Winners Keep an Eye The Records 2025 announced!
The winners of the 11th edition of The Records were announced on Thursday evening 23 January in a festive TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht.
From 115 applications from the various Dutch Conservatories, 7 finalists were chosen who played in TivoliVredenburg on Thursday January 23 for the final jury consisting of Monica Akihary, Jesse van Ruller, Sun-Mi Hong, Paula Hoorn en Tibor Elferink.
Foto’s door Jaap Kroon
Ludvig Søndergaard Sekstet
Ketija Ringa (flute), Micheal Murray (alto saxophone), Chaerin Im (piano), Aleksander Sever (vibraphone), Samuel Kiel (double bass), Ludvig Søndergaard (drums)
The music is composed and arranged by Ludvig Søndergaard, and is based on reflection of the world around us. Therefore it’s a mix for genres and structured as one long composition with many different colors, lengths and environments. The sekstet is working with the in-between of writing material and free improvisation and creating a cinematic landscape between either cute or dark passages.
The jury wrote:
“We found the band sound very urgent, sincere and energetic. We consider the bandleader to be a real artist. The sound they create together is unique and we see a lot of possibilities. There was a nice balance between written material and improvisation. More is more, and less is more.”
Flatland Prayer - River Adomeit
Līva Dumpe (voice), Antonio Moreno (trumpet), River Adomeit (double bass)
Flatland Prayer reimagines songwriting in a free-improv context. The eclectic trio (with vocalist Līva Dumpe, trumpeter Antonio Moreno, and bassist River Adomeit) is firmly rooted in the traditions of American jazz and folk, though always with one foot forward into Amsterdam’s avant-garde scene. Though their influences are broad-reaching, Flatland Prayer has a cohesive sound, with all the clarity and tenderness of the musicians behind it.
The jury wrote:
“We were really positively surprised. Not only were the players individually very strong, they also had a great band sound. We thought the group sounded beautiful in its simplicity and vulnerability. They go 100% for the music”
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NOHMI - Miran Noh
Miran Noh (piano), Patricia Mancheño (double bass), Auke de Vries (drums), Claudio Jr. De Rosa (tenor saxophone), Daniel Clason (trumpet)
A band with a strong classical background, led by jazz pianist Miran Noh from South-Korea. When listening to NOHMI, it is challenging to keep deciphering the strong motive from the beginning, during its development in the composition into lots of polyphonic layers.
Inspiration for their work comes from classical composers such as Ravel, Debussy, and Prokofiev, who as impressionists explored mood and atmosphere through the use of timbre, orchestration, and progressive harmonic concepts.
The jury wrote:
“We were impressed to hear the way they implemented classical influences with a more traditional jazz sound. They experiment with form and orchestration in a highly original way. Their music is complex in a good way and still resonates with the listener and stays accessible.”