Upcoming Concerts
solo recital at the Tastenträume Festival
Solo recital at the Tastenträume fetival on a historic Viennese fortepiano with music by Haydn, John Field, Schumann, and Martin Scherzinger
Rzewski celebration at En Blanc et Noir
Celebrating the music of Frederic Rzewski at En Blanc et Noir (with Giulia Rzewski, Jan Rzewski, Jellantsje de Vries, and Stephanie Gurga)
Gijs Wilderom atelier concert in Bergen
Enjoy some live piano music on excellently restored historic pianos in beautiful Bergen at Gijs Wilderom’s atelier/workshop.
Fundraiser Concert at the Pianola Museum
Join me for an afternoon of eclectic piano music and help raise funds for the historic Pianola Museum in the heart of the Jordaan district in Amsterdam!
Aldo Clementi celebration in Catania
celebrating the music of Aldo Clementi and Frederic Rzewski with Eugene Feygelson, violin, and Jan Rzewski, saxophone at the Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini in Catania, Italy
workshop for pianists in Catania
Workshop / masterclass for pianists at the Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini in Catania, Italy
Recital at the Musica Sacra Festival
I am looking forward to presenting a solo piano recital celebrating the theme of ‘temples’ at the 2025 edition of the Musica Sacra Festival in Maastricht. The programme includes works by Liszt, Schumann, Szymanowski, Debussy, and Scriabin.
Solo recital at the Infantesmúsica festval
I’m looking forward to playing at the Infantes Música festival in the La Mancha region of Spain for the first time and presenting a recital of works by Robert Schumann.
Solo recital at En Blanc et Noir
Join us at En Blanc et Noir for our special 13th edition of the festival. To open the festivities, I will be performing a recital of works by Robert Schumann on the Place de la Halle. For more information, see our festival website www.enblancetnoir.com
CD Release Concert at the Right Place
Come and join us to celebrate the release of my recent album 6x6 Songs Without Words with producer Marc-Henri Cykiert and sound engineer Bastien Gilson at the Studio ‘The Right Place’ in Brussels. We recorded this album there last year and are looking forward to celebrating this timeless music with you.
Duo De Vries / Mitchell @ Dag in de Branding
Jellantsje de Vries, violin and Bobby Mitchell will present some unknown masterpieces for violin and piano as well as a world premiere by the American composer Greg Charette at Dag in de Branding’s 72nd edition in The Hague.
Image copyright: Anne Yuyu
Bobby’s Celebration Concert
Come join us at the Geelvinck Pianola Museum in Amsterdam to celebrate my 40th birthday with some of my favorite music! More information coming soon.
De Vries / Mitchell at Art Base in Brussels
Jellantsje de Vries and Bobby Mitchell will present some unknown masterpieces for violin and piano at the friendly café Art Base in Brussels. Look forward to an intimate setting and it’s a great place to get to know the music and the artists.
Image copyright: Anne Yuyu
Carnival of the Animals with pianist Stephanie Gurga
Concert in Martigny, Switzerland hosted by the Fondation Pierre Gianadda www.gianadda.ch
Performing Classics Today in Siena, Italy
I will present a lecture on my improvisatory work within the context of the Romantic-era piano repertoire at the conference ‘Performing Classics Today’ in Siena, Italy.
CHIGIANA JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2024 ENG - Chigiana Journal
Schumann film presentation at Kino Konkav
Aktuelles | Kinokonkav Presentation of an excerpt of my recent Schumann film with the Basler film production team Corifea www.corifea.com
Duo Jellantsje De Vries & Bobby Mitchell, Viool En Piano
Not many people know that classical musicians also improvise. It's well-known that they compose, but creating imaginative, spontaneous musical moments is a special skill—it's even taught at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Pianist Bobby Mitchell, who is a teacher there, knows all about it. Together with violinist Jellantsje de Vries, he forms a duo that playfully explores the framework of classical music. With their performance at the Pianola Museum, you'll experience improvisation and how surprisingly beautiful it sounds!
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester: Goldbergs Traum
Does a robot actually get stage fright? It would have reason to, as this is a world premiere: In its latest digital project, the SKO (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) expands orchestral music with media elements to create an immersive audiovisual concert experience. The protagonist is a small orange robot with one arm—a KUKA programmed by Creative Robotics. Its first encounter with music is Bach's timeless Goldberg Variations, named after the court musician who is said to have played them for an insomniac count in the dark of night. The robot listens, captivated by their technical brilliance and endless possibilities for variation. It experiences a moment of realization.
Cautiously, it explores its surroundings with artificial intelligence in Gerriet K. Sharma’s This is Water. What it "hears," "sees," and "feels" is visualized through elaborate animations (projection mapping). Artful sound design creates organic connections between acts, and highly specialized IKO speakers produce sound sculptures in unexpected parts of the room. In the flow of sounds and data streams, the robot develops a kind of "stream of consciousness." It seeks connection. But how can communication between machine and human succeed? Through music! The orchestra will teach it to play along with Terry Riley's minimalist piece In C.
After Resonance and Holo Harmonies, the SKO once again brings a piece of the future into the concert hall. Immerse yourself and dream along!