Maurits Koelmans

Maurits Koelmans earned his bachelor’s degree in piano under Frank Peters and subsequently his master’s degree in fortepiano under Olga Pashchenko at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He also took lessons in improvisation and basso continuo with Miklós Spányi and Kris Verhelst. He has participated in masterclasses led by Clive Brown, Pierre Goy, and Maarten Ornstein, among others, and has performed with ensembles such as Musis Sacrum, Orpheus Apeldoorn, and, at the invitation of the Van Swieten Society, TivoliVredenburg. He has also served as a rehearsal pianist in several productions by the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. He is currently studying fortepiano and historical improvisation at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Edoardo Torbianelli and Markus Schwenkreis.