collins. Since 1989, Houtkamp has truly gone on solo travels almost annually, planing a trip to Germany, Lithuania, France, Switzerland, as well as the U.S. on a minimum of four separate events. He’s a specialist of expanded saxophone techniques, and a composer of digital and pc music, which he initial became involved with during the middle-’80s. Houtkamp provides work two different brands: his LP imprint, Ooyevaer Drive, and his newer Compact disc label, X-OR. He acts as songs consultant to his hometown’s songs concert place, the Den Haag Korzo movie theater, and it has been workshop head and visitor lecturer at many establishments, including the Artwork Institute of Chicago, Stuttgart’s Hochshule für Musik, Oakland, CA’s Mills University, the Royal Conservatory of Den Haag and UPenn, Edinboro. Houtkamp provides performed at such esteemed new music celebrations because the North Ocean Jazz Event, London’s Business Week, the Oct Get together in Amsterdam, Vancouver’s Du Maurier Jazz Celebration, and more.