Rik Mol
Music’s been Rik Mol’s thing the whole way since starting playing trumpet when he was 8. If Zeeland, the Netherlands native Rik Mol had his way, he would be a Restaurant-chef today. But luckily fate brought him to the trumpet. “I remember that I was really curious to know what was in a blue suitcase that was standing in my dads office.” “Finally he let me look inside, and a silver shining instrument was in it; the trumpet.” “I tried it and immediately I was able to play a note. It surprised us both I remember” From that day playing the trumpet became far more interesting than his dream of having his own restaurant. Already after one year of practicing he was admitted to the special preparatory-department for young talented children at the Conservatory of The Hague. Rik was classically trained there by studying with teachers such as Huug Steketee and took private lessons with Theo Mertens and Maurice André. In his early teens being still in high school classical music upbringing almost took a back seat as he became more enamored with jazz/pop and was inspired by private-lessons with Wynton Marsalis. But he developed quickly, playing both jazz, pop and classical music locally. He spent most of his high-school days playing up to five nights a week at jazz clubs and occasional concerts, giving him an early start to his professional career. Nowadays Rik developed himself into one of the most promising European trumpeters of this time: Only 22 years old, Rik Mol has the world at his feet. At his young age he has been able to win a lot of first prizes that can be won at his field, among others: European Trumpet Contest / Yamaha Soloist Award / Prinses Christina Concours / Finalist Deloitte Jazz Award. Besides playing with all main figures in the scene like, Candy Dulfer, New Cool Collective, Trijntje Oosterhuis, DJ Maestro, Metropole Orchestra, Bløf, DJ Bryan S, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Cubop City BigBand etc. And travelling backwards and forwards to Berlin, New York and London for sessions with Gerard Presencer and Till Brönner, or touring with “Europe’s Finest in latin jazz” Nueva Manteca, he has been able to surround himself in his group with Holland’s leading jazz and pop musicians. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
source: Last.fm
Gigs
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DEBORAH BROWN & THE ERIC INEKE JAZZXPRESS
FOR THE LOVE OF IVIE - A Tribute to Ivie Anderson
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€ 5 (NO PRESALE) / free admission with valid IJAZZ ticket
IJAM AT THE BIMHUIS led by RIK MOL TRIO
in collaboration with IJazz /// IJAZZ AFTERPARTY JAM SESSION
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LATIN SOUL AND BOOGALOO!
VAN MERWIJKS MUSIC MACHINE
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CUBOP CITY BIG BAND & ANDY GONZALEZ
in collaboration with Tropentheater - Serie Eigenwijs
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ERIC INEKE JAZZXPRESS
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WITH a.o. RIK MOL, FERHAN OTAY, MICHIEL BRAAM, STEVKO BUSCH, RAY ANDERSON, HAN BENNINK, ERNST GLERUM, FRANK MÖBUS afterwards 23.30u free admission DJ PHILIPPONA Jazz Lost & Found
PAUL VAN KEMENADE IN DUO, QUINTET, SEPTET
i.c.w. VPRO Radio - zaterdagavond@VPRO
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afterwards 11.30pm free admission DJ JAÏRZINHO
NUEVA MANTECA MOTOWN MAMBO
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PIET NOORDIJK 75th BIRTHDAY CONCERT
i.c.w. Radio Nederland Wereldomroep
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***sold out***
TALKING COWS / AMSTERDAM JAZZ TRIO / PORTRAIT OF CHET BAKER, VOL II / VOER / GUUS JANSSEN & DAVID KWEKSILBER / YOUNG ALL STARS
DUTCH JAZZ MEETING 2006
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ROB VAN BAVEL TRIO & TOM BEEK, RIK MOL
Presentation CD Generations
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Presentation CD Young All Stars Quintet
YOUNG ALL STARS QUINTET
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STRINGS GET WINGS PAUL VAN KEMENADE QUINTET & YURI HONING, RIK MOL
DUBBELPROGRAMMA PAUL VAN KEMENADE
