Some Thoughts on Playing the Organ by Willem Tanke: Something else: Turnstone

09/10/2014

Something else: Turnstone

With drummer Friso van Wijck and saxophonist Ruben Verbruggen I founded a trio called Turnstone, after the bird that puts his neck under stones at the beach in search for food. Like the bird, we turn some heavy stones of tradition. In Turnstone, I play the piano, using my expertise as an organist. On Augustus, 29 and October, 2 we made recordings at Brussels (Studio Zinnema), to be issued on CD in 2015. A short demo video is:

About

As a classical organist I have been a prominent Messiaen and Reger interpreter since the '90s. Nowadays Bach interpretation is my main classical project. This is represented by my research "Dancing Bach on the organ". At the same time, as an improviser and a performing composer, I have been creating a new musical language which brings together musicians with avant-jazz, avant-pop, Western classical and traditional African and Asian backgrounds. I now relate this to my Bach interpretation.