KIM HOORWEG
Genres: Vocal Jazz, Pop, Art Song, Folk • Netherlands

Kim Hoorweg is born in 1992 in Utrecht, but quickly moves to Rotterdam. As a young girl, Kim starts with cello lessons, but when she meets Trijntje Oosterhuis at the age of twelve, thanks to her father pianist Erwin Hoorweg, Kim gets inspired to sing jazz. Since then Kim takes singing classes at the conservatory in Amsterdam. At the age of fourteen, Universal Music offers her a contract. That makes her the youngest female artist on the label Verve Records, the label on the concern. In 2007, her debut-cd Kim Is Back is released, after which she performed at North Sea Jazz Festival, with Trijntje Oosterhuis in the Heineken Music Hall and with the Metropole Orchestra. Kim's second album will be released in 2009. On My Recipe For A Happy Life Kim manages to get several international jazz artists to play on her album. On the album are artists like Prince keyboard read more...