BERT BOEREN

Born

Vught, The Netherlands 11-03-1962

Education

'81-'83		Conservatory (classical) in Utrecht, Netherlands
'83-'88		Conservatory (jazz) in Hilversum with Bart van Lier, Netherlands

'83-'88 -

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Workshops with John Clayton, Bill Holman, Frank Foster, Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Jerry van Rooyen

Teaching

'87-'90		Professor Conservatory Rotterdam, Netherlands
'88-'91		Professor Royal Conservatory The Hague, Netherlands
'93-'95		Teacher at school of music at Oss, Netherlands
'02- '-		Guest-Teacher Conservatory for jazz-music in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tours

1980		The U.K., with Eurojazz Big Band
1982		Canada, Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo
'84-'99 - -	- -	U.S.A. , Australia, U.S.S.R. , Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Aruba, Dubai, South-Africa, New Zealand and all E.C.-country's with the Dutch Swing College Band.
1989		Soloist at the NordRing Festival held in Budapest, Hungary
1990 -	-	Representative of The Netherlands in the European Broadcast Union Big Band under the leadership of Erich Kleinschuster in Austria
1991		Soloist at the European Radioweek held in Strassburg, France
1992		Soloist at The Classical Jazzfestival in Palm Springs U.S.A.
2000		"DOE MAAR" revival-tour
2001		Theatre-Tour "Mathilde Santing", Netherlands
2002		Capetown Jazzfestival, South Africa
2002		Japan with Satoru Oda

Current groups

2007		Compaz
2007		Masters of Swing

2007

Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Played with


Scott Hamilton, Warren Vaché, Clark Terry, Peter Appleyard, Arnett Cobb, Ferdinand Povel, Ack van Rooyen, Denis Leloup, Toots Thielemans, Deborah Brown, Hans Dulfer, Denise Jannah, Urbie Green, Tom Baker, Peanuts Hucko, Philips Worldstars 2000, DOE MAAR 2000, Mathilde Santing, Mark Nightingale, Marc Godfroid, Oda Satoru, Bison Katayama, Eji Hanaoke, Andy Cooper & Euro Top 8, Bill Reichenbach, and many others.

Awards

1990		Export Award (with Dutch Swing College Band)
1994		Bird Award (with Dutch Swing College Band)

1995		Peter Schilperoort Award.
2000		Kobe Jazzfestival Award (Japan)