A Dutch violinist. (born 30 September 1974 in Utrecht)
He first became known during his student years in Amsterdam in 1999, when he joined Belgian gypsy guitarist, Fapy Lafertin as a jazz violinist. Kliphuis toured Europe with Lafertin's Quintet and featured on three CDs before deciding on a solo career in 2004.
He was classically trained at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and started playing gypsy jazz in the style of jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Other influences include saxophonist Stan Getz, guitarist Joe Pass and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. In 2006, Kliphuis started combining classical, folk and world music with gypsy jazz, leading to performances outside the jazz world.
An internationally touring musician, he has recorded with Angelo Debarre and performed with Martin Taylor, The Rosenberg Trio, Paulus Schäfer, Richard Galliano but also celtic traditional musicians Frankie Gavin and Charlie McKerron. All his recent projects feature a mix of genres and are performed at classical, folk and jazz venues worldwide.
Kliphuis has hosted string improvisation workshops at festivals and other venues in America, South Africa, Japan, UK and Europe. He is the best-known tutor for the violin style of Stéphane Grappelli, having written the standard book "Stéphane Grappelli Gypsy Jazz Violin" (Mel Bay, 2008). Since 2010, he hosts an annual gypsy jazz camp in Holland in August: Grappelli Camp NL.
In 2011, he performed a large number of concerts with a UK Quartet consisting of Roy Percy (Bass), Nigel Clark (Guitar) and David Newton (Piano). They performed a concert Live at Iford Manor on 30 June 2011 which was then manufactured by Birnam CD and released as a live DVD.
Since 2012, Kliphuis has been working mostly in the Trio format with Nigel Clark and Roy Percy. In April 2012, they premiered a crossover project with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra at a sold out Paradiso Amsterdam. In this concert, he explored the common ground of classical string orchestra and string jazz Trio, showcasing some of his own compositions, as well as material by Duke Ellington, Stéphane Grappelli, R. Strauss, A. Copland and others.
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