Martin Oei will tour with the program “A Touch of Paris” beginning in March 2024. He will bring to life the Paris of the early last century with piano compositions by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). The selected pieces by Debussy are inspired by weather and landscape and have titles such as “Gardens […]
Author: Dick Ahles
Benefit concert Syria on June 24, 2023
On Saturday, June 24, I will give a benefit concert for Syria in my rehearsal space in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, because of the earthquake. A few months ago I organized it for the first time, de Ochtend (NPO Klassiek) interviewed me about the initiative. Cultuursector in actie voor aardbevingsslachtoffers | NPO Klassiek (nporadio4.nl) We ended up having […]
Unique Erard in the Netherlands Today a large article in NRC about the special Erard grand piano that Frits Janmaat of Maison Erard is currently restoring. The grand piano on which the historic piano duel between Liszt and Thalberg took place is now in the Netherlands. At the end of May, Kasper Schonewille and I […]