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Fee Aaij (2004) is a female Dutch (jazz)pianist, composer and aspiring art historian, based in Arnhem (NL). In 2025 her Joker 4tet released their debut album 'I Am The Joker' on ZenneZ Records, that got nominated for this year's Edison Awards in the category Niewkomer. Both as a bandleader and soloist she presents gloomy pianomusic with a distinct aesthetic language. The common thread is to voice a broken beauty; a search for the beauty found in sorrow and passion. In her layered music en presentation she creates a world in which rebellion en imagination come together.

The last couple of years Fee brought the Joker's realm to unique venues such as De Roode Bioscoop Amsterdam, Podium Azijnfabriek Den Bosch, Théâtre de l’Ile Saint-Louis Paris and Nardis Jazzclub Istanbul. Michiel Braam nominated her band for the prestigious Conservatory Talent Award 2025 and she was a guest artist at Benjamin Herman’s NPO ‘Get In’ podcast and at the injazz 'On The Road’ series. Last summer the band played a successful first international tour in Turkey, organised by Chilli Chilli Agency and funded by the Dutch Embassy and FPK.

Little Fee was introduced to music by the church organ and in a way the majestic quality of this instrument has never left her. In her teenage years the tables turned towards punk, David Bowie and Radiohead, and then, jazz. At age 15 she got admitted to the ArtEZ Conservatory in Arnhem, thanks to the guidance of her first piano teacher Hans Kwakkernaat. She finished her studies Jazz&Pop piano in 2025 and was tutored by pianists Robert Jan Vermeulen, Jeroen van Vliet, Henrique Gomide and Aljosja Buijs. Currently she has private lessons in classical piano from René Maurer. In 2024 she also started a bachelor degree in Art History at Utrecht University and she aims to get a Masters degree in Philosophy of Art.