Eric Vloeimans & Will Holshouser at Rizzoli Bookstore

Join us for the post-summer relaunch of the Rizzoli Music Aperitivo series with the most intimate concert of a rare US tour by Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans and American accordionist Will Holshouser. Charge includes complimentary wine glass. Space is limited. Use the Eventbrite ticket to purchase a ticket. Doors open at 4:45 PM, concert starts at 5 PM.

This is what the press has to say about them:

““An accordion and a trumpet. They brought a sold-out house to ecstasy. Their mixture of melodic jazz and musical cultures from a variety of countries and ages once again proved Eric Vloeimans’s absolute mastery. Accordionist Will Holshouser’s is definitely on a par to it. . . . Accordion and trumpet, as played by Vloeimans and Holshouser, can be a choir of angels.” —Rinus van der Heijden, JazzNu...

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Join us for the post-summer relaunch of the Rizzoli Music Aperitivo series with the most intimate concert of a rare US tour by Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans and American accordionist Will Holshouser. Charge includes complimentary wine glass. Space is limited. Use the Eventbrite ticket to purchase a ticket. Doors open at 4:45 PM, concert starts at 5 PM.

This is what the press has to say about them:

““An accordion and a trumpet. They brought a sold-out house to ecstasy. Their mixture of melodic jazz and musical cultures from a variety of countries and ages once again proved Eric Vloeimans’s absolute mastery. Accordionist Will Holshouser’s is definitely on a par to it. . . . Accordion and trumpet, as played by Vloeimans and Holshouser, can be a choir of angels.” —Rinus van der Heijden, JazzNu

Eric Vloeimans (trumpet) is one of the best-known musicians in his native country, the Netherlands. He has led a wide variety of ensembles over the years and is a frequent guest soloist with bands and orchestras of all kinds. He has won four Edison prizes (the “Dutch Grammy”) for his recordings and has toured throughout Europe, Asia and the US with his own groups and artists such as Mercer Ellington, John Taylor, Peter Erskine, The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Wayne Horvitz, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and many others.

Will Holshouser (accordion) is a veteran of the New York music scene who has performed all over the world with artists including violinist Regina Carter, clarinetist David Krakauer, and improvisers Han Bennink & Michael Moore as well as with his own projects. He has also performed with Antony & the Johnsons, Kiran Ahluwalia, Uri Caine, Guy Klucevsek, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright, Suzanne Vega, and others.

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