Maartje Meijer
(1985) studied voice and piano major at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam to focus on arranging during her master studies, under the guidance of renowned arranger and conductor Jörg Achim Keller (NDR, WDR big band). Now she leads the young talent jazz department at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, writes commissioned music, conducts choirs and releases albums or EPs with her own songs. Since 2022, Maartje has been the musical director of the JONG JOC Bootcamp, the talent development project for young people of the big band Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw.