contact : bovanderwerf@gmail.com / current projects : jozef dumoulin/bo van der werf duo : jozef dumoulin : keyboards and misc / bo van der werf : baritone sax and misc / octurn : bo van der werf : baritone sax  / joris roelofs : bass clarinet / jozef dumoulin : keyboards  / fabian fiorini : piano  / dré pallemaerts : drums www.octurn.com / short CV : saxophonist and composer, Bo van der Werf (1969) is graduated from the Conservatory of Hilversum ( Amsterdams conservatory ) , he leads, writes and arranges for the ensemble Octurn : all info here : www.octurn.com / he leads his own smaller ensembles and plays free-lance with different groups: LIDLBOJ: www.jozefdumoulin.com, THE WORKSHOP: www.stephanepayen.com, YUN ( Lynn Cassiers ):  https://lynncassiers.com, Sylvain Cathala septet : www.sylvaincathala.bandcamp.com, La foret dans les villes https://youtu.be/XFRxvjUrxsY, etc…besides writing for his own ensemble, Bo also composes music for films (“J’aime regarder les filles”, a film by Frederic Louf, in collaboration with Jozef Dumoulin, ‘Les Films de Pierre’, distribution BAC FILMS), for dance performances (‘Eva Millenium’ Vicente Saez company, Valencia ), for theatre performances ( ‘Le soleil même pleut’, La Cerisaiecompany/Françoise Berlanger, for multimedia projects ( (‘Devotion’, in collaboration with legendary experimental american videast Nathaniel Dorsky, ‘Melodies from my mother’s knees’, in collaboration with videast Boris Van der Avoort and much beloved electro wizard Mira Calix-WARP,  and for contemporary classical ensembles ( ‘Gamelan’, in collaboration with contemporary ensemble Ictus, Festival Ars Musica, ‘ Sphères croisées’, in collaboration with Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Festival Ars Musica ), …as a filmmaker, he directed the documentary ‘ Satyajit Ray negatives’ which was shown at many major film festivals ( Teheran film festival, Buenos Aires film festival, Bombay international film festival, festival du documentaire de Paris, Tiburon film festival California, Mediawave Budapest , Kolkata Film Festival, … ) / all info here : www.manikda.space / he teaches at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp  / he did a doctorate research at the University of Leuven ( KUL ) entitled ‘ ideas, methods and tools for using Messiaen’s harmonic, melodic and rhythmic systems within ‘jazz’ context(s)’ / doctor grade i november 2023 http://bovanderwerf.be/research / Bo works on developing logical and intuitive methods for integrating Messiaen’s compositional systems into specific harmonic and melodic vocabularies (based mostly on the modes of limited transposition) that can be assimilated and used by an improviser in a wide range of (organized) musical systems / selected discography  as artistic director: Octurn ‘Songbook of changes’ ( De Werf ) / Octurn + the Tibetan monks of Gyuto ‘Tantric College’ (onzeheuresonze)/ Octurn + the Tibetan monks of Gyuto ‘live recordings’ (octurn004)/Octurn + Ictus ‘Gamelan’ (octurn003)/ Octurn + the Tibetan monks of Gyuto ‘ Kailash’ (52 creations ) Octurn ‘7eyes’ (octurn002) / Octurn ‘XPs live’ (octurn001) / Octurn ‘North Country Suite’ ( De Werf )/ Octurn ‘21.emanations’ (Yolk records ), etc../ as sideman: Lynn Cassiers ‘YUN’ ( Clean Feed records ) / Bram De Looze ‘Septych’ ( Clean Feed records )/ The Workshop ‘ more conversation with the drum’ ( onzeheuresonze ) / Brussels Jazz Orchestra ‘Two places’ / Sylvain Cathala Septet ‘Hope’ (connexe records ) / Sylvain Cathala Septet ‘Cullinan’ (connexe records ) / Brussels Jazz Orchestra with David Linx ‘Brel’  / Brussels Jazz Orchestra ‘We have a dream’ ( Safrane records )  / Magic Malik Orchestra ‘XP2’ ( Label bleu )  / MikMaak ‘ live at De Werf’ ( De Werf )  / Aka Moon ‘Ganesh’ ( Carbon 7 ) / Aka Moon ‘Invisible Sun’ ( Carbon 7 ) / Lidlboj ‘ trees are always right’  / Brussels Jazz Orchestra/ Joe Lovano (Half Note) / Brussels Jazz Orchestra/Kenny Werner ’Institute of Higher learning’ (Half Note ) / Brussels Jazz Orchestra / David Linx / Maria Joao : ‘a different Porgy, another Bess’ / Philip Catherine Brussels Jazz Orchestra ‘Meeting colours’ ( Dreyfus Jazz ) / Brussels Jazz Orchestra ‘The Music of Bert Joris’ ( De Werf ) / Pierre Van Dormael ‘Vivaces’ ( Igloo )/Aka Moon ‘Elohim’ ( Carbon 7 )/ etc…