Background
As a young girl, Kim starts with cello lessons, but when she meets Trijntje Oosterhuis at the age of twelve, thanks to her father pianist Erwin Hoorweg, Kim gets inspired to sing jazz.
As a young girl, Kim starts with cello lessons, but when she meets Trijntje Oosterhuis at the age of twelve, thanks to her father pianist Erwin Hoorweg, Kim gets inspired to sing jazz.
Kim Hoorweg is born in 1992 in Utrecht, but quickly moves to Rotterdam. Since then Kim takes singing classes at the conservatory in Amsterdam. = 2007: Kim Is Back = 2009: My Recipe Foreign A Happy Life Projects Beside studio albums, Kim is also doing other projects.
She is performing with The Kimcompany, a band which exists of eight Dutch musicians, led by pianist Erwin Hoorweg.
With this funk and soul-jazz formation she performed on The Hague Jazz, IJsseljazz, Amersfoort Jazz, Jazz in Duketown and the Enschede International Jazzfestival. Another project is Back To The Roots, in which Kim performs in a special setting, together with Shirma Rouse.
With percussion, keyboard and bass they sing several songs of Ella Fitzgerald en Aretha Franklin. Also, Kim is one of the founders of Bongomatik, a formation which make music that is a mix of latin, popular and jazz.
The bandleaders are known from their participation in bands like Drums United, the Houdini’s, Nueva Manteca, Orkater and the formation works together with musicians like Marco Borsato, Raul Midón, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Candy Dulfer en Gino Vanelli.