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By Adrian de Groen
Mon 2 December 2024
Concerts
Closing Young Virtuosi series 2024 with Alexandra Kaptein
Last Sunday, December 1, the last concert of the six concerts of the Young Virtuosi series 2024 took place in De Duif. Seated at the recently extensively revised grand piano of Youri Egorov was Alexandra Kaptein. In addition to beautiful playing, she treated the packed hall to an explanation of the works she performed. Very […]
By Adrian de Groen
Sun 6 October 2024
Concerts
Beautiful concert by Nikola Meeuwsen
Last October 6th, Nikola Meeuwsen played works by Bach, Schumann and Beethoven at De Duif in Amsterdam. A large audience enjoyed a beautiful and intense concert, introduced by our former artistic director Marcel Baudet. Because Youri Egorov’s grand piano is undergoing a thorough renovation, Nikola played on a replacement grand piano.
By Adrian de Groen
Thu 12 September 2024
Concerts
Youngjae Kim in De Duif
Last Sunday, 8 September, South Korean-Dutch Youngjae Kim opened the second part of the 2024 YPF Young Virtuosi series at De Duif in Amsterdam. Youngjae, former student of the late Jan Wijn and currently a student of Frank van de Laar, managed to surprise and move the audience with a varied programme and passionate playing […]
By Adrian de Groen
Sat 6 July 2024
Concours
TOETSEN (‘KEYS’)- new competition for pianists age 11 through 17
Young Pianist Foundation and Liszt Utrecht launch the newest and most fun showcase for pianists aged 11 to 17! Spread over two weekends, you get to perform in the most beautiful concert halls in Utrecht and Amsterdam. In the first round you get to perform your self-chosen pieces and in the second round you will […]
By Adrian de Groen
Tue 11 June 2024
Concerts
Jesse Wienke in De Duif
Jesse Wienke (age 20) played at De Duif last Sunday; the third concert of the Young Virtuosi series 2024 of the Young Pianist Foundation. Jesse did so with verve before a well-filled hall and closed his concert with an encore, Satie. Click here for the video-recording. Incidentally, Jesse received his bachelor’s degree June 7 and […]
By Adrian de Groen
Tue 14 May 2024
Concours
Start ticket sales for March 8 and 9, 2025
The YPF European Piano Competition 2025 has not started yet, but you can already buy tickets for the unique Tribute to Youri Egorov concert by the members of the jury of the competition, all master pianists, on Saturday evening, March 8 AND of course the FINALE of the YPF competition on Sunday afternoon, March 9, […]
By Adrian de Groen
Tue 16 April 2024
Concerts
Intens concert by Aarón Ormaza Vera
Last Sunday, April 14, Aarón Ormaza Vera played in the YPF Young Virtuosi series 2024 at De Duif in Amsterdam. His playing and the chosen repertoire with works by Jānis Mediņš, Felix Mendelssohn and Modest Mussorgsky was received with great admiration and enthusiasm by the audience. An intense Sunday afternoon! For the registration of the […]
By Adrian de Groen
Sun 17 March 2024
Concerts
Kick off Young Virtuosi series 2024 with Noah Zhou
On Sunday 10 March, British-Chinese Noah Zhou played at De Duif in Amsterdam. He opened the 2024 YPF Young Virtuosi series to a full house with works by Haydn, Janacek, Liszt and Rachmaninov. Watch the concert recording here. Next concerts of the YPF Young Viruosi series will take place on: 14 April, 9 June (Jesse […]
By Adrian de Groen
Mon 29 January 2024
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25 years Young Pianist Foundation
The Young Pianist Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! Goal of the YPF is to give talented young pianists the opportunity to develop and present themselves. Keywords are: select, invest and launch. In the past 25 years (founded by Marcel Baudet and since the end of 2019 under the artistic direction of Thomas […]
By Adrian de Groen
Sun 12 November 2023
Concerts
Yang Yang Cai closes Young Virtuosi 2023 in style
On Sunday, Nov. 12, Yang Yang Cai, winner of the 2019 YPF Pianist Competition, closed the 2023 YPF Young Virtuosi series in style. With works by Beethoven, Granados and Rachmaninoff, played on Youri Egorov’s grand piano, she treated a full Duif to a delightful musical afternoon in Amsterdam. There will be another Young Virtuosi series […]
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