{"id":90363,"date":"2025-05-01T11:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redlightjazz.com\/artiesten\/ben-van-gelder-ella-zirina\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T23:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T23:09:48","slug":"ben-van-gelder-ella-zirina","status":"publish","type":"artiesten","link":"https:\/\/redlightjazz.com\/en\/artists\/ben-van-gelder-ella-zirina\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben van Gelder &#038; Ella Zirina"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"90363\" class=\"elementor elementor-90363 elementor-87538\" data-elementor-post-type=\"artiesten\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18458b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18458b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcfedee elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget 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class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><p>No related events found for this artist.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9503a39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9503a39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0517e3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0517e3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cb9c29 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cb9c29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"color:#ed2227\">Ben van Gelder<\/span> \u2013 Alto Saxophone with Vision, Tradition, and Imagination\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-861ccf7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"861ccf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49595de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49595de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"416\"><strong>Ben van Gelder<\/strong> (born 1988) is internationally regarded as an authority on the alto saxophone. Both peers and critics praise his unique sound, lyricism, and personal approach to composition. Van Gelder\u2019s music is firmly rooted in jazz tradition but also embraces other musical genres and disciplines. Visual art, in particular, plays a prominent role in his musical life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a7eb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56a7eb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"288\">At seventeen, Van Gelder moved to New York, where he collaborated and studied with some of the world\u2019s most forward-thinking artists. There, he formed a quintet, recorded three albums under his own name, and toured Europe, Japan, and the USA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e5ed88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e5ed88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Artistic depth and multidisciplinary connection\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf23a58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf23a58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"530\">During his time in New York, Van Gelder built strong ties with the Jazz Gallery, a platform that promotes artistic excellence and is known as a springboard for talent. This collaboration resulted in the album Among Verticals, inspired by a painting by abstractionist Franti\u0161ek Kupka. The album received worldwide critical acclaim. The music was arranged for and performed by, among others, the Metropole Orkest, The Swiss Jazz Orchestra, and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c97652b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c97652b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Composer, bandleader, and educator\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c9d42d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c9d42d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"353\">Van Gelder has won multiple music awards and recently received his first composition commission from the BIMHUIS. In addition to leading his own quartet, he regularly performs with guitarist Reinier Baas. Together, they released the albums SMASH HITS (live with the Metropole Orkest) and Mokum in Hi-Fi.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9659d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c9659d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"138\">Van Gelder currently lives in the Netherlands and teaches at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcbb6df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dcbb6df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0188849 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0188849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"color:#ed2227\">Ella Zirinar<\/span> \u2013 Guitarist with a Poetic Sound\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0447e3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c0447e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69811d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69811d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"316\">At Proeflokaal \u2019t Kelkje, Ben van Gelder performs with <strong>Ella Zirina<\/strong> (born 1997), an Amsterdam-based jazz guitarist, composer, and bandleader with a passion for the various textures and tones of her instrument. Her compositions are characterized by melodic improvisations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b84b8a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b84b8a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Latvia to the Dutch Jazz Scene<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b93b02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b93b02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"360\">After studying piano in her native Latvia until the age of 17, Ella switched to guitar. She channeled her broad musical interests \u2014 from Alexander Scriabin to Joni Mitchell, and from Led Zeppelin to Bill Evans, Jim Hall, and Wes Montgomery. She decided to move to the Netherlands to study jazz guitar in Amsterdam.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f8596 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36f8596\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Outstanding education and international career\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae4a1b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae4a1b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"422\">In 2021 (BA) and 2023 (MA), Ella graduated with highest honors from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she studied under Jesse van Ruller, Reinier Baas, Maarten van der Grinten, and Martijn van Iterson. She now shares her expertise as a guitar instructor at the jazz department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and has also given workshops at conservatories abroad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99600c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99600c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"451\">With her own trio, she has performed at leading venues and festivals such as BIMHUIS, North Sea Jazz Festival 2024, Oslo Jazz Festival, Riga Ritmi Jazz Festival, Bird&#8217;s Eye Jazz Club, and many more. Besides working with Ben van Gelder, she has collaborated with artists including Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joey Baron, Tineke Postma, Jamie Peet, Jesse van Ruller, Reinier Baas, Pablo Held, Yuri Honing, and others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b84c63 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b84c63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7312d38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7312d38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1a52c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1a52c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Line Up<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c59bb71 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c59bb71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f35e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"d4f35e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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