Henry Kelder
Henry Kelder (born 1973 in The Netherlands) is active as pianist, composer, conductor, improviser, chamber musician, répétiteur, cultural enterpraineur and professor. He studied piano, chamber music, composition and orchestral conducting. He is internationally recognized for his allround musicianship in artistry and styles.
As pianist he performs around the world in mixed programs in several combinations.
During the Covid-19 Lockdowns he played daily in his home studio a piano piece to share on social media, this was an international success. With former primaries of the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet saxophonist Johan van der Linden he forms Duo Lind´n Kelder. This duo is performing contemporary music with a clear approachability and crossover elements. Many composers wrote for them. In 2021 they released their album ZBOP! He is also pianist in Cinema Paradiso and LUDWIG, where he plays on the Grammy winning album Crazy Girl Crazy with Barbara Hannigan. Furthermore he worked with Steve Reich, Schlomo Mintz, Ryo Noda, Simone Lamsma, Julia Jones, Pascal Dusapin, Pierre Audi, Jacob TV, Louis Andriessen and many more.
As composer he wrote chamber music, solo pieces, 3 saxophone concertos, 2 symphonic cantatas, choir works, symphonic works, film music, music theatre and improvisations. His style is contemporary and neo romantic but always with elements from entertainment music like film, jazz, rock and world music. He is now finishing a violin sonata, quintet and starting on writing a piano concerto.
As répétiteur and conductor Henry Kelder prepared many world premieres from contemporary operas. He conducted Dutch Radio Orchestra and Choir and Dutch VocalLab, but as conductor he mainly conducts his own pieces and contemporary compositions with Keuris Ensemble and Ensemble NUtrecht. As répétiteur he worked at Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and with Silbersee, Berlin Vocal Consort, Dutch Chamber Choir and Dutch National Opera.
Since 2011 he’s director of MatchingArts, an innovative company for arts of all kinds, organizing festivals, competitions, international exchanges between artists and musicians and publishes sheet music. With MatchingArts Collective he is building an international platform for professional musicians, composers and visual artists. Since 2019 is MatchingArts partner with SkyCulture and Henry Kelder became manager of SkyCulture Europe. This partnership resulted in cultural exchanges between China and Europe and organizing events like 24 Concerts: Music without borders, Dutch Days Guangdong, Foshan Days Holland and Foshan Composers Contest.
He tours yearly outside Europe to give concerts and masterclasses. Recently his new double solo piano album Clarity in Depth 1&2 was released. Three new solo albums are recorded and will be released coming season: Clarity in Depth 3&4 and a double album with Dutch Piano Works. Henry Kelder is Professor of Piano at HKU Utrecht Conservatory, father of twin boys and lives in Hoogland. For more detailed info see links.
Links
Website: https://www.henrykelder.nl
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/henrykelder
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/henry.kelder
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-kelder-07a31544/
Publisher: https://editionmatchingarts.com