About
Jeroen Riemsdijk is a Dutch pianist rooted in tradition yet driven by artistic curiosity. He performs regularly as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative pianist, combining versatility with depth.
As Senior Lecturer in Piano at the Conservatory of Music Maastricht, where he teaches both Solo Piano and the highly regarded MA Accompaniment program, Riemsdijk works across the full breadth of piano repertoire, from early music to contemporary works. He developed the Keybedding Technique, a refined approach to arm weight and touch that fosters balance, freedom, and tonal richness at the keyboard. His teaching unites technical clarity with artistic insight, focusing on personal authenticity, musical dialogue, and advanced sight-reading. Many of his students have gone on to successful international careers.
His discography includes solo and chamber recordings with several world CD premieres, featuring works by Zhelobinsky, Shostakovich, Debussy, Zwaag, and others. He has recorded contemporary Estonian piano cycles and explored the early Romantic virtuoso tradition in a dedicated Friedrich Kalkbrenner album. His research on Kalkbrenner’s 24 Preludes has been published in Piano Bulletin.
Riemsdijk studied with Boris Bloch at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, earning the Konzertdiplom. He completed his earlier studies with distinction at ArtEZ under Ben Smits, whose lineage connects to Cornelius Berkhout, Clara Haskil, and the Hungarian school of Weiner and Dohnányi. He was selected as a soloist for the Dutch Menuhin Foundation.
From 2009 to 2015, he served as Artistic Leader of the Masters on Stage series in Amsterdam, presenting complete chamber cycles of Brahms and Beethoven with leading international musicians, including members of Claudio Abbado’s Mozart Orchestra. He also initiated and curated the Altembrouck concert series in Belgium.
For decades, he worked as a pianist with music companies such as Phil Zuyd and Opera Zuid. In his early career, he taught at the Karlsruhe Hochschule, and toured with the Band of the Dutch Royal Airforce and The Royal Band of the Belgian Guides.
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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