Pieter de Mast- saxophone, flutes and compositions
Pieter made two CDs (Tracing and Vista) with the ‘Pieter de Mast Quintet’. He played with this quintet at jazz venues in the Netherlands (including the North Sea Jazz Festival), Belgium and Germany. As a player of multiple wind instruments, he also contributed to numerous theatre productions, musicals and CDs. He played or recorded together with Kris Goessens, Jozef Dumoulin, Perron 19, Sandip Bhattacharya ,Olaf Tarenskeen, Boudewijn de Groot, Karel Boehlee, Amina Figarova, Walter Bertram, Bert van den Brink and many others. In 2004 he started the Windstreken ensemble. Besides being a performing musician and a teacher, Pieter de Mast is also an active composer. The Rotterdam Conservatory gave him the opportunity to study during half a year at the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. For almost 25 years Pieter has been teaching at the Leiden Music School. Occasionally he taught flute-improvisation at the Codarts University for the Arts in Rotterdam and HKU University of the Arts in Utrecht.
Music
Current Projects
trio DE MAST featuring van Delft & Salama
In April 2024 and in February 2020 we recorded new compositions . You can hear the results on the new album called “Windstil” by “Trio de Mast” (release sept 2024).
Windstreken
Windstreken has released five CDs and the ensemble has performed on many national and international stages, for further information, reviews ect. please visit www.windstreken.com
Duo Pieter de Mast-Bert van den Brink
News: On March 12th 2020 new recordings of our duo have been made in Leiden. Unusual and sophisticated timbres This duo of jazz musicians, who have also won their spurs in the fields of both classical music and world...
Kamal Hors ensemble
My collaboration with Kamal Hors dates back to 2005 (Synergy). A few years ago Kamal started his project Zayna. Beautiful Arabic Poems has been set to music by Kamal and performed by the amazing singer Anass Habib. A recent concert...
Music
Past Projects (selection)
Perron 19
From 2005 till 2011 I had the pleasure of playing with a few talented musicians from Utrecht. We made 2 CD’s (“Live at the Duke” 2006 and “Perron 19” 2010). We did quite a few performances and in 2010 we reached the semi-finals of...
Pieter de Mast Quintet featuring Kris Goessens
This Band recorded two CD’s (“Tracing” 2000 and “Vista” 2003) We performed from 1999 till 2007 on many stages in the Netherlands (including Bimhuis and North Sea jazz festival), Belgium and Germany. I have been really fortunate to be able to play...
Discography
A selection:
- ‘Windstil’ by Trio de Mast (feat. van Delft & Salama) release September 2024
- ‘Folies’ Windstreken release nov. 2017
- ‘Mundum Renovavit’ Windstreken release 2013
- ‘Nouzha’ Windstreken release 2010
- ‘Perron 19’ release 2010
- ‘Offshore’ Pieter de Mast, Sebastiaan van Delft, Theo Visser & Kris Goessens release 2007
- ‘ Live at the Duke’ Perron 19 release 2006
- ‘Windstreken’ Pieter de Mast (feat.Jozef Dumoulin & Sandip Bhattacharya) release 2006
- ‘Vista’ Pieter de Mast 5 (feat. Kris Goessens) release 2003
- ‘Tracing’ Pieter de Mast 4 + Kris Goessens release 1999
To order any of these CDs, please send your name and address to pieterdemast@gmail.com. "Windstil" and the Windstreken CDs are 15 euros each, other CDs are 10 euros each (prices include P&P within NL).
Videos
A selection of videos
trailer Windstil
Nostalgic Walk
Nougat Balances-fluitsolo
Zeven Raven
Rosa Turbinata
Syrinx
Nouzha
Arzu
Ronja
Old Soul
Eddie & Johnny
Petite Etoile
Aki no Kaze (Pieter & Sebastiaan)
Old Soul
Yesterdays
Jumelles
Indian Summer
Compilatie ‘She’
Edunya
The Kings Son
Lessons
Since ’93, I have been a teacher at the Leiden School of Music. Occasionally I gave flute-improvisation lessons at the Rotterdam and Utrecht Conservatory. Together with the Amstelveen School of Music and the venue P60, I organized jazz sessions for several years. Since 2019 I've been teaching flute at "Bergen Muziek" https://www.bergenmuziek.nl/. Recently I also have started to give private lessons.
The options are:
- Flute – classical
- Saxophone and/or flute – jazz / pop / world music
- Music theory
- Improvisation for various instruments
please send me an email for further information.
Contact
Pieter de Mast
E: pieterdemast@gmail.com
T: +31 (0)71 5128229
M: +31 (0)64 4154802