The Ben Vanderweyden Jazz Quartet honors harmonica legend Toots Thielemans during a multi-media tribute tour in 2018-2024. The Belgian quartet features Ben Vanderweyden on chromatic harmonica, Koen Vandendriessche on drums, Roman Korolik on 6-string bass and Dirk Schreurs on piano and keyboards. All musicians have worked with Toots on stage and/or in the studio. Lecture and video presentation by Fred Brouwers. Tour dates: 14/10/2018 Heist o/d Berg, 26/10 Roozendaal (NL), 7/11 Izegem, 19/11 Antwerpen, 25/11 Asse, 29/1/2019 Scherpenheuvel, 8/2 Knokke-Heist, 9/2 Poperinge, 14/6 Kortenberg, 15/6 Hansbeke, 27/9 Mol, 19/1/2020 Bekkevoort, 26/1/2020 Scherpenheuvel, 16/5/2020 Turnhout, 3/10/2020 Evere, 8/10/2020 Turnhout, 18/9/2021 Rekem, 17/10/2021 Hechtel-Eksel, 22/4/2022 Bilzen, 21/7/2022 Tienen, 17/09/2023 Hoeilaart, Deurne 19/10/2023, 6/11/2023 Beernem, 18/2/24 Ruiselede,16/5/24 Brussel, 22/8/24 Zolder, 24/8/24 Holsbeek. To be continued...
Next concert: Jazz aan de Sjtasie, Swalmen, June 9th
IPSO FACTO line up:
Dirk Schreurs: keyboards,composition
Costa Arvanitidis: guitar
Roman Korolik: bass
Ron van Stratum: drums, percussion.
Artwork by Kathy d'Haene
Contact:
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Dirk is an official NORD keyboard instruments endorsement artist, playing the NORD STAGE 3 and the NORD PIANO 5 on tour and in the studio. (
www.nordkeyboards.com/artist/dirk-schreurs)
Grand piano
Rhodes
Clavinet
Lead synth
At the beginning of 2020 Dirk launched an exciting musical project, called The Solo Piano Works. He has been recording new and older compositions, now exclusively arranged for solo piano. To give you an impression of the color and mood, you can now listen to his performance of his award-winning composition "Enigma".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7kkJZPsPEk
In 2018 Dirk founded The Association for Holistic Imaginative and Mindful Sonic Art (AHIMSA) and released #1, an ambient/electro album featuring co-synthesist and composer Diederik Wissels. This CD contains 13 original compositions brought to life by analog synthesizers and sequencers in a tribute to the cosmic realm and beyond.
https://www.facebook.com/AHIMSA
From 2017 until 2018 Dirk and his jazz trio featuring Ron van Stratum (drums) and Henk de Laat (acoustic bass)/Roman Korolik (electric bass) accompanied singer Della Bosiers, and Belgian singers/actors Jelle Cleymans and Bert Verbeke on a tour in honor of Dutch legend RAMSES SHAFFY. Moreover, especially for this theater tour, Dirk will arrange Ramses’s music in a highly personal way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oe2Ja3gvDw
Tour 2017: 22/9 CC Herent, 22/9 CC De Haan, 29/9 CC Scherpenheuvel, 30/9 CC Lier, 5/10 CC Dilbeek, 6/10 CC Zandvliet, 7/10 CC Mechelen, 20/10 CC Overpelt, 26/10 CC Sint-Genesius-Rode, 27/10 CC Geel, 3/11 CC Aartselaar, 17/11 CC Tienen, 18/11 CC Maasmechelen, 24/11 CC Merksem, 1/12 CC Geraardsbergen, 6/12 CC Bierbeek, 9/12 CC Vilvoorde, 15/12 kerk Kortemark, 16/12 Ruiterhal Brasschaat. Tour 2018: 7/7 Nevele, 16/7 Gent, 10/8 Deurne.
On January 30. 2017, the Royal Library of Belgium and the Royal Belgian Mint pay tribute to the late Belgian jazz musician Toots Thielemans.
For this exquisite event at "De Munt" in Brussels, Dirk has rearranged a.o. "Bluesette" for harmonica and Rhodes piano to be played with Belgian jazz harmonica player Ben Vanderweyden during the tribute. Moreover, Toots Thielemans will be honored with the release of a silver 20 Euro coin.
The new album by the Enrique Tarde Group called BRAGASINGA is out now!
BRAGASINGA is a colorful blend of Brazilian, jazz, funk, and world music.
Recording artists on BRAGASINGA are Ron van Stratum on drums and percussion, Henk de Laat on vocals and bass,
Frank Peeters on acoustic and electric guitars, Peter Hermesdorf on tenor and soprano saxophones, and Dirk on piano and keyboards.
Artists in residence at the Courtrai Track Music Center, De Laat & Schreurs’s new acoustic jazz album "I Found You Found Me" is out now.
The CD contains colorful originals and fresh makeovers of songs and standards, all in themselves artistic reflections of the joy of improvisation and interaction.
SABAM Jazz Composition Award 2013
The SABAM for Culture association selected Dirk’s "Rays of Enchantment” to be the award winning composition at the 2013 Hoeilaart International Jazz Contest. This composition was played and recorded by a range of international jazz contestants during the Jazz Hoeilaart finale in Belgium on September 26-27-28 2013.
