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Official
Presentation
of the Steinway Grand Piano
Official
Presentation
of the Steinway Grand Piano
With a concert at Paviljoen Welgelegen, the province of North Holland bid farewell to its Steinway grand piano on Thursday, March 9. The instrument was donated to the Musical Instrument Fund.
News
10 March 2023
by Indy de Vries
Donation
The black Steinway was built in 2005 and purchased by the province in 2008. The grand piano was housed at the Welgelegen Pavilion in Haarlem, first in the Lodewijk Napoleon Hall and later in the Johan Remkes Hall. It was played during lunch concerts and at the Princess Christina Competition, among other events. The Provincial Executive decided in 2022 to donate the grand piano to the Musical Instrument Fund. The fund manages a large number of high-quality musical instruments and lends them to talented musicians, professional musicians, and several conservatories, concert organizations, and music institutes. As a result, the Steinway will be used more often and by a wider audience.
New home port
The Davidsbündler Music Academy in The Hague is, for the time being, the Steinway’s new home. This new academy for classical music was co-founded by Ukrainian concert pianist Anna Fedorova and prepares talented young pianists and string players for careers in music. In addition, the instrument has already been used temporarily over the past few months by Klassiek in 't Veen in Valthermond (Drenthe).
Back at the old nest
Last Thursday, the grand piano returned to its old home at the Welgelegen Pavilion for a one-time concert. In the Lodewijk Napoleon Hall, pianists Jure Jurakic and 9-year-old Yulianna Beziazychna from Ukraine performed compositions by Schumann, Debussy, Chopin, and others on the Steinway. “With this donation to the Musical Instrument Fund, we hope that large groups of people will continue to enjoy the unique sound of this grand piano,” said King’s Commissioner Arthur van Dijk.
