Who We Are

The New Amsterdam Trio is a group of 3 dedicated musicians with diverse backgrounds in classical, jazz, world and contemporary classical music that come together to present performances that cross genre boundaries. A concert with the NAT includes art songs from Schubert and Bernstein, freely improvised music influenced by old and modern jazz and classical traditions, and American folk songs all presented with virtuosity and uncompromising attention to the acoustic experience of the audience.

  • Daniel Roser

    Pianist

    Daniel was born in Switzerland and began studying classical piano and playing in his fathers church at a young age. His artistic output spans painting, drawing, multimedia pieces, and film music all inspired by the Art History, Philosophy and his own restless search for an honest artstic vocabulary. His past projects include the Simon Spiess Quartet, Judys Birdland, his own improv group Erikundde, and the music theatre group “LABOR”. He has lived and worked in the Netherlands since 2010 where he plays with Swiss Oud player Christian Moser and drummer Gustan Asselbergs. Haarlems Dagblaad recently said “They take interesting musical turns, uniformly occluding the source of the ideas”

  • David Whitwell

    Trombonist and Countertenor

    David was born in St. Louis, trained and worked in New York City for 15 years and now works internationally across Europe and the US. He has developed a music making practice that includes trombone, countertenor voice, improvisation and creative use of repertoire. Since his Carnegie Hall solo debut on both Trombone and Voice in 2017 with Italian composer Girolamo Deraco he has worked on several solo operas, also with Swiss composer Christophe Schweizer in Hamburg recording music in the 31 EDO tuning system, with Sandeep Baghwati in Montreal on comprovitational music, and now focuses on the NAT, his early music duo with theorbo player Jeremy Bass, works as a member of German improv band Elastic Social Structurs, and continues his solo career as a recitalist and guest soloist with various orchestras and ensembles.

  • Gustan Asselbergs

    Drummer

    Gustan is a versatile Dutch drummer and educator. Coming from a musical background, he started playing drums at an early age. As a musician his main focus is on sound, touch and careful listening. Thereby enabling the possibility to be creative behind the drums in practically any situation. Hence his strong belief that genres and traditions do matter but should not be restricting. After studying with different teachers he found his own musical path which led him to various collaborations, like Grondstoff and Labor and many other projects. He recorded for film and did session work. In 2018 he joined forces with Swiss pianist Daniel Roser which resulted in two albums so far. The birth of the NAT is an exciting new chapter in his musical career.