Heleen van den Hombergh has received many great reviews as a singer and composer. Her professional singing career began when piano miracle Bert van den Brink heard Heleen’s voice in 2000 and spoke of “love on first hearing” . With him, bass player Tony Overwater and percussionist Joshua Samson she recorded 2 Cds and a DVD and performed at the North Sea Jazz festival, Concertgebouw, BIMhuis, and many other fine stages in the Netherlands and abroad.
Her first album Heard in the Scene mainly consisted of jazz & soul repertoire. For her second album and theatre tour with the same band, under the title “ Rush in the Woods! “ her long-standing passion for tropical forests inspired the lyrics and compositions, all originals. It has taken a while and many ups and downs before recording a 3rd album in 2010. With a new team, consisting of Jeroen Vierdag (bass), Erik Rutjes (guitar), Karel Boehlee (piano) and Bart Fermie (percussion). The title “ Way Back Home” reveals her search that has led to this musical tribute to life, despite all loss and longing. Her fourth solo album Blue Lifeblood is dedicated to the the tenderness and power of the water world. Happily reunited with Bert van den Brink, this time with bass player Theo de Jong and percussionist Shahin During, she steps up to another level of vocal performance.
Beside being a singer and songwriter Heleen coaches other singers in interpretation, performing, recording and songwriting. And all along, she has been active as an advisor in nature conservation world wide. Her enduring combined passion led to her creating Green Beat Performers, an initiative to promote nature inspired music and musicians and their cooperation with social change makers. With IUCN NL and partners, she has developed nature inspired music projects in Indonesia, Brazil/Paraguay and Ghana.
Heleen is actively working on a new music project now in 2022/2023
Heleen van den Hombergh +31-6-23082239
contact @ heleenvandenhombergh.com
Heleen van den Hombergh has received many great reviews as a singer and composer. Her professional singing career began when piano miracle Bert van den Brink heard Heleen’s voice in 2000 and spoke of “love on first hearing” . With him, bass player Tony Overwater and percussionist Joshua Samson she recorded 2 Cds and a DVD and performed at the North Sea Jazz festival, Concertgebouw, BIMhuis, and many other fine stages in the Netherlands and abroad.
Her first album Heard in the Scene mainly consisted of jazz & soul repertoire. For her second album and theatre tour with the same band, under the title “ Rush in the Woods! “ her long-standing passion for tropical forests inspired the lyrics and compositions, all originals. It has taken a while and many ups and downs before recording a 3rd album in 2010. With a new team, consisting of Jeroen Vierdag (bass), Erik Rutjes (guitar), Karel Boehlee (piano) and Bart Fermie (percussion). The title “ Way Back Home” reveals her search that has led to this musical tribute to life, despite all loss and longing. Her fourth solo album Blue Lifeblood is dedicated to the the tenderness and power of the water world. Happily reunited with Bert van den Brink, this time with bass player Theo de Jong and percussionist Shahin During, she steps up to another level of vocal performance.
Beside being a singer and songwriter Heleen coaches other singers in interpretation, performing, recording and songwriting. And all along, she has been active as an advisor in nature conservation world wide. Her enduring combined passion led to her creating Green Beat Performers, an initiative to promote nature inspired music and musicians and their cooperation with social change makers. With IUCN NL and partners, she has developed nature inspired music projects in Indonesia, Brazil/Paraguay and Ghana.
Heleen van den Hombergh +31-6-23082239
contact @ heleenvandenhombergh.com
“Intimate and tender, but also convincing and powerful”
(Frans van Leeuwen NRC Handelsblad, NL)
“Van den Hombergh sounds deeper, richer and riper , in the high and low registers”. (Amanda Kuyper, NRC Handelsblad, NL)
“Authentic passion and artistry, a true story to tell and the talent to make it beautiful” (Judith Schlesinger All Music Guide, Jazz Institute Chicago, USA)
“Stylish and unusual (…) her soulful lyrics and silken tones speak for themselves. (Jack Massarik Evening Standard, UK)
“A very beautiful mixture of jazz, pop and soul” (Wolfgang Platzeck WAZ Newspaper, Germany)
“Van den Hombergh and her united band members take each other to higher levels of performance…Van den Hombergh has an expressive voice (…) her singing is always emotional and the lyrics are universal. (Ruud Heiijer Heaven Pop Magazine, NL)
“Here sings a personality you can’t deny” …. “Good van den Hombergh is back” (Maartje den Breejen Parool, NL)
“A very beautiful voice, a convincing performance, authentic inspiration” (Hans Invernezzi Gelderlander/Stentor, NL)
Blue lifeblood my latest album
At the end of 2018 we published Blue Lifeblood, my new album and launched the live show. Blue lifeblood is inspired by the beautiful and impressive waterfalls, lakes or rivers I have come across on my travels.... Mingled with a bit of the blues that run through my veins and for which the water world offers such beautiful reflections and metaphors.
I recorded with Bert van den Brink (piano), Theo de Jong (bass) and Sjahin During (percussion).
Under Listen to CDs, Blue lifeblood can be ordered as CD.
Under the tag Blue lifeblood stage programmers and fans can find samples of the musical results and a list of gigs. Blue Lifeblood is (to be) booked as duo, or quartet concert.
Check it out.
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Links:
Heleen’s Cds on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/heleen-van-den-hombergh
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Some videos of Heleen’s songs and performances:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHyst4fo49YfvSRM
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Heleen’s Green Beat Performers active in the Brazilian-Paraguayan Pantanal area:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHyst4fo49YeaXmk
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Green Beat Performers news and info:
Blue lifeblood
it runs through my veins
ever since I was born
I know
she was blue too
she was blue too
blue lifeblood
it runs through my veins
ever since I was born
I know
I took so many roads, traveled all across the globe
but I come across it, wherever I go
blue lifeblood
blue lifeblood
it runs through our veins
ever since we were born
well I guess I know
first we lived in the sea
then became apes in a tree
but now we're stranded
man belongs to the land
but we'll crawl and crave for we'll always always
long for where we come from
long for where we come from, we long
and then we dive and dive and find ourselves with
blue lifeblood
it runs through our veins
wherever we were born
that's what I've seen
traveled so many times
saw such precious places
the tender power of the water world
blue lifeblood
Heleen van den Hombergh
BIOGRAPHY
