Bram Stadhouders
Bram Stadhouders is considered one of The Netherlands' best and most refreshing improvising musicians since Han Bennink and Misha Mengelberg. His style is filmic and dreamy, and he uses guitar and technology to create magical worlds of aural inspiration. Born in a family of music teachers, as 6-year-old boy Bram Stadhouders (NL, 1987) received his first lessons from his Dad on the classical guitar, with which he already won several classical competitions. Later he continued in the world of rock, jazz, and electronic music, with the same big success. His music is praised by press and fans, and he was chosen as a Young Vip in The Netherlands, connected to the most important tour for upcoming improvising musicians in many sold-out stages, and a show on national television. After his electronic music composition studies, he moved to the new music paradise Berlin, and tours a lot in the Netherlands, Europe, and the USA. Bram has played with artists like Eric Vloeimans, Jim Black, Harmen Fraanje, Jeroen van Vliet, Eric van der Westen, Haytham Safia, Wouter Jaspers, Laïs, Noel Redding (bassist from Jim Hendrix), Nelson Veras, Hein van de Geyn, Matthieu Chazarenc, Staplerfahrer, Grzech Piotrowski, Spinvis, and much more. Besides working regularly as a guest-musician, he performs his own music as a solo-guitarist, as duo with Onno Govaert, and with an international 6-piece band Bram Stadhouders Korps. His music is meandering in between free jazz, ambient and classical composed music.
List of prizes Bram has won:
1997 - Brabants Gitaarconcours
1998 - Brabants Gitaar Ensemble Concours
1999 - National Guitar Awards
2002 - Prinses Christina Concours
2007 - Young VIP tour
Bram has performed in these venues: Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Paradox (Tilburg), SJU (Utrecht), Blå (Oslo NO), North Sea Jazz festival, Festival Mundial, ZXZW, Heineken Music Hall and many more. He has toured in Europe, USA, and the Netherlands. He has won 2 classical guitar competitions in '95 and '96, National Guitar Awards in '99, Prinses Christina Councours in '04, Young Vip tour in 2008.
An old interview by Bram taken by Mizar5 in 2004 is readable here.
Radio-interview in Poland with Bram&Onno and Wouter Jaspers: here
