Jelte Althuis

Jelte Althuis (1967) studied the clarinet with Herman Braune and George Pieterson at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, where he graduated as a Performing Artist in 1993. In the meantime he studied the bassclarinet with Harry Sparnaay and graduated as a Performing Artist with honours. He joined Calefax in 1994 and is nowadays one of the most active arrangers as well. He works as a freelance musician in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Radio Chamber Orchestra. In Calefax he mainly plays the bass clarinet and the bassethorn. Jelte drives a Volvo Amazon 1969.