Ernst Reijseger

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Ernst Reijseger

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Nov 13, 1954 (70 years old)

Ernst Reijseger

Known For

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
1h 2m
Movie 2017

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My...

Ode to the Dawn of Man
0h 39m
Movie 2011

Ode to the Dawn of Man

In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, celebrated German film director Werner...

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
1h 31m
Movie 2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house....

Do You Still?
0h 42m
Movie 2008

Do You Still?

A beautiful homage both to Ernst Reijseger's music and genre...

Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space
0h 30m
Movie 2005

Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space

Legendary film director Werner Herzog brings together five shepherds and...

Biography

Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Gerry Hemingway, Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Mangelsdorff, Franco D'Andrea, Joëlle Léandre, Georg Gräwe, Trilok Gurtu, and Mola Sylla, and has done several world music projects working with musicians from Sardinia, Turkey, Iran, Senegal, and Argentina, as well as the Netherlands-based group Boi Akih. He has made numerous recordings, both as solo cellist and with other groups, and has been the subject of a documentary film. He has also written several film scores, including scores for a number of Werner Herzog films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernst Reijseger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.