MUSICIAN
Yaniv Nachum is a saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor based in Amsterdam. His musical journey from the Sea of Galilee and Tel Aviv to Amsterdam and New York has shaped a personal approach to improvisation and writing, informed by jazz, classical music and encounters with other musical traditions.
His album Fragments of Before was named Best Modern Jazz Album of 2004 by All About Jazz. As musical director of the Amsterdam Jazz Orchestra, he developed a repertoire of original compositions and arrangements, documented on Finding the Way and Insinuations. His performing career also includes work with the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, projects with the Metropole Orkest and international touring with smaller ensembles. Across these settings, the relationship between structure and freedom remains central to his music: a search for what sound can carry, how experience becomes composition, and what musicians can discover together.
EDUCATOR
Yaniv Nachum is a music educator, musician and e-learning specialist whose work connects artistic practice with innovation in education. He leads Jazz Winds and CvA Online at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where he has taught since 2004. His experience encompasses approximately 1,000 online lessons, curriculum and assessment design, learning management systems and professional development for educators.
His international work includes courses and teacher training through Global Conservatoire, the Royal Danish Academy of Music and Netzwerk 4.0 der Musikhochschulen. He also initiated a historic transatlantic multipoint performance connecting musicians across five institutions, bringing artistic vision and low-latency technology into a shared learning environment. As co-founder of Concertino music school and founder and chairman of the MOCA Foundation, he extends this commitment into community music education. Across these settings, his aim is to help learners realise their potential and develop the curiosity, judgment and independence to continue learning throughout their lives.
