Daria van den Bercken: Why I take the piano on the road ... and in the air
Daria van den Bercken: Warum ich auf der Straße ... und in der Luft Klavier spiele
Daria van den Bercken has played piano with major Dutch orchestras, and performed many a recital in her country’s famed concert halls. But her larger vision is to bring classical music to the masses. Full bio
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von Georg Friedrich Händel.
von Amsterdam
vom selben Komponisten.
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live there on the third floor.
Child: (In Dutch) Yes!
Kind: (NL) Ja!
und zwar aus Hunderten von Gründen.
warum ich all das tue?
in die Musik verliebte,
mit so vielen Leuten
dass Händel Musikstücke
Ich wusste das nicht.
und fing an zu spielen.
hatte ich lange nicht mehr gehabt.
leichter vorstellen, wenn Sie es hören.
sehr melancholisch an, oder?
noch nicht einmal zu Ende --
unterschiedliche Charaktere:
ob Bach, Beethoven,
dass es manchmal schwer war,
wird zu einem Thema
wird sehr wichtig.
nicht in Frage.
ständigen Zustand des Staunens,
dass wir auch so zuhören können
im Internet, in der Luft:
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Daria van den Bercken - PianistDaria van den Bercken has played piano with major Dutch orchestras, and performed many a recital in her country’s famed concert halls. But her larger vision is to bring classical music to the masses.
Why you should listen
Pianist Daria van den Bercken makes classical music lovers — and those who had no idea that they appreciated this kind of music — listen to classic composers with fresh ears. She has played with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and is a regular guest at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. But it’s bringing classic music to unexpected audiences where her passion engages.
While sick with the flu several years ago, Daria discovered the keyboard compositions of George Frideric Handel. She wanted to bring these beautiful works to the masses. With her project ‘Handel at the Piano,’ she played these pieces in unexpected places — even flying with her piano 25-feet over the audience at the Virada Cultural Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. Through a series of concerts, and an album, she asked audiences to rethink Handel.
Daria’s latest project is 'Keys to Mozart,' an effort to breathe new life into Mozart’s piano works. She is preparing to record an album for Sony Classical and will play a series of concerts too.
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