On February 21st Randal Corsen and Jan Brokken will present a concert-reading 'Waarom 11 Antillianen knielden voor het hart van Chopin' in the Philharmonie in Haarlem.

This presentation is part of the series "De 48 uur van Chopin".
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On February 15th the Randal Corsen quartet will perform in Treviso, Italy. The quartet will consist of Reno Steba on bass, Pernell Saturnino on percussion and Enrique Firpi on drums. The concert will take place at Teatro Eden, and will start at 20:45.

The Randal Corsen quartet performed recently at the European Jazz Expo in Sardegna.

Latin-jazz quintet Bye-Ya! released their 3rd cd! The new cd ‘Further Arrivals’ will be presented at the Bimhuis on March 24th.
Bye-Ya! was founded in 1999 by percussionist Jens Kerkhoff and bassist Mick Paauwe, featuring Randal Corsen on piano. The group previously released two critically acclaimed cd’s: the self-titled album in 2001, and ‘Dos’ in 2003 (both on A-records). After the leaving of stellar trumpeter Jarmo Hoogendijk and drummer Liber Torriente, the group took a break of a couple years. Jens, Mick and Randal recently reunited, joined by drummer Enrique Firpi and Grammy award winning trumpet player Brian Lynch, to record a new CD. This CD will feature two compositions by Randal, as well as some compositions by Brian Lynch.

Between January 28 and February 6, Randal Corsen (piano - Curacao) performed alongside Steve Mariat (vocalist, guitar - Suriname), Reno Steba (bass - Aruba), Walter Muringen (drums - Suriname) and Konkie Halmeyer (steelpan - Curacao) in a 'Music World Series' called 'Funchi con Batjaw'.
This blend of Antillian and Surinam music resulted in six succesful concerts that can be qualified as 'spicy' and 'advanturous'.

Read a press review (dutch) from the Volkskrant.