Bloom Duo: Tineke Postma & Marc van Roon

Name: Bloom Duo: Tineke Postma & Marc van Roon
Start: 2026-09-19
End: 2026-09-20
Location: Middelstegracht 123, Leiden

took place · 19 Sep 2026

Middelstegracht 123, Leiden

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Saxophonist Tineke Postma and pianist Marc van Roon perform as Bloom Duo on Saturday, 19 September in Leiden. The concert brings together saxophone and piano in an intimate setting where melody and improvisation alternate throughout. This is one of two Dutch dates for Postma this year; the duo also plays in Tilburg in December. Tickets cost € 10.

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About: Tineke Postma

Nine albums, two Edison Awards, the Buma Boy Edgar Prize, and the Académie du Jazz's European Musician of the Year title - Tineke Postma stands among the most decorated jazz saxophonists the Netherlands has produced. Her latest record VOYA brings vocalist Theo Bleckmann into her long-running quartet.

albums as bandleader

2×

Edison Award won (2011 and 2024)

2×

contribution to Grammy-winning albums

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followers on Instagram

What's new

2026-05
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam announced that Tineke Postma will join the saxophone main subject section at the jazz department from the 2026-2027 academic year.
2025-11
Her ninth album VOYA, with singer Theo Bleckmann, was released on 14 November 2025 via the label Clap Your Hands.
2024-10
On 7 October 2024, Tineke Postma received an Edison Award in the national category for her album Aria.

Tracks

VOYANinth album (2025) with singer Theo Bleckmann, won Edison Award

AriaEighth album (2023, Edition Records), four stars in DownBeat Magazine

FreyaSeventh album (2020), with Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis, Matt Brewer and Dan Weiss

The Dawn of LightDuo album with Marc van Roon (2011), won Edison Award

The TravellerAlbum (2009) with Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington, reached #2 in the American College Charts

About: Marc van Roon

The Hague-born pianist Marc van Roon brings decades of international stage experience to every performance, shaped by his New York studies and a long partnership with saxophonist Tineke Postma. As a trio leader and composer he moves fluidly between structured lyricism and open improvisation.

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albums recorded with the European Jazz Trio

3×

Swing Journal Gold Disc (Japan) won with the EJT

12+

albums as bandleader

What's new

2024-12
Van Roon performed a duo concert with alto saxophonist and clarinetist Michael Moore at Splendor Amsterdam on December 10, 2024.
2020-01
Van Roon was appointed in January 2020 as a member of the music ensembles committee of the Council for Culture.

Tracks

Quantum StoriesTitle track of the album of the same name (2013), recorded in the Lutherse Kerk in Haarlem

The Dawn of LightAlbum with Tineke Postma, awarded the Edison in 2010

Afternoon in AmsterdamLive recording with the European Jazz Trio, DVD of the year 2005 in Japan

DrumwiseDuo album with drummer Wim Kegel, well received by the press

Bloom Duo: Tineke Postma & Marc van Roon

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