Tjako van Schie explained

Tjako van Schie
Occupation:	Dutch composer, pianist and répétiteur
Birth Place:	Coevorden, Netherlands

Tjako van Schie (born April 17, 1961 in Coevorden) is a Dutch pianist and composer. He is a répétiteur at the Amsterdam Conservatory.^[1]

Biography

Since 1999 Van Schie has been working as a host professor at the conservatory of Porto (Portugal).^[2] In 2001 he toured the People's Republic of China.^{[3] [4] [5]} In the same year he toured in the Netherlands and in Portugal with the Orquestra Portuguesa de Saxofones, also known as Vento do Norte.^[6]

Van Schie also composes music^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} as well as rearranges music.^{[11] [12]} He wrote music for all kinds of musical ensembles, as well as rewritten old music. For example: he rewrote compositions of Robert Schumann to be performed by piano and saxophone ensemble.

In 2012 he played the piano for singer and soap actress Jette van der Meij.^[13]

Van Schie was educated at the Zwolle conservatory, after which he attended several master classes, among others at the New York pianist Jacob Lateiner.

Recordings

• CD: The Goldberg Variations BWV 988 of Johann Sebastian Bach (1991)^[14]
• "Koninginnedagconcert" – CMK, with The Coevorder Mannenkoor (1991)
• "Overijssel Zingt" (double cd) – MIRASOUND, with various Overijssel choirs (1993)
• CD: Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt (The silent night is filled with stars) – Yiddish music from the ghetto's and concentration camps, 1995, EMI, newly re-edited by EMI in 2005: Tjako van Schie – piano & Adriaan Stoet – violin
• CD: Water bron van leven, 1998, compositions for piano by different composers about the 'water theme', with 4 compositions of his own and a piano solo version of Bedřich Smetana's The Moldau from Má Vlast
• "Akoestisch signaal" – MIRASOUND, with the Dutch Police Choir of Drenthe (1996)
• "Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt" – EMI, re-edition (2005)
• "Die Geigen, ja die Geigen!" – GILL/Sony, various composers (Adriaan Stoet-violin & Tjako van Schie-piano) (2008)
• "A Bag of Music" – Saxunlimited, 3 cd box (cd 1: "Vocalise", cd 2: "Petite Fleur", cd 3: "Wonderful World") with bariton saxophone player Henk van Twillert (2011)

External links

• • Tjako van Schie's musical writings

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of professors of the Amsterdam Conservatory . Conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl . 2012-03-04 . https://archive.today/20120709181122/http://conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl/cva/studieaanbod/klassiek/piano/docenten_toelatingseisen.shtml . 2012-07-09 . dead .
2. Web site: Sax Unlimited . Sax Unlimited . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306025453/http://www.saxunlimited.com/nederlands/schedule . 2012-03-06 .
3. http://www.destentor.nl/archive/?service=archive&articleID=1213276
4. http://www.xianzai.com.cn/ezine/sh-h-en/issue127.htm
5. Web site: Bao . Xing . China Daily . App1.chinadaily.com.cn . 2001-07-12 . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214002606/http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2001/0712/wh26-2.html . 2012-02-14 .
6. http://www.joodsmuziekfestival.nl/Default.aspx?tabid=64
7. Web site: Image: MC concert 3 nov 2007-2.jpg, (2318 × 2545 px). melodysingersmeppel.nl. 2015-09-05.
8. Web site: Image: recensie_Odeon_1998_recital.jpg, (423 × 802 px). tjako.nl. 2015-09-05.
9. Web site: Image: recensie_Wientjes_2_pianos.jpg, (526 × 644 px). tjako.nl. 2015-09-05.
10. Web site: SibeliusMusic has closed.. sibeliusmusic.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060528234912/http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=83132. 2006-05-28.
11. http://www.tjako.nl/krant/recensie_Yioddisch_CD_Apeldoornse_Courant.jpg Apeldoornse Courant
12. Web site: tjako.nl – De Stentor. March 18, 2004 . tjako.nl. 2015-09-05.
13. http://tjschum.wix.com/jette-and-tjako#!home/mainPage Van Schie & van der Meij
14. Web site: Comparative critical analysis of the different recordings of the Goldberg Variations, Bach Cantatas Website . Bach-cantatas.com . 2012-03-04.