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A winner of the Young Pianist Foundation National Piano Competition at the age of eighteen, Thomas Beijer was recognized early on as one of the most prominent and interesting musicians in his home country. The international jury characterized him as 'an extremely interesting musical personality, with distinctive ideas about music. A true artist.'
Since then, Beijer has been invited for concerts in Europe, Asia and the United States. He has worked with orchestras such as The Residentie Orkest The Hague and Amsterdam Sinfonietta and with conductors such as Antony Hermus, Neeme Järvi, Gustavo Gimeno, Ed Spanjaard, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Bas Wiegers and Lucas Macías Navarro. He is a regular guest of Camerata RCO, the chamber orchestra and chamber music group consisting of members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
In february 2022 Thomas received the Nederlandse Muziekprijs, the highest award for Dutch classical musicians, granted by The Performing Arts Fund on behalf of Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The jury calls Thomas Beijer an 'uomo universale’ and praises his excellent technique and his unique art of storytelling.
Thomas Beijer is a versatile musician, with a broad repertoire ranging from seventeenth-century music to contemporary works. And he has a special affinity with Spanish music: in 2019 he performed Isaac Albéniz' complete suite Iberia in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, a recital that was much praised by the Dutch press. De Volkskrant wrote: 'Flawlessly, Beijer guides us into the story behind the notes'. This led to the invitation to make his debut in the serie Meesterpianisten (Master Pianists series) in the main hall of the Royal Concertgebouw.
Beijer is also a passionate chamber musician, performing recitals with musicians such as Quirine Viersen, Simone Lamsma, Judith van Wanroij and Barbara Kozelj.
Highlights of season 2022-2023 will be several performances as ‘spotlight-artist’ in The Royal Concertgebouw, including a recital in the Main Hall in the new international series ‘Great Pianists’.
As well as a performer, Beijer is also a composer. One of his recent works is the song cycle ‘A Lock without a Key’-songs inspired by the COVID-19 lockdown- composed for soprano Laetitia Gerards. They performed the cycle live on Dutch National Radio 4. In June 2022, his newest composition "Concerto in Technicolor" for jazz violin and orchestra was premiered by Julia Philippens and the North Netherlands Orchestra conducted by Clark Rundell.
Thomas Beijer made several CD's, with works by a.o. Albéniz, Falla, Granados, Mozart, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rudolf Escher and Frank Martin, as well as his own compositions. His most recent CD, in collaboration with Camerata RCO, led by the Chinese conductor Yu Lu, features Poulenc's piano concerto Aubade. His new album with works of Scarlatti and Haydn will be released in the winter of 2022.
Born in The Netherlands in 1988, Thomas Beijer enrolled at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he studied with Jan Wijn. After graduating with the highest distinction, he continued his piano studies with the Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats. He also took masterclasses with a.o. Emanuel Ax, Menahem Pressler, Murray Perahia, Pascal Devoyon, Jacques Rouvier and Elza Kolodin. In addition to his piano studies, Mr. Beijer studied composition with a.o. Elmer Schönberger in Amsterdam and with Malcolm Singer in London.
Besides his career as a pianist and a composer, Beijer is a novelist, screenwriter and visual artist. In 2017 he made his debut as a novelist with Geen Jalapeños. Currently, he is working on a collection of music essays, which will be published in the fall of 2022.
Since 2019, Thomas Beijer has been artistic director of the Young Pianist Foundation.
Reviews
“Beijer played with passionate lyricism, his astonishing technique completely in the service of his explosive power of expression.”
“A performance full of holy fire.”
“Flawlessly, Beijer guides us into the story behind the notes.”
