Jaarlijks concert met Bert Joris - 18 Mei 2024 - Pieter De Soomer Aula
Bestel nu je tickets via ibb.annual.concert@gmail.com
Tickets 10/15 EUR (student/non-student), Culture card -1 EUR, At doors + 5 EUR
About
The Interfak Big Band grew out of an occasional ensemble that accompagnied the revue show of the engineering students in 1984. Since 1986, the Interfak Big Band recrutes musicians from all faculties of the University of Leuven, Belgium. Hence the name Interfac(ultary) Big Band.
A spin-off of the Interfak Big Band (IBB) is the Interfak Dixieland Band, which plays mainly early New Orleans style jazz.
In 1987, the IBB was founded officially as a non-profit organisation and it got recognized as an ensemble of the University of Leuven. In collaboration with the Dienst Cultuur of the University, the IBB organizes an annual concert since 1989.
Some people even wrote about Interfak Big Band
A review of our annual concert 2019: https://clubkultuur.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/swingen-in-het-mtc-de-interfak-big-band-doet-het-voor/
A profile of Bart Preneel, the conductor, in 2017: http://thewordmagazine.com/the-hundreds/bart-preneel/
A review of our annual concert 2016: https://clubkultuur.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/aan-alle-leuvense-jazzliefhebbers/
A profile of the band in Campuskrant 2014: https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/nl/campuskrant/1314/08/uitgelicht--interfak-big-band
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Repertoire
The Interfak Big Band plays a varied repertoire that ranges from classical big band music (Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller ...) over Jazz Standards (Miles Davis, Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Horace Silver ...) up to contemporary music (Randy Brecker, Henry Mancini, Jaco Pastorius, Tower of Power, Josef Zawinul, Bob Mintzer, Pat Metheny, ...) The IBB also plays compositions by its own members, e.g. Bob Grietens, Karel Goddaer, Nele Ghijs, ...
Annual Concerts
Every year, the IBB organizes a concert in Leuven for which a Belgian Jazz professional is invited. We can look back on a rich history of playing with Belgian's finest in Jazz:
1999 - Dieter Limbourg
2000 - Hans Van Oost
2001 - M. Hatzigeorgiou
2002 - Erwin Vann
2003 - Phil Abraham
2004 - Richard Rousselet
2005 - Sam Versweyveld
2006 - P. Schumacher
2007 - P. Van Dormael
2008 - B. Van Caenegem
2009 - Roman Korolik
2010 - Kris Duerinckx
2011 - Johan Verminnen
2012 - Steven Houben
2013 - Carlo Nardozza
2014 - John Ruocco
2015 - Stefan Bracaval
2016 - Kirsten Cornwell
2017 - Dree Peremans
2018 - Rony Verbiest
2019 - Bernard Guyot
2020 - Due to corona, no concert!
2021 - Due to corona, no concert!
2022 - Jan De Haas
2023 - Ben Vanderweyden
2024 - Bert Joris
International Trips
The Interfak Big Bands regularly embarks on an international concert trip. The band played on several international events, such as:
1993 - Czech Republic and Germany
1993 - Delft International Jazz and Blues Student Festival
1994 - Poland
1996 - Germany
1998 - Oeuf du Jazz Bigband Festival in Le Mans, France
1999 - Ansbach, Regensburg and Passau
1999 - Washington and Falls Church, VA
2000 - Haarlemmermeer Bigband Concours in Hoofddorp, Netherlands
2001 - Oeuf du Jazz Bigband Festival in Le Mans, France
2001 - Santa Barbara, CA
2005 - San Diego, CA and Yuma, AZ
2006 - Alma Jazz Volvo Music Festival in Bologna, Italy
2007 - Schlott Jazzclub in Berlin, Germany
2008 - Boston, MA
2011 - Rio De Janeiro
2013 - Singapore
2018 - Dresden
2019 - Saulkrasti Jazz Festival, Latvia
2022 - Amsterdam
Social events
Next to the weekly rehearsals, the Interfak crew regularly organizes a weekend away to rehearse more intensively. Or the band meets up for their IBBQ -- the world famous Interfak Big Band Barbeque.
Flyer and poster archive
Annual Concert 2025
Annual Concert 2024 - Bert Joris
Annual Concert 2023 - Ben Vanderweyden
Annual Concert 2022 - Jan De Haas
Saulkrasti Jazz Festival 2019
Annual Concert 2019 with Bernard Guyot
Fraunhofer Institute, Dresden, 2018
Annual Concert 2018 with Rony Verbiest
Annual Concert 2017 with Dree Peremans
Annual Concert 2016 with Kristen Cornwell
Annual Concert XXXX Richard Rousselet
Annual Concert XXXX Bart Van Caeneghem
Annual Concert XXXX with Sam Versweyveld
Annual Concert XXXX with Pascal Schumacher
Boston College, Boston, 2008
Annual Concert XXXX Pierre Van Dormael
XXXX, Washington, XXXX
Jazz for Bosnia, 1993, Bosnia
Brazil
Passau 1999
Original flag
Contact
Feel free to reach out to the conductor Bart Preneel via bart.preneel (at) esat.kuleuven.be for more information about hiring the Interfak Big Band or Interfak Dixieland Band for your function, festivity or festival.