Frans Blanker (Rotterdam, 8 May 1973)

From september 2021:

founder of Atelier 21:

music and art
photography/fine art prints
composition (autonomous and commissioned)
performing musician

Education

RMDS (Rotterdamse Muziek en Dans School, currently: SKVR, link (interview in Dutch). Lessons by Arie Kuit.
Mavo voor Ballet en Muziek (currently: Havo/VWO voor Muziek en Dans, link)
Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts), Saxophone/Jazz

From 1985 (a.o.):
Various performances with Cape Verdean (Danilo Tavares, Grace Evora, Jorge lizardo) and Surinam/Antillean musicians from and in Rotterdam
Josephstreet Katapult Gang - SKVR orchestra 'Oude Westen Rotterdam’, performances (a.o.) Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Toon Je Kunst (De Doelen, Rotterdam), Stuif es in, Radio Rijnmond
Havo voor Muziek en Dans Big Band under the guidance of Jacques van de Veerdonk - performances in France (cultural exchange 1989, Rennes) and Japan (World Expo 1990, Osaka)

From 1992 to 2020 (a.o.):
Loïs Lane - 1992 t/m 1993, tv and live performances (a.o.): De Kuip/Rotterdam, Thialf, RAI, support act Youssou N’Dour/Dakar, Senegal and cd-recording
North Sea Big Band - performances (a.o.) De Doelen (Grote Zaal with Louis van Dijk) and cd-recordings with Ferdinand Povel, Ack van Rooijen, Chuck Findley, Conte Candoli
Bob Brookmeyer Big Band - performances Rotterdam Conservatory and radioconcert Tros Sesjun
Total Touch - performances (a.o.) ‘Paradiso Amsterdam’, nightclub ‘Naar Boven’, and cd-recording
Lynn Collins - European tour, (a.o.) London, Paris, Berlin (Tränenpalast)
Plexus (jazz sextet) - tour Indonesia (Jak Fest, Djakarta)
Candy Dulfer - tour 1998 V.S., (a.o.) New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hawaï and cd-recording
Corrie en de Grote Brokken from 1994 - several tours Dutch stages as Paard, Nighttown, Patronaat, Paradiso, Dr. Anton Philipszaal, NSJF '99 and cd-recording, see link
New Cool Collective Big Band 1998 - 2001, (a.o.) North Sea Jazz ’00 and ’01, Big Mondays café Meander, Jazzcafe London and cd-recording
The Postmen - tour 1998 (a.o.) Pink Pop, Westergasfabriek and cd-recording
Golden Earring - album-recording ‘Paradise In Distress’
Hans Dulfer - album-recording ‘Big Boy’
Zuco103 - album-recording ‘Outro Lado’
Pieter de Mast - composition assignment and album-recording 'Windstreken' review 'Aki no kaze', 2005
Maurice Rugebregt - album-recording 'Sioh Maluku'
Metalektro 2008/2010 - AV project; composition, soundtrack programming and videography videolink, 2008
Von Neumann Machine 2011 - Project album; electronic dance music in irregular time signatures link
Instant Ovulation 2009 - AV/Instant composing project in association with painter Daniëlle Luinge
Scapes 2016 - AV project in association with Atelier Victoria Kloek link
Mark Ritsema’s Roxy Jazz Music - 2018/19, performances (a.o. Dizzy, Rotown, Nacht van de Kaap, Jazz in de Gracht) and album recording link
Theatergroep Zierik 2019 - composition and performing pianist, percussionist and saxophonist, ‘De Jossen’ (Tom Lanoye). 2022 - composition and live acoustic piano accompaniment 'Struisvogels op de Coolsingel’

From 2001 to present:
Founder Mefisto Music Publishers. First publication 'Studies For Saxophone' (MM001, 2001): free download (pdf) here. Various publications and assignments, o.a. Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (2004) and Het Orgelpark Amsterdam link (performed by o.a. Hayo Boerema and Isabella Scholte, 2006)