The last year I have participated in many extraordinary performances:
- with the previous finalists of the Christina Concours we played the Carnaval des Animaux for the seventh time;
-published my first CD and presented it in the Concertgebouw with Hans van den Boom;
- gave two concerts playing on historic Erard grand pianos;
- played solo with the NMWO orchestra with the Vereniging Nijmegen, performed Rhapsody in blue from Gerschwin and Symphonic dances from Bernstein; - Had a solo performance in the big hall at the Doelen during the Piano3daagse……
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I listened to a performance from Daniel Barenboim in the Concertgebouw during the birthday of Prinses Maxima. I also listened to fortepianists Petra Somlai and Bart van Oort, during the summer holiday I heard a performance by Sokolov. There is still much to learn.
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Currently I am practising on the fortepiano, which we have borrowed for a year. It is a lot of fun to play Mozart and Beethoven on a Streicher-Stein copy with real Mozart-like sound.
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In the summer I will record my next CD. The Beethoven Fantasie from 1792 finished by Cees Nieuwenhuizen will make its debut on this CD. The fantasia consists of three parts, almost 1000 bars from Beethoven which were hidden in archives for more than 200 years. This year the sheet music will be published and I will perform the world premiere  on October 21 at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Than my tour starts, which will bring me to Groningen (Oosterpoort), Utrecht (Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh), Kunstkring Haaksbergen and probably Kasteel Amerongen  and some other places.
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Music brings happiness.