New Bach recordings
In the summer of 2025, Jan-Willem was a guest for nearly three months at the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot, near Tilburg. His grand piano was…
Biography
Jan - Willem Rozenboom
Jan-Willem Rozenboom (born 1974) graduated with honors from the Brabant Conservatory in 2000, but he truly became a "big boy" during his master's degree at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. "For three years, I was drilled by my teacher Rian de Waal," says Rozenboom. "The emphasis was mainly on Bach and Beethoven. He taught me what studying is all about."
He learned how to thoroughly lay the foundation for a major work, how to gain complete control over it, and then how to completely let go. During those years, he also learned how to create tension, hold the audience's attention, and find the right cadence.
The CD of the Goldberg Variations, which Rozenboom released in the 2014/2015 season, was very well received. He toured the Netherlands with this program for a season. He then devoted himself to Schubert for a year and a half, resulting in the double album "Jan-Willem Rozenboom plays Schubert."
His solo album, "Jan-Willem Rozenboom plays Bach – Seven Transcriptions," released last year, was critically acclaimed by both the public and the press. The CD received four stars from de Volkskrant.
In May 2023, he made his debut in the Piano Nights series at the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Besides being a classical pianist, Jan-Willem Rozenboom is also a pianist and composer for Guus Meeuwis.
He learned how to thoroughly lay the foundation for a major work, how to gain complete control over it, and then how to completely let go. During those years, he also learned how to create tension, hold the audience's attention, and find the right cadence.
The CD of the Goldberg Variations, which Rozenboom released in the 2014/2015 season, was very well received. He toured the Netherlands with this program for a season. He then devoted himself to Schubert for a year and a half, resulting in the double album "Jan-Willem Rozenboom plays Schubert."
His solo album, "Jan-Willem Rozenboom plays Bach – Seven Transcriptions," released last year, was critically acclaimed by both the public and the press. The CD received four stars from de Volkskrant.
In May 2023, he made his debut in the Piano Nights series at the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Besides being a classical pianist, Jan-Willem Rozenboom is also a pianist and composer for Guus Meeuwis.
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Goldbergvariaties Jubilee Tour
Goldberg Variations Jubilee Tour “You can understand what you hear, but you cannot explain what you hear.” Jan-Willem Rozenboom tours the country with the Goldberg Variations every ten years. “You…
Piano Nights in the Amsterdam Concert hall
On May 10, 2023, Rozenboom made his debut in the Grand Hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in the 'Piano Nights' series. Together with Iris Hond, he created a program…
Goldbergvariations by Jan-Willem Rozenboom
It seems like a fairy tale, and perhaps it is. Legend has it that the composer J. S. Bach wrote 30 variations on an aria at the request of a…
Jan-Willem Rozenboom Plays Schubert
Here is the English translation of the text. After Rozenboom released a successful recording of the Goldberg Variations in 2015, he has now made new recordings (a double CD) featuring…
Past performances
Jan-Willem Rozenboom Plays Schubert
After Rozenboom released a successful recording of the Goldberg Variations in 2015, he has now made new recordings (double CD) featuring only Schubert repertoire.
Rozenboom is a huge Schubert fan; his father and grandfather, who had the composer's piano repertoire on their pianos from an early age, instilled in him this passion.
Since he was 10, he has been playing the impromptus and dances, which, after 30 years of maturation, have now acquired added depth.
These recordings are unique because Rozenboom took the time to get his instrument to sound its best in a space with excellent acoustics: the chapel of the Mariadal Monastery in Roosendaal.
From a very lyrical Schubert in Liszt's song transcriptions and a subdued Schubert in the four impromptus opus 90 to a frivolous Schubert in over 20 dances to a virtuoso, extrovert Schubert in the Wandererfantasie.
Goldberg variations
It seems like a fairy tale, and perhaps it is. Legend has it that the composer J. S. Bach wrote 30 variations on an aria at the request of a Russian count suffering from persistent insomnia. The count then had a young musician in his service, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, play the variations to ease the burden of his sleepless nights. The pieces composed by Bach, published in 1741, would henceforth bear the name of their interpreter: the Goldberg Variations. The result is a masterpiece, the performance of which also requires the hand of a master.
