Marian Bolt

Marian Bolt studied with Herman Uhlhorn in Utrecht and took lessons with Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden in Brussels. She received degrees as performing musician, in piano teaching and in music education. Marian Bolt has played concerts in 17 countries around the globe, with many different musicians.
She accompanied Victor Liberman in his debut recital as concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Her Trio Klavino won the audition for funding with the Nederlands Impresariaat in 1986. With this group and the Dutch Pianists’ Quartet she specialized in modern repertoire. She recorded a CD with the quartet on the Attacca label, performing original works for two pianos eight hands. Compositions by Fritz Kreisler, recorded with violinist Lorre Lynn Trytten, appeared on EMI. As a soloist Marian Bolt played piano concertos of César Franck, Constant Lambert and Béla Bartók. Furthermore she plays piano, celesta, harmonium and keyboard with the major Dutch symphony orchestras and has performed in recitals with the Dutch Radio Choir.
Marian Bolt works also as private accompanist and coach for orchestras, soloists, conductors and choirs and gave master classes with Herman Krebbers, Victor Liberman and Philipp Hirshhorn and the Kurt Thomas conductor courses. While studying she was offered a position at the Utrecht Conservatory in 1982 as an official accompanist, coach and piano teacher. She has, as a prima vista specialist, developed multiple courses at the conservatory especially for the improvement of sight-reading for all instruments.