Pitou en Kobra Ensemble (live @Into the Great Wide Open 2023)

Pitou has gathered a colorful group of musicians around her for this session on Vlieland, during @intothegreatwideopen8309 She has a long history with the singers of the Kobra Ensemble. She and a number of the singers have known each other for more than twenty years, Pitou - vocals, Marc Alberto - sax/bass clarinet, Lieke Heusinkveld - keys, Mischa Porte - drums, Jasja Offermans - bass Kobra Ensemble: Roos Meijer, Ingrid Doude van Troostwijk, Karlijn Hamer, Nina Rompa  Dutch artist Pitou’s musical awakening came from an unlikely source. At a very young age, Pitou started to develop an unexplainable interest in classical music. Her classical background blended together with the world music that her parents brought into the house. Pitou’s parents regularly traveled to places such as Cameroon and India, with her and her sister in tow. Each year, they would head back to The Netherlands carrying cassette tapes filled with the sounds they had picked up on their overland adventures. Her classical background blended together with the world music. Pitou was part of Kobra ensemble for a number of years. From these musical experiences came the desire to create her own musical worlds. Pitou came into the public eye in 2016 with her EP ’Pitou’. In 2018 she released her second EP ’I Fall Asleep So Fast’’. This year she released two albums: ’Big Tear’ and a ’Big Tour Live’ EP. Editors: Melchior Huurdeman, Aad van Nieuwkerk, Sakti Khedoe Camera & lighting: Ramon de Boer, Marjolein Hoitinga, Marijn Zurburg Sound: Marc Broer, Philip ten Brink Producer: Jorinde Hiddema/Pippa Harris PA: Britt Krijgsman & Simone Klein  Director/Editing Reinier Bruijne This video was recorded at Into the Great Wide Open 2023 for VPRO Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO  ​​  twitter, instagram @vrijegeluiden. #pitou #vrijegeluiden #singersongwriter #vrijegeluiden #intothegreatwideopen #npo2extra #choir #vocalmusic #openairmusicsession