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Transcultural Improvised Music
Album " ENTANGLED " Out Now
Monica Akihary wins Boy Edgar Prize 2023 Photo Boi Akih by Krijn van Noordwijk

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🎷✨ A wonderful weekend at @festivaljazzaocentro, where we played our new album *Entangled* in the cloister of the Colégio da Graça! 🏛️🌿

I’d like to share a part of the wonderful review by @jazz.pt @revistajazz.pt👇

“The duo constantly took their cues from one another, displaying a sensitive yet tireless energy that shifted between lullabies, lounge jazz records, and bursts of improvisational ecstasy...” 🎶💫

Read the full review via the link in our bio 🔗
Swipe for photos of the concert and this incredible location 📸➡️

@revistajazz.pt @enjarecords @boiakih #livemusic #vocal #acousticguitars taken in Coimbra, Portugal by @boiakih

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2 days ago

BOI AKIH passou pelos Claustros do Colégio da Graça / Liga dos Combatentes, no terceiro dia do Festival Jazz ao Centro.

Monica Akihary e Niels Brouwer trouxeram a Coimbra o universo de «Entangled», num concerto construído a partir do diálogo entre voz e guitarra

Fotografias por João Duarte / JACC. by @boiakih

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3 days ago

Sábado, 03 de Outubro às 18h00
📍 Claustros Colégio da Graça / Liga dos Combatentes
Entrada mediante donativo Consciente (não obrigatório)

Os BOI AKIH, formados pela cantora Monica Akihary e pelo guitarrista e compositor Niels Brouwer, exploram há mais de 25 anos um universo musical em constante transformação, onde composição e improvisação convivem em permanente tensão. Vencedores do Prémio da Cultura da Indonésia de 2024 e do Prémio Boy Edgar de 2023, respetivamente, têm desenvolvido uma linguagem própria, aberta a diferentes influências, mas sem se fixar num género específico.

O mais recente álbum, «Entangled», o 11.º da formação, foi gravado em duo e centra-se na interdependência entre seres humanos e natureza e na sua vulnerabilidade. A música dos BOI AKIH nasce no momento da criação, combinando estruturas que lhe dão estabilidade com a espontaneidade e intensidade da improvisação, num diálogo entre voz e guitarra que continua a abrir novos caminhos em palcos internacionais. taken in Liga dos Combatentes / Núcleo de Coimbra by @boiakih

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11 days ago

Entangled New Album🎶

Composition intertwined with improvisation. Humanity entangled with nature. Come experience it live. 🌿

“An album of quiet power, extraordinary sensitivity, and great artistic openness.” @jazz_fun.de .de ✨

Join us on September 21st at De Pletterij in Haarlem for a groundbreaking performance of Transcultural Improvised Music by BOI AKIH! A unique musical journey where cultures and styles seamlessly merge live on stage.

🎫 Tickets via 🔗 link in our bio
📍 De Pletterij, Haarlem, Mon Sept 21, 8:00 PM

#TransculturalImprovisedMusic #BoiAkih #Entangled #DePletterij
#HaarlemCulture taken in Pletterij Debat en Cultuur by @boiakih

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24 days ago

🎧🎶 #linkinbio

These are vocalist/lyricist Monica Akihary and guitarist/composer Niels Brouwer, the solid and inseparable duo BOI AKIH. The duo started in 1997. I wrote about them earlier, when, during the Covid-19 pandemic, they performed in a recorded livestream.

Since then, they have made new recordings, traveled the world, and in 2023 Monica received the Boy Edgar Prize, the most important award in Dutch jazz and improvised music. Annually awarded to a performing musician who has made an exceptional contribution to the genre.

Their latest recording, released in 2026, is called Entangled. Usually they collaborate with a wide range of musicians and poets, but this album, featuring their own lyrics, is a real duo project.

In the live stream Niels plays a 7string 2A, actually the one he’s holding in the impressive picture above. But on Entangled Niels plays his 7string Concert Model with a spruce top and maple back and sides, which I built in 2025, especially for him.
#blog #linkinbio #luthier @boiakih
📷 @krijnvannoordwijk
🖼️ @ade_darmawan by @boiakih

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24 days ago

Saturday Sept 12, a special day @Theater de Regentes, Den Haag
75 years of Moluccan history — celebrated through music. 🎶
Ancient songs, jazz & groove. Live on stage.

