Berend van den Berg & Joep Lumeij + Dimitri Chapeau
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 15:00 - 18:00
Artist: Berend van den Berg & Joep Lumeij + Dimitri-Chapeau, Joep Lumeij
Location: Mascini Café
Price: Free Admission
Een Duo met een Missie voor Red Light Jazz
Especially for the Red Light Jazz festival, Mascini has formed a permanent duo consisting of piano and guitar, which has invited a special guest soloist every day of the festival. On Friday afternoon, June 6, the duo Berend van den Berg (piano) and Joep Lumeij (guitar) will play in the café with guest soloist Dimitri Chapeau (saxophone).
Berend van den Berg: Jazz as Second Nature
At a young age when Berend van den Berg started playing the piano, he already loved improvising, arranging and composing. After Berend had discovered the founders of jazz, playing jazz music became his second nature. Playing together with other musicians in front of an audience is a lifelonginner motivation for Berend.
Joep Lumeij: From Blues to Jazz Pioneer
Joep Lumeij traveled with numerous theater and music productions throughout the Netherlands and Europe. Blues was his first love. Later he discovered jazz, without forgetting the blues. Lumeij was themusical leader of the Dutch singing group Deep River Quartet for eleven years. He also played withthe Millennium Jazz Orchestra with which he performed with many international (jazz) soloists.
Dimitri Chapeau: From Moscow to the World of Jazz
As a child of classical musicians from the Soviet Union, Dimitri Chapeau grew up in conservatoriesand concert halls. At the age of 10, Dimitri secretly listened to “The Voice of America Radio” in his then hometown of Moscow. When he turned 15, Dimitri decided to become a jazz artist. Since then, he has performed as a saxophonist at many festivals and stages, including the North Sea Jazz festival.
Lineup
Berend van den Berg
Piano
Joep Lumeij
Double Bass
Dimitri Chapeau
Tenor Saxophone
