DJ Jairzinho

In between dance workshops DJ Jairzinho plays his music. Host Francis Broekhuijsen keeps us abreast of what's going on in the halls of the theatre and the filmhuis. Meanwhile: a snack, a drink, and the sale of books at Paagman's.

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Date and time Saturday 21 January 2012 22:45 tot 23:40 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer

In between dance workshops DJ Jairhinzo plays his music. Host Francis Broekhuijsen keeps us abreast of what's going on in the halls of the theatre and the filmhuis. Meanwhile: a snack, a drink, and the sale of books at Paagman's.

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DJ Jairzinho

(1973) in daily life is known by the name of Jaïr Tchong. Right now he works as a project leader world music with Muziek Centrum Nederland and is a member of the supervisory board of Global Dance Lab. In the past he was, among other things, world music programmer at the Melkweg and chair of the commission on internationalisation at the Fonds Podiumkunsten. In addition to being a dj Jairzinho is also a world music journalist. He has an Aruban-Chinese father and a Dutch mother. From the age of fifteen music has been his passion, sussessively punk, new wave, soul, jazz, funk, African, Brazilian and Salsa/Latin. In 2000 he started working in Amsterdam as a dj and freelance journalist with OYE Listen, Het Parool, De Groene Amsterdammer, Nieuwe Revu, Preludium, Ontdek Afrika and NIW. Jairzinho mainly plays afro-latin: all kinds of black dance music have his interest. In addition he increasingly uses East European and oriental music in his eclectic mix. Jairzinho performned among other venues at Oerol, in the Bloemendaalse Republiek, RASA in Utrecht and at the Bimhuis, Bitterzoet, Melkweg and Paradiso in Amsterdam.
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