Biography
Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Gerry Hemingway, Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Mangelsdorff, Franco D'Andrea, Joëlle Léandre, Georg Gräwe, Trilok Gurtu, and Mola Sylla, and has done several world music projects working with musicians from Sardinia, Turkey, Iran, Senegal, and Argentina, as well as the Netherlands-based group Boi Akih.
He has made numerous recordings, both as solo cellist and with other groups, and has been the subject of a documentary film. He has also written several film scores, including scores for a number of Werner Herzog films.
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Filmography
Cast Credits
King Hamlet
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
Ode to the Dawn of Man
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Character: Cellist - The Theatre Inc (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2010
Do You Still?
Character: Himself / Cello
MOVIE • 2008
Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2005
Crew
Crew Credits
Lost Land
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2025
Hidden Dance of Eels
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2024
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2024
The Big Wait
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2024
Theater of Thought
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2022
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Role: Score Engineer
MOVIE • 2020
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2020
LOVE
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2020
Family Romance, LLC
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2019
Piano to Zanskar
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2019
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2019
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2017
Walking Out
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2017
Salt and Fire
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2016
Préjudice
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2015
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2010
The Wild Blue Yonder
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2005
Vent
Role: Musician
MOVIE • 2005
The White Diamond
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2004