String Carpet
In the course of the years I’ve been a member of several different Swing Bands. My last and certainly most fun one was the Belgian Quartet String Carpet with its home base in Brussels, Belgium. I met my three colleges during our jazz studies at the conservatory of Brussels and it became clear pretty quickly […]
Bakad Kapelye
Bakad Kapelye is my oldest and longest Klezmerprojet. 12 years long we rock the house. With a royal dose of traditionalism, we put together a sound that connects traditional European dance- and partymusic with all kinds of pop-, rock- and other influences. In the course of the years, we made three CD’s. Eins… und spielt […]
Klezmerorchester Erfurt
Since 2019 I am string section leader, soloist and teacher at the Erfurter Klezmerorchester, an amateur orchestra with more than 80 members from several countries. Twice a year the orchestra comes together to work on a concert program which is usually performed in one of Erfurt’s churches. You are welcome to join at any time! […]
Halva
Halva is finest instrumental music covering various easterneuropean folk styles. It’s debut album „Halva – The seweetest Klezmer Orchestra“ (2018) features New Yiddish Music by bandleader and violinist Nicolaas Cottenie. Most of the tunes are traditional Yiddish dance forms carrying a colourful combination of consonance and dissonance inspired by Greek and Hungarian fiddle bands, classical […]
Azind – Traditional Klezmer Duo
Azind is a multiinstrumental duo with my dear friend and collegue Nicolaas Cottenie. We perform traditional klezmer pieces and music from Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. If everything goes according to plan we record our first album in december 2022. Nicolaas Cottenie (www.nicolaascottenie.eu) violin, 8-String violin, accordeon, bass padel Alina Bauer (www.alinabauer.eu) violin, viola, mandola, […]