Nick Adema
Biography Nick Adema
Nick Adema
is a Canadian trombonist/composer currently based in Amsterdam Nick is a Rath Trombones artist.
Exploring the plurality of sonic environments is Nick Adema’s forte. Using the modest nature of the slide to express his musical vigour, Nick is one of the most versatile trombonists coming out of Canada. Hailing from the nation's capital Ottawa, Nick quickly came onto the scene as a curious mind who embraced spontaneity and playfulness in his music. He’s a lone musical wanderer who utilizes virtuosic playing, electronic pedals, and an out of the box mentality that stores his chaotic music mentality
Nick is also a sideman in the Netherlands, touring the country's largest jazz venues such as North Sea Jazz, Bimhuis, Tivoli, Lanteren Venster, Den Paard and others. Nick has called a number of prominent dutch musicians for his performances, such as Tineke Postma, Reinier Baas, Ben van Gelder and Jasper Blom. Whilst in his studies in Amsterdam and in Toronto, Nick has been the recipient of a number of awards during his studies in Amsterdam and Toronto, such as the Keep an Eye International Jazz Competition Best CvA Soloist, the Holland Scholarship, the Albert and Wilhelmine Renewable Scholarship.
Joy Shechter
is a pianist and composer based in Amsterdam. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Film Composing at Berklee College of Music (19’) (summa cumme laude), where he attended with a full scholarship, and completed his master’s in Jazz Performance at the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam (23’), under the instruction of Harmen Fraanje. In 2023 he received the second prize at the International Keep An Eye Award with the Marios Charalampous Quartet.
Joy has played in several countries over 3 continents, including the USA, Canada, Portugal, Greece, Israel and the Netherlands. He played with musicians such as Jasper Blom, Yoran Vroom and Gilad Hazan.
Alongside his career as a performer, Joy is also involved in musically-oriented social outreach projects, such as the Bikurim School of the Art for which he is a founding member, and the El Sistema- inspired project Sulamot - Music for Social Change.
Azubike Onwuka
grew up in the colourful and multi-cultural neighbourhood of Amsterdam Southeast. From an early age he learned to listen to a many kinds of music. From James Brown & John Coltrane to J.S Bach, Jimi Hendrix and many others. While studying at the Conservatory of Amsterdam this further developed into a taste for new and unknown genres. This lead to him studying and frequently performing Jazz, Baroque, Reggae, House, Fusion, Arabic, Afrobeat and other types of music. After graduating from the Jazz department he further developed him self as a musician in the Dutch music scene. He has toured in Europe, the Middle-East and Canada with numerous international artists. Azubike’s approach to music is marked by a the ability to make connections between seemingly distant parts of the music spectrum as well as a never ending curiosity to know ‘what’s on the other side?’.
Chen Har-Even
is an Israeli drummer and improviser based in Amsterdam.
He has been fascinated by music from an early age, picking up the drumsticks for the first time at the age of nine. Chen is an active figure in the Amsterdam jazz scene, as well as the indie and pop scenes of Tel-Aviv. He is regularly playing in different venues and festivals in Europe, both as a sideman and as a bandleader.
