Ernst Reijseger – born November 13, 1954 in Bussum, the Netherlands – is a
cellist and composer whose specialties include avant-garde jazz, improvised
music, contemporary classical and film soundtracks. He has collaborated with a
variety of poets, dancers, actors, painters, and film makers. Some of his
musical collaborators include Yo-Yo Ma, Trilok Gurtu, Derek Bailey, Gerry
Hemingway, Joëlle Léandre, and others. His professional career stretches back to
the early 1970s when he began performing improvised music with fellow musical
explorers Derek Bailey, Martin Van Duynhoven, and...