CAREER SUMMARY 
 

Graduated from Utrechts Stedelijk Gymnasium

Invited to become a full-time journalist for              Utrechts Nieuwsblad and GPD Associated              Press Service; first female pop journalist 

in The Netherlands; specializes in music                  and fashion; interviews David Bowie, Mick              Jagger, Charles Aznavour, Pierre Cardin,                Sylvia Kristel and many others 
 

Presenter of pop music TV program                    Twien 

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Reporter for VIVA, new leading

magazine for young women  

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Start working as a free-lance journalist (Cosmopolitan, Muziekkrant Oor, a.o.), book editor

 

Owner of Magazijn De Verfraaiing in                  Utrecht. later named Broadway, one of                    the first second hand fashion shops (now                called vintage fashion) in The                                    Netherlands 
 

Sing Sing Sing/The Broads, recording of     1936 dance hit of Louis Prima and Benny Goodman; not the voice of the singer in the video , but only my voice was recorded in close     harmony, mixed with disco beats; the single stood high in the international charts                    
 

Start as a full time pianist/vocalist and                    bandleader by invitation of Dutch media                tycoon Joop van den Ende to form a                      band for his entertainment agency:                          Three Times A Lady, Four Times A Lady                  and Five Times A Lady, an instant and                    long lasting success 

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Jazz piano lessons and workshops with a.o. Michiel Borstlap, Bert van den Brink, Peter Beets, Barry Harris (NY), Bruce Barth (NY), Dena DeRose (NY), Jasper Soffers, Steve Cosco )NY), Cajan Witmer, Dirk Balthaus, Edwin Berg, Jan Reinen, Vince Benedetti, Don Friedman (NY), Erwin Hoorweg. 

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Private jazz piano study with  jazz pianist Walter Bertram; birth of Club Jazz concerts at Cultural Center ‘t Hoogt; many Club Jazz venues to follow

Making and release of my first film, jazz documentary The Wonderful World of Barry Harris, featuring New York jazz icon pianist and inspirator Barry Harris (1929-2021). Already almost 50.000 views on Youtube, and included in the Official Barry Harris Website.

 

Release of my first book Ik zit hier                            fantastisch (language Dutch); see                            Calendar for book presentations with                      music, starting Nov 2022

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March 2024 I am invited to be the 'leading leady' of a new jazz stage, Live Jazz at the North Sea, monthly concerts at Jachtclub Scheveningen in The Hague: Heleen Schuttevaêr Meets Friends. I play and sing with guests from the Dutch and international jazz scene. 

 

AND THE BEAT GOES ON! See Calendar for my concerts, Club Jazz and musical book presentations. I In August I have started as a performer for Care For Jazz of the Stichting Muziek in Huis.