Dunkel-Hertmans Quartet

DUNKEL-HERTMANS Quartet

@ Predikherenkerk (Jazzzolder)

27 June 2025 – Doors: 7:15pm Concert starts: 8:15pm

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Manuel Dunkel (t.sax), Peter Hertmans (guitar), Sal La Rocca (double bass) & Lionel Beuvens (drums).

A confrontation between the fantastic Manuel Dunkel, one of the best saxophonists from Finland and Peter Hertmans, Belgian guitarist with European fame, with the equally experienced and perfectly attuned rhythm section Sal La Rocca and Lionel Beuvens. Manuel Dunkel (1971) comes from the city of Vantaa, Finland. Since the mid-nineties he has become one of the most important voices in the Finnish jazz scene. Dunkel’s playing is characterized by focused saxophone sound, melodically refined lines and solid sense of time.

Peter Hertmans has performed at jazz festivals in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, toured Singapore, Austria, Poland, Syria and Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria and Finland, played in Paris, New York, Dublin, Vilnius and many other cities and won prizes as best soloist (Poland in 1987 and at the Gaume Jazz Festival in 1990). In 2006 he was nominated for the ‘Django d’Or’. In 2007 he won the Sabam Prize for composition with the piece ‘Tritone Song’ (on ‘Cadences’), and again in 2018 with the composition ‘The One Step’. The repertoire will consist of originals by Manuel and Peter, Jazz compositions with a modern, open sound that give rise to exciting improvisations.

About Jazzzolder

Since 1998, the Jazzzolder vzw has been organizing concerts in Mechelen every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. After some wandering, you can now find the Jazzzolder in De Predikherenkerk. You can experience the many facets of jazz music live there, one Friday you see young talent, the next Friday famous musicians perform, usually from Belgium and neighboring countries. They then play their latest compositions. Before and after the concerts, our DJ picks out the most beautiful gems from the extensive jazz collection of Het Predikheren. In a friendly atmosphere you can browse through music magazines, find announcements of future performances and enjoy a drink with your (new) friends.

A real concert hall with grandstand spoils jazz and other music lovers like nowhere else!!! In 2025, the Jazzzolder will organize the 20th edition of the city festival Jazzathome. Do you like jazz or do you like to be surprised by live music? Then the Jazzzolder is “the place to be”.

Contact

De Predikherenkerk
G. De Stassartstraat 88,
2800 Mechelen

info & contact
0497/02 93 61