Guests Yanna Pelser and Esat Ekincioğlu cover a wide range of genres with their string instruments, from classical to original pop music, and from innovative Mediterranean music and to free jazz. Host Roufaida Aboutaleb discuss the differences and sometimes surprising similarities between them during a spontaneous conversation.

Yanna Pelser | viola & vocals

Esat Ekincioğlu | double bass & effects

Roufaida Aboutaleb | podcast host

Music references

Pink Floyd - The dark side of the moon 

The Necks - Sex 

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - G.F. Händel

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Yoràn Vroom, drummer & composer and Rory Ronde, guitarist, have known each other for years, but have never played as a duo before. In conversation with Roufaida Aboutaleb, they share moments of inspiration, ideas on activism, the role of music and much more.

Yoràn Vroom | slagwerk

Rory Ronde | elektrische gitaar & effecten

Roufaida Aboutaleb | podcast host

Music references

Blood on the fields - Wynton Marsalis 

Steve Coleman 

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Podcast host Roufaida Aboutaleb meets Efe Erdem and Glenn Gaddum Jr., two young adventurous musicians who are at the heart of the vibrant contemporary music scene, both great improvisers who seamlessly move between, above, below, and across genres.

Efe Erdem | Trombone & effects

Glenn Gaddum Jr. | Electric bass & effects

Roufaida Aboutaleb | Podcast host

Music references

Mr Hands - Herbie Hancock

Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

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Podcast host Roufaida Aboutaleb meets Mexican double bassist and singer Fuensanta Méndez & singer and ud player Nawras Altaky, and we find out that the dreamy and melancholic quality of their music and voices might have common roots in their passion for stars and the universe. 

Fuensanta Méndez | Double bass & vocals

Nawras Altaky | Ud & vocals

Roufaida Aboutaleb | Podcast Host

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In a year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, host Leendert van der Valk catches up with Cuban pianist Ramón Valle and guitarist Reinier Baas, as they recorded an exclusive online concert at the invitation of Music Meeting Festival.

Cuban pianist Ramón Valle emigrated to the Netherlands in part because of the country’s liberal jazz scene. In his impressionistic playing, latin, classical and jazz music merge seamlessly. Reinier Baas' guitar playing is also fluid - not too smooth, but apparently effortless. He likes to defy expectations, challenge his fellow musicians and mislead listeners. Naturally, Valle and Baas have common grounds, but it is precisely the juxtaposition of Valle's impressionistic playing and Baas’ adventurous streak which makes for an exciting musical exchange of ideas.

The conversation is partly in English and partly in Dutch.

Ramón Valle | piano

Reinier Baas | guitar

Leendert van der Valk | Podcast host

De van oorsprong Cubaanse pianist Ramón Valle is Cubaan emigreerde naar Nederland vanwege de vrijzinnige jazzscene. In zijn impressionistische spel vloeien Latin, klassiek en jazz rimpelloos in elkaar over. Vloeiend is ook het gitaarspel van Reinier Baas – niet gladjes, wel ogenschijnlijk moeiteloos. Als muzikant speelt hij graag met verwachtingspatronen, daagt zijn medespeler uit en zet de luisteraar met veel genoegen op het verkeerde been. Natuurlijk hebben Valle en Baas de nodige raakvlakken, maar juist Valle’s impressionistische spel, waarmee hij afrekent met Cubaanse stereotypen, en de avontuurlijke inslag van Baas zorgen voor een spannende muzikale gedachtewisseling.

Het gesprek vindt deels plaats in het Engels, deels in het Nederlands

Ramón Valle | piano

Reinier Baas | gitaar

Leendert van der Valk | Podcast host

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