Clemens van der Feen

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After some occasional drumming on various items, Clemens (1980) began singing and playing bassguitar in the band of his older brothers (the Feenbrothers) at the age of eleven. Later on, he studied jazz and classical bass at the Conservatories of Amsterdam and Detmold (Germany) and he lived in New York for a while to take private lessons with Ben Street and John Pattituci, among others. Clemens has won several jazz awards, including first prize at the Capbreton Bass Encounter in 1999 (France). He also won Best New Talent Award in the 2001 Dutch Jazz Competition and the Ruud Jacobs Award, presented to him by Ruud Jacobs. Clemens co-leads a band called Narcissus, with reedman Robin Verheyen and drummer Flin van Hemmen, both based in New York. Together with his brother Paul van der Feen, he also has een electric group called The Chosen. Clemens is a regular with the Toots Thielemans Quartet, with whom he played on various festivals in Europe, and the Rob van Bavel trio. Clemens also performed with Michael Moore, Eric Vloeimans, Joris Roelofs, Nelson Veras, Karel Boehlee, Ari Hoenig, Jesse van Ruller, Seamus Blake, Benjamin Herman, Juraj Stanik, Paul Wiltgens Group, Paula Morelenbaum, Rick Margitza, John Engels, Jasper Blom, Bert van den Brink, Bill Carrothers and many more. Outside the jazz scene he has performed with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Asko & Schönberg Ensemble and other chamber groups. Being one of the few musicians to receive their masters degree with honors- in both jazz and classical music, Clemens has already been playing all over the world from jazz clubs in Paris and Tokyo to the Musikverein in Vienna and Carnegie Hall in New York.ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE REMOVED ALONG WITH FRIEND!!!