Soprano-saxophone
Personal Biography
Saxophonist and clarinettist, graduated with decoration at the Dutch Royal Conservatory, where he is Principal Subject teacher.
As a free lance musician working for the Dutch Symphony Orchestras as well as with the ASKO- and Schönberg-ensemble, Ebony Band, Ives-Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, The Beau Hunks. From 1992-2003 Lead-Alto-Saxophonist in the Metropole Orchestra.
He has been giving concerts as well with among others Polo de Haas, Janine Abbas and Ben Gerritsen.
With pianist Wolfgang Watzinger he has a duo that dedicates itself to the performance of a braod classical saxophone repertoire and with pianist Eddy van Dijken he presents ‘Saxophobia’, a program in which a great variety of old saxophones in historical-musical perspective is being transformed into nice sounds.
Personal repertoire
Leo van Oostrom and Wolfgang Wantzinger
An extensive repertoire of compositions composed for the new invention
by Adolphe Sax (played on original Sax-instruments) through important
pieces of international composers (Ibert,Glazounov,Denisov, Brant) to
contemporary music (Andriessen, Torstensson, Hannan).
“Saxophobia” Leo van Oostrom en Eddy van Dijken
Special and exclusive members of the broad Saxophone-family, among others
the C-Melody, Stritch, Saxello, Swanee-sax, F-mezzo and Bass-saxophone,
will be played and explained. Compositions of among others: Jules Demersseman,
Jean-Baptiste Singelée, Rudy Wiedoeft, Jimmy Dorsey, Johnny Hodges, Frank
Trumbauer, Bud Freeman and Darius Milhaud.
CD:
Classic Sax, Works of Hans Gal, Erwin
Schulhoff, Paul Hindemith, Hans Ulrich Engelmann, Werner Heiden,
Leo van Oostrom Alt Saxofoon
Wolfgang Wantzinger Piano
AIS 1168.01 EURO 15,-
Available at: janineleo@hetnet.nl
Contact information
Leo van Oostrom
Pythagorasstraat 38
1098 GD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
telephone
+31 (0)20 692 67 62
e-mail
janineleo@hetnet.nl