Program by @maluku_denhaag
19:00-19:05 | Menari Dance
19:05-19:25 | Lecture by Edward Tuhuteru
19:25-19:35 | short talk by Jickey Tuhuteru-Traxel
19:35:20:00 | expo in “t Diepe
20:15 |Concert Voices of the Moluccas

👉 Concerts & Tickets — link in bio 🔗 #livemusic #guitar #voicesofthemoluccas #boiakih taken in Theater de Regentes by @boiakih

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a month ago

🎸🎶 Our new season kicks off today!!!
✨ Here’s an update on where to catch us this fall.
👉 Concerts & Tickets — link in bio 🔗
Pick a show and tag your plus one! 👯‍♂️ #livemusic #transcultural #guitar #vocals by @boiakih

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a month ago

Come join us on Sunday, September 6, to walk and wander through Amsterdam East!

This year, we’re playing at one of our favorite intimate festivals: @jazzendewalvis! Right in the heart of the beautiful Eastern Docklands, we’ll be bringing our music up close and personal. In a living room-style setting at Levantkade 90, we’ll be playing four times that afternoon—at 2, 3, 4, and 5 p.m.
Tickets Jazz en de Walvis - check the link in our bio!! taken in Levantkade by @boiakih

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a month ago

In de spotlight: BOI AKIH 🌊

Jazz, poëzie en invloeden uit uiteenlopende muzikale tradities: in de muziek van BOI AKIH raakt alles met elkaar verweven. In het samenspel van zangeres Monica Akihary en gitarist Niels Brouwer wisselen ruimte en detail elkaar voortdurend af, gedragen door een vrije muzikale verbeelding.

Akihary laat daarbij haar Molukse wortels doorklinken – in haar teksten én in de manier waarop ze de grenzen van haar stem opzoekt. Samen bouwen de twee aan gelaagde, intieme soundscapes.

Hun nieuwe project heet dan ook niet voor niets ‘Entangled’: verstrengeld. Tijdens Jazz en de Walvis hoor je het resultaat. by @boiakih

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2 months ago

Summer, water, and a very special radio moment 🌊🎧

Co de Kloet invited us to his beautiful studio — surrounded by nature, typical Dutch, water everywhere — for a special interview about our new album Entangled 🖤

📻 Tune in tonight, Mon Aug 10:
11 PM — Concertzender inJazz #32

Link in bio 🔗
#BoiAkih #Entangled #inJazz #CoDeKloet Concertzender SummerListening by @boiakih

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𝐁𝐎𝐈 𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐇 is het duo van vocalist Monica Akihary en gitarist/componist Niels Brouwer. Sinds 1997 ontwikkelen zij een eigen klankwereld van transcultureel geïmproviseerde muziek, een ruimte waarin uiteenlopende tradities en talen elkaar ontmoeten zonder hun oorsprong te verliezen. Hun nieuwe album 𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑑 (enja/L'Autre distribution, 2026) ontvouwt zich als één doorgaande compositie over verbondenheid tussen mensen, talen en gedeeld geheugen. 𝐼𝑛 𝑉𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠 brengen zij eeuwenoude zangtradities in oertalen van verschillende eilanden samen met hedendaagse energie en vrije improvisatie. Monica Akihary won de Boy Edgarprijs 2023, de belangrijkste Nederlandse onderscheiding voor jazz en geïmproviseerde muziek. 𝐁𝐎𝐈 𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐇 ontving de Staatscultuurprijs Indonesië 2024.

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3 months ago

🎶 TERRACE CONCERT: BOI AKIH DUO 🎶

On August 1st, BOI AKIH DUO takes over the terrace of the Muziekgebouw aan het IJ for an intimate summer evening full of pure music. 🌅

Don’t wait too long to book, this is an evening you won’t want to miss!!! Book your tickets & table now 👉 [link in bio]
#boiakih #livemusic #muziekgebouwaantij #bimhuis 📷 @krijnvannoordwijk taken in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ by @boiakih

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