jadi peperzak

Jadi Peperzak (2000) is a jazz guitarist from Nijmegen, currently based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studied jazz guitar at Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam, where he developed a strong personal voice within modern jazz. His playing is influenced by artists such as John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter, blending lyrical expression with contemporary harmonic language. In 2024, Jadi Peperzak won the Conservatory Talent Award, the most prestigious jazz prize for conservatory students in the Netherlands. Besides having recorded an album with his own group (Jadi Peperzak Quartet), he has collaborated and performed with a wide range of musicians within the Dutch and international jazz scene, including Stefan Lievestro, The New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra, Salle de Jong, Daan Kluwer, Tymek Papior, Jesse Schilderink,
Cyrille Oswald, and Niccolò Ricci.

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listen the podcast in dutch here Episode Description You’ve likely heard his name buzzing around the jazz world for a while now: 25-year-old guitarist Jadi Peperzak. In 2024, he won the Conservatorium Talent Award, and in May, he released his debut album, Amity. The reviews have been glowing. High time, then, to get to know Jadi.

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source: jazzism Album Review: ‘Amity’ – Jadi Peperzak Quartet 21/05/2026 | Reviews Both Jan Akkerman meets Wes Montgomery and rebellious, disruptive In the run-up to Jazz in Duketown—the jazz festival held around the Pentecost weekend in Den Bosch—the annual battle for the Conservatorium Talent Award takes place. It is a prestigious prize for the most …