Tony Overwater

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tony Overwater
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Mar 24, 1965(1965-03-24)
Age	59
Birthplace	Rotterdam
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	South Holland
Horoscope	Aries

Tony Overwater Biography

Tony Overwater is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on March 24, 1965 in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

In 1989 he started his first band, Scapes, and received an award from the Stichting Jazz in Nederland for being the most promising musician. In that year he toured with Sunny and David Murray, and in the following years he recorded numerous albums, including A Sanctuary Within (1992). He also became a member of Yuri Honing’s trio, with which he toured for over 25 years. The trio recorded several albums, the most recent one in 2008. He also has been active in the trio DelFerro/Overwater/Paeffgen, which also produced some albums. Under his own name he worked with a variety of musicians in various ensembles. One such ensemble, Jungle Boldie, included Maarten Ornstein and Wim Kegel, with whom he recorded a number of albums. The album Op (2001), which also featured Ack van Rooyen and Ernst Reijseger, was a tribute to bassist Oscar Pettiford and resulted in an Edison Award. Ornstein and Overwater collaborated on a number of recordings and worked together repeatedly, such as in the band V, with Rima Khcheich, Kikker and many others.

Overwater has composed and performed music for silent films. In 1992 he wrote music for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and in 1994 his quartet played live accompaniments to films by Joris Ivens and also several French films, such as by Germaine Dulac. In 1994 he created the ‘auditory’ movie Motion Music. In the following years he wrote arrangements for several documentaries by Brigit Hillenius. He also got involved with music written specifically for dance such as his compositions when he composed music for choreographer Anouk van Dijk with whom he performed live, as well as with the Scapino Ballet.

Tony Overwater Net Worth

Tony Overwater is one of the richest Composer from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tony Overwater 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tony Overwater (Rotterdam, March 24, 1965) is a Dutch jazz bassist (acoustic bass and violone) and composer of jazz and improvisational music. In 2002 he received the Boy Edgar Award, the most important jazz award in The Netherlands. Presently, Overwater is mainly active in a crossover of jazz, Arab and early music.

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In recent years Overwater created music for several documentaries. Examples include Varia Americana, Om de Oude Wereldzee and Justice For Sergei, which won the Cinema for Peace Award for Justice 2012 in Berlin.

Facts & Trivia

Tricia Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Tony Overwater celebrates birthday on March 24 of every year.

Overwater played with many Arab musicians such as the Moroccan oud player Said Chraibi, the Syrian clarinettist Kinan Azmeh and Algerian violinist Kheiredinne M’Kachiche.