Interviewing Charles Aznavour
1967 Photo Toon Feij
In concert with NY guitarist Saul Rubin
2023 Photo Andrea Conigli
1966
1966
1968/'69
1972/'74
1974
1974/'84
1982
1987
2002
2019/'20
2022
2023/2024
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
Reporter for VIVA, new leading
magazine for young women
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
Start of jazz career and private jazz piano study with jazz pianist Walter Bertram; birth of Club Jazz concerts at cultural center ‘t Hoogt; many other venues will follow
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); 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
... 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.
In February 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. March 2024: Heleen Schuttevaêr Meets Friends starts March 2024, I play and sing with guests from the Dutch and international jazz scene.