About
Jeroen Riemsdijk is a Dutch concert pianist and piano professor at the Conservatorium Maastricht, an All-Steinway School.
He teaches BA and MA Solo Piano and leads the MA Accompaniment programme. Alongside his performing career, his work focuses on piano pedagogy and artistic research into piano technique and sound production.
His repertoire ranges from the classical tradition to contemporary music and cross-disciplinary projects. As a performer he appears in solo recitals, chamber music collaborations and recording projects, with a particular interest in rediscovering lesser-known repertoire.
At the Conservatorium Maastricht he works with an international class of piano students and chamber musicians. His teaching combines traditional pianistic knowledge with contemporary insights into body mechanics, sound production and artistic interpretation.
His artistic research focuses on piano technique, sound projection and expressive musical dramaturgy. His pedagogical approach integrates these insights into a practical method aimed at developing fluid technique, tonal richness and artistic freedom.
Recent projects include recordings of Friedrich Kalkbrenner’s 24 Preludes Op. 88 and publications on piano technique in Piano Bulletin. His work bridges performance, teaching and artistic research.
He lives and works between Maastricht and Vilnius.
Jeroen Riemsdijk's contribution to literature includes 'The Golden Fingers Technique: The Art of Passagework for Pianists' (2007), a seminal work introducing modern weight technique. His ongoing projects, ‘From balanced Technique to Keybedding’ and ‘Musical Expressive Dramaturgy’, offer fresh perspectives on piano playing and performance.
He has commissioned and premiered works by composers such as Chiel Meijering, Marijn Simons, Roel Van Oosten, Wim Zwaag, Galina Grigorjeva, Gerard Beljon, and Arno Dieteren.
As an acclaimed chamber musician and duo player, Riemsdijk has performed across major concert halls and festivals and has shared the stage with musicians from major orchestras including the KCO, Rotterdam Phil, Dutch Phil, Berlin Phil, and London Phil, and with eminent artists such as Gustav Rivinius, Levon Mouradian, Mirel Iancovici, Massimo Merceli, Philippe Bernold, Arno Piters, Leon Bosch, Roeland Hendrikx, Marijn Simons, and many renowned Lied and Opera singers.
He occasionally joins minimalist Jeroen van Veen in Ten Holt's Canto Ostinato.
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