Eef van Breen

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Eef van Breen (born 3 January 1978) is a Dutch jazz trumpeter, singer, arranger and composer. [1]

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Eef van Breen was born in Westerbork in the Dutch province of Drenthe. [2] In 2010, van Breen wrote the music for ʼuʼ , the first opera in the Klingon language. [3] His debut album Playing Games (2010, Challenge Jazz) obtained an Edison nomination. [4]

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References

  1. "The Trumpack – Eef van Breen, Philip Harper and Michael Varenkamp". www.trumpack.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. "Eef van Breen", Muziekencyclopedie  [ nl ] (in Dutch)
  3. "The Klingon Opera" by Holger Schulze  [ de ], 23 April 2012, soundstudieslab.org
  4. Eef van Breen", Challenge Records