Ernst Glerum
Bass
Ernst Glerum studied classical bass at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. During that time, he was a member of the ASKO ensemble and a number of improvising music groups. In the nineties, he became a member of Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink’s Instant Composers Pool Orchestra, and was a member of groups led by, among others, pianist Guus Janssen, saxophonist Paul Termos, pianist Michiel Borstlap, as well as Available Jelly with Michael Moore and Michael Vatcher.
In 2004, he started the independent label Favorite Records, through which he releases various projects of his own on CD and DVD. His releases include CDs with his trio Glerum Omnibus and the solo programme Glerum Ex Machina, featuring video and samples.
In recent years, besides playing in his own trio Glerum Omnibus, Ernst Glerum has performed in the Instant Composers Pool Orchestra, in The Quartet NL with Benjamin Herman and Peter Beets, in saxophonist Paul van Kemenade’s International Quartet with Ray Anderson, and in a duo with guitarist Marzio Scholten. He has composed for J.C.Tans & The Rockets, Amsterdam String Trio, Ebony String Quartet, and for his own projects such as Glerum Omnibus. He has also written music for a number of film and TV productions.
The CD 'Monk' by the trio Bennink/Borstlap/Glerum won the Edison Prize in 2009. In that same year, Glerum received the Boy Edgar Prize.
Ernst Glerum is a bass professor at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
