John Hondorp

John Hondorp (born 1964 in Doetinchem, Netherlands) is a professor at the Enschede Conservatory. He was the first to teach Hammond organ as a fully autonome jazz major.

His international class of students come from all over the world to study with him in Enschede. In the ast 10 years they came from Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan and Indonesia. In March 2007 John was playing with the Enschede az Quintet "5-ESSENCE" (Quintessence) at the Indonesian "Java Jazz Festival" in Jakarta.

He has a Masters Degree in Hammond Organ from the Enschede Conservatory. He plays the jazz stages throughout Europe and toured with many European jazz artists like Ferdinand Povel, Judy Niemack, Bruno Castellucci, Nippy Noya. In 2004 he founded the John Hondorp Trio, with guitarist/composer Dominik Korte and drummer Marco Schmitz. After two seasons of playing they recorded the CD Open Stories in February 2006 at Organic Music Studio in Obing, Germany.

In 2007 John Hondorp was invited twice to perform and teach at Jazz festivals in Indonesia. His teaching activities were at UNJ (Universitas Negeri Jakarta), DAYA Music Institute and Universitas Pelita Harapan.

Starting March 1, 2013, John is appointed teacher for Hammond Organ at the Institut für Musik in Osnabrück, Germany. This institute is the only music academy in Germany where one can study Hammond Organ as an independent jazz major instrument.

Recordings

 * Session (1995)
 * Lara's Dream - Martin Senders Quartett (2002)
 * JH Trio (2004)
 * Renn Kwartet (2004)
 * Open Stories, John Hondorp Trio, DKP 0601, (June 2006)
 * No Idea, Transitions (2012)