Tjako van Schie

Tjako van Schie (Coevorden, 17 april 1961) is a Dutch pianist and composer. He is a répétiteur at the Amsterdam Conservatory [ [http://conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl/cva/studieaanbod/klassiek/piano/docenten_toelatingseisen.shtml List of professors of the Amsterdam Conservatory] ] .

Since 1999 Van Schie works as a host professor at the conservatory of Porto (Portugal) [ [http://www.saxunlimited.com/nederlands/schedule Sax Unlimited] ] . In 2001 he toured the People's Republic of China [ [http://www.destentor.nl/archive/?service=archive&articleID=1213276 "De Stentor", September 4, 2002] ] [ [http://www.xianzai.com.cn/ezine/sh-h-en/issue127.htm Chinese website with announcement concert at Shanghai Concert Hall] ] [ [http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2001/0712/wh26-2.html China Daily] ] . In the same year he toured in the Netherlands and in Portugal with the "Orquestra Portuguesa de Saxofones", also known as "Vento do Norte" [ [http://www.joodsmuziekfestival.nl/Default.aspx?tabid=64 Website International Jewish Music Festival] ] .

Van Schie also composes music [See for example [http://www.melodysingersmeppel.nl/images/MC%20concert%203%20nov%202007-2.jpgthis newspaper clipping] , [http://www.tjako.sollie-dsl.nl/krant/recensie_Odeon_1998_recital.jpganother journal] en [http://www.tjako.sollie-dsl.nl/krant/recensie_Wientjes_2_pianos.jpgand this journal] .] [ [http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=83132 Critical review of the composition 'What Follows' for piano solo] ] as well as rearranges music [ [http://www.tjako.sollie-dsl.nl/krant/recensie_Yioddisch_CD_Apeldoornse_Courant.jpg"Apeldoornse Courant", April 15, 1995] ] [ [http://www.tjako.sollie-dsl.nl/krant/orq_sax_zwolse_courant_18mrt2004.jpg"De Stentor", March 18, 2004] ] . He wrote music for all kinds of musical ensembles, as well as rewritten old music. For example: he rewrote compositions of Robert Schumann to be performed by piano and saxophone ensemble.

Van Schie was educated at the Zwolle conservatory, after which he attended several master classes, among others at the New York pianist Jacob Lateiner.

Van Schie currently lives in the Dutch province Overijssel.

Recordings

* CD: "The Goldberg Variations BWV 988" of Johann Sebastian Bach (1991) [ [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NonVocal/Klavier-Goldberg2-Part4.htm Comparative critical analysis of the different recordings of the Goldberg Variations, Bach Cantatas Website] ]

* "Koninginnedagconcert" - CMK, with The Coevorder Mannenkoor (1991)
* "Overijssel Zingt" (double cd) - MIRASOUND, with various Overijssel choirs (1993)
* CD: "Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt - Yiddish music from the ghetto's and concentration camps", 1995, EMI, newly re-edited by EMI in 2005: Tjako van Schie - piano & Adriaan Stoet - viool
* CD: "Water bron van leven", 1998, compositions for piano by different composers about the 'water theme', with 4 compositions of his own and a piano solo version of Bedřich Smetana's "The Moldau" from "Má Vlast"
* "Akoestisch signaal" - MIRASOUND, with the Dutch Police Choir of Drenthe (1996)
* "Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt" - EMI, re-edition (2005)
* "Die Geigen, ja die Geigen!" - GILL/SONY, various composers (Adriaan Stoet-violin & Tjako van Schie-piano) (2008)
* Soon to come: cd "Wonderful World" with bariton saxophone player Henk van Twillert (2008)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tjakovanschie.com His website]
* [http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/tjakovanschie His musical writings]