{"id":172,"date":"2020-04-09T22:44:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2025-01-25T16:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T15:16:46","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/nl\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Chris-4-Veerle-Bastiaansen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1188 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Chris Muller<\/strong> is Nederlands pianist, componist en arrangeur. Als jazzmuzikant met voorliefde voor orkestrale muziek heeft Chris het podium gedeeld met vele muzikanten uit de top van de Nederlandse jazzscene en is geregeld onderdeel van verschillende orkesten, waaronder het <a href=\"https:\/\/jazzorchestra.nl\/\">Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw<\/a>, het <a href=\"https:\/\/paradoxjazzorchestra.com\/\">Paradox Jazz Orchestra<\/a>, and his own ensemble: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/nl\/cmbb\/\">Chris Muller Bigband<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Als bandleider, pianist, arrangeur en dirigent leidt Chris de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/nl\/cmbb\/\" target=\"_self\">Chris Muller Bigband<\/a>, die is opgericht in 2021 en \u00e9\u00e9n van de jongste professionele bigbands in de scene is. De band heeft op meerdere en podia en festivals gestaan, en in voorjaar 2023 in Wisseloord zijn debuutalbum <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1kp5bH4VrBxW4kCfp1hwmE?si=17_vVGbyR0-kw0azYoy-nQ\" target=\"_self\"><em>Turning Thoughts<\/em><\/a> opgenomen. Dit album werd in juni 2024 gepresenteerd in het BIMHUIS in Amsterdam met meerdere gastsolisten waaronder Jasper Blom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Als componist\/arrangeur heeft Chris tot op de dag van vandaag mogen werken met vele bigbands en orkesten waaronder onder andere het <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mo.nl\/\" target=\"_self\">Metropole Orkest<\/a> en het <a href=\"https:\/\/orkestklu.nl\/\" target=\"_self\">Orkest Koninklijke Luchtmacht<\/a>. Daarnaast heeft Chris samengewerkt met internationale solisten onder wie Randy Brecker, Dick Oatts and Bill Laurance. In 2024 was Chris de winnaar van de eerste editie van \u2018Conservatorium Talent Award \u2013 Ruud Bos Challenge\u2019, een landelijk arrangeerconcours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Op jonge leeftijd stortte hij zich op klassieke pianomuziek en na een aantal jaar heeft hij de overstap gemaakt naar lichte muziek. Op twintigjarige leeftijd behaalde Chris zijn universitaire bachelor aan de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tue.nl\/en\/\" target=\"_self\">Technische Universiteit Eindhoven<\/a> in Eindhoven, en besloot toen om zijn passie voor muziek achterna te gaan op het <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl\/\" target=\"_self\">Conservatorium van Amsterdam<\/a>. Hier volgde hij een dubbelstudie Jazz Piano en Arranging, die hij in juni 2023 beide cum laude afsloot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Sindsdien is Chris zelf regelmatig actief als (gast)dirigent en educator bij orkesten en opleidingsprojecten door heel Nederland, zoals op het Conservatorium van Amsterdam en bij het Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw als artistiek leider van het <a href=\"https:\/\/jazzorchestra.nl\/educatie-talent\/jong-joc\" target=\"_self\">Jong JOC<\/a> eduactieproject.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1220 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.chrismullermusic.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CMBB-00287-1620x1080.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wpzoom-blocks-social-icons is-style-without-canvas-with-border\" style=\"--wpz-social-icons-block-item-font-size:15px;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-padding-horizontal:10px;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-padding-vertical:10px;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-margin-horizontal:18px;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-margin-vertical:5px;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-border-radius:36px;--wpz-social-icons-block-label-font-size:20px;--wpz-social-icons-block-label-color:#2f4974;--wpz-social-icons-block-label-color-hover:#2f4974;--wpz-social-icons-alignment:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chris.muller.3781995\/\" class=\"social-icon-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Facebook\" style=\"--wpz-social-icons-block-item-color:#6f7070;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-color-hover:#03a9f4\"><span class=\"social-icon socicon socicon-facebook\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chris.muller98\/\" class=\"social-icon-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Instagram\" style=\"--wpz-social-icons-block-item-color:#6f7070;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-color-hover:#03a9f4\"><span class=\"social-icon socicon socicon-instagram\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chris-muller-54841b165\/\" class=\"social-icon-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WordPress\" style=\"--wpz-social-icons-block-item-color:#6f7070;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-color-hover:#03a9f4\"><span class=\"social-icon socicon socicon-linkedin\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6MOJombzsjzru2GWyVv8SQ?view_as=subscriber\" class=\"social-icon-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WordPress\" style=\"--wpz-social-icons-block-item-color:#6f7070;--wpz-social-icons-block-item-color-hover:#03a9f4\"><span class=\"social-icon socicon socicon-youtube\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Muller (Nijmegen, 1998) is a Dutch pianist, composer, and arranger. 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