Consisting of Andreas Metzler (Bass) and Florian Hierdeis (Guitar) they aim to find the balance between traditional jazz and modern interplay.

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JAZZ: Bebop, JAZZ: Mainstream Jazz



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The two successful jazz musicians have known each other ever since their first day at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. However, it took several years after they had achieved their âBachelors of Musicâ to finally find the time for joint projects.
What the critics say about:
"Hierdeis and Metzler play their mainstream jazz without treating the jazz standards as antique musical treasure. The way they do it becomes unpolished, direct musical communication without any technical or acoustical make-up."

Florian Hierdeis www.jazz-flow.de

Florian Hierdeis, born april 13, 1977 in Augsburg (Germany) has been playing the guitar since he was ten years old.
In 1998 he signed up at the College for Music in Krumbach (Bavaria, Germany). His teachers were Torsten de Winkel, Mini Schulz, Marcus Bodenseh und Stefan Barcsay.
In 2000 he was accepted at the âConservatorium van Amsterdamâ. His main subject teachers were: Maarten van der Grinten, Jesse van Ruller, Martijn van Iterson und Ed Verhoeff. During the following 4 years, he attended master classes with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nelson Faria, Pat Martino, Mike Stern and many more.
Since 2000 Florian Hierdeis has been actively involved in the Amsterdam music scene; he is a composer and plays in the Netherlands as well as abroad with a variety of different formations.


Andreas Metzler www.jazzamsterdam.org

Andreas Metzler, born june 2, 1974 in Bern (Switzerland), completed his studies under Frans van der Hoeven, Arnold Dooyeweerd, Maggie Urquhart, and Peter Stotijn at the âConservatorium van Amsterdamâ in 2004.

For many years Andreas has been an active member of the Amsterdam jazz scene and has played at a number of national and international occasions with famous jazz musicians such as Berend van den Berg, Joris Roelofs, Saskia Laroo, Lils Macintosh, Michiel Borstlap, Shibly Band and others.

Andreas has played many festivals in Germany, Italy and Austria. Currently he his working on his new project, the âANDREAS METZLERâS NEW SOLUTIONS QUARTETâ , for which he is composing and arranging various pieces from the famous French composer Erik Satie.