"The Kāna Percussion Trio has devised an admirable social programme with a wonderful build-up, where the message is subtly but clearly packaged. In their playing there is drive and precision, the energy splashes from the percussion instruments." During the finale, this season's candidates, mezzo-soprano Isabel Pronk, saxophone quartet the Osimun Quartet, and percussion ensemble the Kāna Trio showed the jury and audience why they deserve the Dutch Classical Award. Dutch Classical Talent Tour & Award is an 18-month programme that helps young musicians develop. It is intended for talents up to the
Margriet won the Jazz Audience Award for the album Northern Lights with the Odelion Orchestra. The winners of Edison Jazz 2021 were announced on Saturday by Co de Kloet during CoLive! on NPO Radio 2.
The semi-finalists featured six outstanding acts: The Sage Trio with Anne-Roos Broekhuizen, Eñaut Armentia Quartet, Paper Blue with Francisco Rodríguez Lisbona, George Hytiroglou Sextet, AYÊ with Inês Kosters, and Jakob Sedmak Quartet. The prestigious annual competition, organized by Codarts in collaboration with the main sponsor Nedspice, the Friends of Codarts Foundation, and Lantaren Venster, continues to provide a platform for the brightest emerging jazz talents. The jury, comprising Bart Wirtz (saxophonist, composer, and former Erasmus Jazz Prize winner), Mijke Loeven (director of BIMHUIS
