Alien Beauty

Name: Alien Beauty
Start: 2026-09-24T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-24T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Splendor

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 · 19:30 — 21:00

Splendor, Amsterdam

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Michael Moore and Ziv Taubenfeld perform together as a duo, playing compositions by both musicians interspersed with open improvisations. The two come from different generations within Amsterdam's improvised music scene and have been performing at venues and festivals throughout the Netherlands and Europe since 2013.

With Ziv now based in Lisbon, performances by this duo in Amsterdam have become rare.

Ziv Taubenfeld - bass clarinet, percussion
Michael Moore - alto saxophone, clarinet

Michael Moore — also plays in other cities (3)

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Michael Moore

Ziv Taubenfeld

About: Michael Moore

For over four decades this California-born reed player has been a fixture of Amsterdam's music life - composing, leading bands and teaching at the Conservatory. From the ICP Orchestra to his own Universe Quartet, Moore moves freely between jazz, improvisation and chamber music.

100+

albums on which he is heard as a player or composer

Boy Edgar Prize (1986) - first non-Dutchman to win the prize

Bird Award North Sea Jazz Festival (2000)

3×

winner Downbeat Critics Poll (clarinet), 2000-2002

What's new

2026-05
Moore released the album Listen! on his label Ramboy, recorded with the Universe Quartet at Splendor Amsterdam.
2025-11
Moore performed as a special guest with the Artchipel Orchestra during the JAZZMI festival in Milan, in a concert dedicated to Misha Mengelberg.
2025-01
The album The Voice is the Matter was released on Ramboy.

Tour

Milan

Tracks

Listen!Latest album (May 2026) with the Universe Quartet, recorded at Splendor Amsterdam

OsirisAlbum by the Michael Moore Quintet (Ramboy, 2005)

Jewels & Binoculars: Play the Music of Bob DylanTrio album with interpretations of Bob Dylan music (Ramboy, 2001)

ChicouBreakthrough album as leader (1994)

White WidowAlbum by the Michael Moore Quartet (Ramboy, 2001)

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