John Snijders

John Snijders is a pianist and founder and artistic director of the Ives Ensemble, focusing primarily on performances of 20th and 21st century music. John Snijders studied piano with Geoffrey Madge at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He graduated in 1987. He also studied Hammerklavier with Stanley Hoogland, and composition with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory. In 1985 he won the Berlage Competition for Dutch Chamber Music 1840-1940, after which his concert performances became more and more numerous. As a soloist he played with the Dutch Ballet Orchestra, the Residentie Orkest, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radio Chamber Philharmonic and the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra. Furthermore he performed solo on several international stages (Hamburg, Madrid, Soria, Avila, Aachen, Delmenhorst, Kassel, Gent, Frankfurt) and at music festivals (e.g. in Zagreb, Darmstadt). In 2008 he was a teacher of piano and chamber music at the Festival Internacional de Inverno de Campos de Jordão (Brazilië). Also in that year he was awarded the Muziekgebouwprijs 2008 for his performance of the NYConcerto by Richard Rijnvos. Several composers wrote works especially for him, among which Christopher Fox, Richard Rijnvos, Gerard Brophy, Ivo van Emmerik, Rodney Sharman, Richard Ayres and Clarence Barlow. Since 1988 he is the permanent pianist of the Nieuw Ensemble.