Mike del Ferro is a highly sought-after pianist, composer, and arranger. A
native of Amsterdam, he started his career studying classical piano at the
age of nine. After falling in love with jazz, he focused his studies and, later received a Masters of Music in Contemporary Music from the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 1989 he won first prize at the Rotterdam Jazz Piano Competition, the soloist prize at the Europe Jazz Contest in Brussels, and the first prize at the Karlovy Vary Jazz contest.From 1993-1996 he studied composition and arranging with Bob Brookmeyer at the Musikhochschule in Colonge, Germany. In 1995 Mike was appointed to the faculty of the Royal Conservatory in Gent, Belgium where he taught jazz piano until 1997.Mike’s reputation as a soloist, accompanist, composer and arranger has
led to worldwide performances, recordings and tours with musicians
such as Toots Thielemans, Jack DeJohnette, Oscar Castro Neves,
Deborah Brown, Scott Hamilton, Richard Galliano, Thijs van Leer
(Focus), Harold Land, Jan Akkerman, Norma Winstone, Benny Bailey, Candy Dulfer,
Trijntje Oosterhuis, Badi Assad, Fernanda Porto, and Frank Vaganée.He has also recorded dozens of albums in many different genres from
Dixieland to Salsa and has arranged music for animation for Danish animator
and Oscar winner, Børge Ring.Mike del Ferro is the recently appointed Director of Jazz Programs
of American Voices, where he travels the world performing in
countries ranging from Latvia and Turkmenistan to Myanmar and Vietnam. In
addition, he coordinates artistic programming for American Voices' jazz
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VIDEOS
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With Jack DeJohnette and
Frans van der Hoeven in Taiwan:
Mike del Ferro solo : In
the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
With tradtional Musicians
in Urumqi, Western China
With Traditional Musicians
in Kazakhstan and Deborah Brown :
in Bolivia with Carlos Ponce
This was recorded in La Paz, Bolivia, an
encounter between Mike del Ferro and Bolivian Musicians.The Panflute
player will change your opinion about the Panflute forever, his name
is Carlos Ponce.With many thanks to Katja and Ronald Trijber, Jan Anno
Boonstra and Mike van Veen, a great crew to work with !
Blue Note Jazzfestival
2007, del ferro/vaganée group
In Eritrea with Vocalist
Bettiga
in Rwanda
at a village in Rwanda
In Kyzyl, Tuva, Duet with Throatsinger
With Jan Akkerman in Buenos Aires
del ferro/vaganée group, Blue Note Jazz festival 2007
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SOUNDS from Mike del Ferro's CD's
