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Saskia Laroo: My life in music, the search for identity
Spoken and written interview
By Anna Delizijewa for “Stimme Russlands” (Voice of Russia)
Published on October 14, 2014
Translated into English from German by Google Translator
Original link: http://german.ruvr.ru/2013_10_14/Saskia-Laroo-Mein-Leben-in-der-Musik-ist-die-Suche-nach- Identitat-0538/
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Voice of Russia
Our guest today Saskia Laroo, Dutch trumpet player of world renown. With her speech, our correspondent Anna Delizijewa. Saskia Laroo talked about her search for her own musical identity, of their way to jazz and many other things.
Saskia Laroo began as a child to take music lessons. But their search for identity, after the appropriate instrument and style of interpretation has lasted quite a long time. But the result of all this was wonderful.
"I started playing trumpet at age eight. Many years later I was still my parents very grateful that they allowed me to train for a musician. Many children attend music school did not like. Also, I did not take it seriously because I held the trumpet for no real instrument, in contrast, say, to the cello, I began to play around the same time. One year I played guitar. Trumpet I continued to play in a brass section. Then I played in a big band. I played jazz, although I this music style was unknown, and learned to improvise. I played what I felt, and I liked that very much. "
Talking about her music career confessed Saskia Laroo to have the music once almost completely abandoned.
"At 18, I was still undecided what I should occupy myself, and took up mathematics studies. A year later, I returned back to the music but because they had proved to be much more interesting. I sank into jam sessions, in the study of scores, musical works ... Very soon, though not immediately, I had as a trumpeter success. With 25 years I took the musical studies again. I played in many bands in different styles: jazz, blues, reggae, Caribbean and African music. When I was 32 years, someone told me the new style were hip-hop and the new directions such as techno and house that are composed with the computer. I realized that I wanted to learn it myself. "
Saskia Laroo continues:
"When I started my first album, it was a mixture of several styles, a hip-Blues. In addition, I was inspired by a Miles Davis album in bebop style. I had heard everything he had recorded: ballads, acoustic and electronic jazz. My first record came partly under the influence of his music. I also used computer music. I have improvised with everything.
Many listeners liked my first album, it was released worldwide. With him started my international career. I began to play pure jazz, founded the group 'Jazzkia'. There is a jazz quartet. I use acoustic and electronic music, and guitar effects: I make the sound of the trumpet to the guitar-like ".
Saskia told of their successes in the art, of the albums that she recorded:
"I have currently recorded 6 plates. Three of them with acoustic jazz and three with electronic jazz. One of them was admitted together with the great American musician Teddy Edwards. An album entitled 'Jazzskia'. That's a tribute to the style of Miles Davis 60s. The last is to say 'Really Jazzy'. It represents a mixture of acoustic and electronic jazz. I like both. However, many prefer just one of those styles. Also, I have the album 'Body Music' published. Because many invited musicians have participated. There were rappers, vocalists, but also musicians, instruments, guitar, piano playing. This is a mix of styles and performers. "
From their guest performances speaking, told the Dutch interpreter of modern jazz Saskia Laroo our reporter of where she's been.
"2011 in Belgium, 2012 in Germany, 2006 in the Swiss Montreux, 2009 in Singapore, in 2011 in the Brazilian Rio das Ostras (in Rio das Ostras Jazz and Blues Festival) with 25,000 visitors; In 2012, we were in Mexico at the Festival 'Euro jazz'. There have been 11,000 guests; also we made a tour of Chile. We have many guest tours through Europe undertaken, especially in Croatia, Ukraine, Latvia. We have also visited Russia: Kazan, Moscow; We were even invited to Siberia to a jazz festival. We were twice in China, have a guest in Japan and Indonesia. "
Saskia Laroo is certain that the future belongs to young musicians. Although, you can look back on the past of jazz, the influence of the great jazz musicians can not be excluded. The music from the Internet has right to exist. Universality - which is nice. And Saskia Laroo is a brilliant confirmation of this.
Anna Delizijewa
Music, Jazz, Russia-Holland-year Culture