Pianist

Martin Kaptein professional picture at piano

Short introduction

Martin Kaptein is a dutch pianist, in love with music and philosophy as a combination.

Presently, Martin is busy promoting and performing pieces by the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. He has recitals planned for the European Scriabin Society and the Grachtenfestival.

Martin is also working on his own initiative, Scriabin Club, which is a project to promote music and philosophy as a combination, and to promote cultural enlightenment.

Biography

Martin Kaptein is a dutch pianist, in love with music and philosophy as a combination.

Presently, Martin is busy promoting and performing pieces by the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Martin is currently working on a program entirely consisting of lesser-known works of this composer.

For this, Martin has a lot of recitals planned such as:

Recitals in December 2020 and the first half of 2021 for the Grachtenfestival initiative.
Recitals in 2021, exclusively featuring music by Alexander Scriabin for the European Scriabin Society based in Amsterdam.

Moreover, Martin is working on his own initiative, Scriabin Club, which is a project to promote music and philosophy as a combination, and to promote cultural enlightenment.

In 2020 Martin was finalist of the Grachtenfestival competition in the Netherlands. This festival granted Martin the opportunity to play a lot of recitals in Amsterdam, but also all over the Netherlands.

Martin won the famous “St. Cecilia International Piano competition” in Porto, Portugal in 2015, for which he was re-invited for solo-recitals in the consecutive years. In 2019 together with his trio, Martin won the chamber music competition of the ArtEZ conservatory in Zwolle.

Martin studied with famous musicians and teachers, such as Michail Markov, Frank van de Laar and Vitaly Samoshko. He holds a bachelor diploma, and for his master he studies in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Martin himself is also a passionate piano teacher.

Detailed Artistic CV

Studies and Degrees

From age of 5 private piano lessons with Elena Golovinskaya.
2008 to 2015 Gymnasium (general qualification for university entrance (=Abitur)) with average grade of 1,8, Missionsgymnasium St.Antonius Bardel, Germany.
2015 - 2020 Bachelor Classical Music Performance Piano, ArtEZ conservatory, The Netherlands, teachers Michail Markov and Frank van de Laar.
2020 - Masters of Music, Fontys conservatory Tilburg, the Netherlands, teacher Vitaly Samoshko.

Competitions and Prizes

2010 3rd prize “International Piano Competition” in Enschede, The Netherlands
2012 2nd prize international EPTA competition in Belgium.
2012 1st prize “International piano competition virtuosi per Musica di Pianoforte” in the Czech Republic.
2015 1st prize in de “St. Cecilia International Pianocompetition” in Porto, Portugal.
2016 first price Vught klassiek competition in the Netherlands
2017 first price Ulvenhart klassiek competition in the Netherlands
2017 first price International Music festival in Loutraki, Greece
2017 Publieksprijs VriendenCultuurPrijs (price of public), Tilburg
2019 first price chamber music competition, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2020 finalist Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Masterclasses and Festivals

2013 “International Music Festival” in Rhodos, Greece
2014 “International Music Academy” in Cremona, Italy
2015 Muziekfestival Hernen, The Netherlands
2016 “International Piano Festival” in Duzsniky, Poland
2017 “International Music Festival” in Athens, Greece
2019 Zomerfestival, Helvoirt, The Netherlands
2021 Fleisher Winter Academy Baltimore Piano Festival

Other experiences, interests and hobbies

Teaching
Chamber music, accompanist
Technology and IT
Literature
Philosophy
Languages
Working with people

Updated: 2021-02-25