Steinway Prizewinner Concert: Nikola Meeuwsen

Experience a breathtaking evening of classical music on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at 16:00, featuring the exceptional young Dutch pianist Nikola Meeuwsen. Freshly awarded the Queen Elisabeth Grand Prize 2025, Meeuwsen will perform live in one of Europe's most intelligent concert halls, the Bergson Kunstkraftwerk.

With exquisite tonal culture, technical mastery, and deep musicality, he will take the audience on a journey through four centuries of piano literature. The concert will open with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Variations sérieuses op. 54, a piece characterized by its dramatic tension woven through choral gravity, romantic exuberance, and virtuoso brilliance.

Next, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sonata in E-flat major, KV 282 will showcase clarity and balance, beginning with an intimate Adagio and blossoming into a charming, transparent, and elegantly light chamber music experience.

The program will then delve into darker soundscapes with Sergei Prokofiev's Suggestion Diabolique, op. 4 No. 4, composed when the composer was just 16 years old. This piece encapsulates a wild, almost supernatural energy marked by stark contrasts.

Finally, the concert will conclude with Dmitri Shostakovich's Sonata No. 2 in B minor, op. 61, a profound composition written in 1943 amidst the shadows of World War II. This three-movement work condenses an existential sound language, oscillating between quiet reflection, harsh irony, and immense intensity.

Join us for an impressive musical arc that spans classical perfection, romantic introspection, and expressive modernity. This concert promises to transcend stylistic boundaries, illuminating the rich diversity of the piano with clarity, radical expression, and emotional depth.