Tjako van Schie

Tjako van Schie (born April 17, 1961 in Coevorden) is a Dutch pianist and composer. He is a répétiteur at the Amsterdam Conservatory.[1]

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Biography

Since 1999 Van Schie has been working as a host professor at the conservatory of Porto (Portugal).[2] In 2001 he toured the People's Republic of China.[3][4][5] In the same year he toured in the Netherlands and in Portugal with the Orquestra Portuguesa de Saxofones, also known as Vento do Norte.[6]

Van Schie also composes music[7][8] as well as rearranges music.[9][10] He wrote music for all kinds of musical ensembles, as well as rewritten old music. For example: he rewrote compositions of Robert Schumann to be performed by piano and saxophone ensemble.

Van Schie was educated at the Zwolle conservatory, after which he attended several master classes, among others at the New York pianist Jacob Lateiner.

Van Schie currently lives in Nieuwleusen, in the Dutch province of Overijssel.

Recordings

Notes

  1. ^ List of professors of the Amsterdam Conservatory
  2. ^ Sax Unlimited
  3. ^ De Stentor, September 4, 2002
  4. ^ Chinese website with announcement concert at Shanghai Concert Hall
  5. ^ China Daily
  6. ^ Website International Jewish Music Festival
  7. ^ See for example this newspaper clipping, another journal en and this journal.
  8. ^ Critical review of the composition 'What Follows' for piano solo
  9. ^ Apeldoornse Courant, April 15, 1995
  10. ^ De Stentor, March 18, 2004
  11. ^ Comparative critical analysis of the different recordings of the Goldberg Variations, Bach Cantatas Website

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