Description: Dutch Classical pianist and composer Tjako van Schie. All about his work, compositions, cd's, concerts and many other interesting items.
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Pianist Tjako van Schie is an acclaimed allround musician. After finishing his piano studies he has been continuously developing new skills in many pianistical fields. Besides playing many solo recitals, doing concert tours, and performing with orchestras, recording cd's and teaching he is well known as accompanist of soloists and as a coach in the field of chamber music. His repertoire is vast, and ranges from Sweelinck, Bach into modern and contemporary music. Besides playing piano Tjako is also working a
Tjako van Schie was born 1961 in Coevorden, The Netherlands. He received his musical education by Ben Smits (who studied with Dinu Lipatti and Clara Haskil) at the Conservatory of Zwolle. After his studies there he followed several masterclasses in a.o. Weimar, where he had lessons with a.o. Jacob Lateiner and Detlef Kraus. He did many concerts in a.o. several European countries, in China, Canada, Venezuela, Antilles, and performed in broadcasts for television and radio. Van Schie nowadays works as performi
He performed several spectacular programs in the past and recorded them on cd: a.o. “The Goldberg Variations BWV 988” (Bach), “Water, source of life” and “Yiddish music from ghetto’s & concentration camps” (with violinist Adriaan Stoet). Besides he played many mixed recitals, as well solo as together with other musicians. Recently he performed Schumann’s “Piano Concerto” in his own arrangement for saxophone orchestra and piano, and Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in blue”.