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| Sanna and Bobby |
Duo NIHZ believes in out of the box performances. Thus they integrate music, theatre, narrative
art and visual arts in their performances. Together Bobby Rootveld on guitar and Sanna van Elst
on recorders forms Duo NIHZ.
This ensemble is from the Netherlands. NIHZ in Dutch stands for
‘Niet-In-Het-Zwart’ and in English this translates to ‘Not-Wearing-Black-Clothes’. As Bobby elaborates, “We do two kinds of music. One is music with theatre and comedy. We believe
in doing more creative
stuff in addition
to playing instruments.
We like to combine
elements of comedy, magic,
theatre and acrobatic influences with our music.
We also play Jewish music. This is because it's part of my family
and upbringing. I can bring
in a lot of emotions to it.” In 2009 Duo NIHZ received
a special 'Certificate of Acknowledgement'
during the International Jewish Music Festival
of Amsterdam. In January 2011, Duo
NIHZ opened its
own concert hall in Nordhorn, Germany. Bobby
and Sanna are also the founders of the Guitar Festival, Nordhorn, and the Recorder Festival, Nordhorn. Bobby was about
five years old when he fell in love with the music
of the Beatles. He wanted
to play their music and started reading books about them. The most important
book for him was one about the Beatles in Rishikesh. His first dream
was to be a musician
and visit India.
Recently Duo NIHZ
performed at the
Calcutta International Classical Guitar Festival &
Competition 2013. Talking about it, Bobby says, “In festivals like this, people who share the same interests and have love for the same instrument meet and make new friends.
When we first came here in 2010 we saw young guys in their
20s learning the guitar and now they are teaching
guitar to children
and these children
have won awards at competitions outside India. This is a great development.”
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