PAUL TERMOS- saxophone
Paul Termos was born in 1952 and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory, including composition under Ton de Leeuw, from 1974 to 1979, Besides composing, he is active as a saxophonist and an improvisator and in this capacity plays in numerous ensembles including that of Maarten Altena, Guus Janssen and Misha Mengelberg. He conducted his own ensembles and has been giving solo concerts since 1986. As composer he is garded as one of the founders of the so-called “New Simplicity” in the Netherlands. Among his best known works are “New Work”, a concert for altosaxophone and orchestra,”Express” ar “Cammama” for which he was awarded a prize in 1985 by the Municipality of Amsterdam.