1953
born
1978-2018
Played for a shorter or longer period in almost all the symphony orchestras of the Netherlands
1985-2016
Double bass player in the Asko/Schönberg Ensemble
1982-2016
Played about 35 operas and 40 ballets with Dutch National Opera & Ballet
1999-2009
Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet: Production of four CD’s of unknown piano quintets with double bass from the early 19th centrury
2013
Received scholarship for beginning composers from a fund for arts, the Amsterdamse Fonds voor de Kunst
2016
The Amsterdam Cellobiënnale: conducting his music for 8 cello’s, four pianotracks and organ, accompanying the movie “Metropolis” (1927, Fritz Lang)
2017-2026
starts his own string quintet (2vlns,vla,vcl,cb) and makes around 50 arrangements for this combination.
2018
Pieter stops as a professional bass player.
2025
Starting a low string trio (vla vcl db) and makes arrangements for this trio ( Bach Brandenburg concerto 3 and 6, and Scarlatti sonatas)
2024-2026
Makes arrangements and compositions for members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. They are performed at the music festival “Les Étoiles du Morvan” in France and at the Bejing Forest Festival.
Collaborations with composers
Karl-Heinz Stockhausen (1 world premiere)
György Ligeti (1 world premiere)
John Cage
Pierre Boulez
Henri Dutillieux
Yannis Xenakis (1 world premiere)
Eliot Carter (1 world premiere)
Maurizio Kagel (1 world premiere)
Helmut Lachenmann
Peter Eötvös
Wolfgang Rihm (1 world premiere in the Scala Milano )
Heinz Holliger
Gyorgy Kurtag
Klas Torstensson (7 world premieres)
Unsuk Chin
Tan Dun (2 world premieres)
Alexander Raskatov (2 world premieres)
Jan Vriend (3 world premieres)
Theo Loevendie (2 world premieres)
Vanessa Lann (1 world premiere)
Mary Finsterer (2 world premieres)
Calliope Tsoupaki ( 3 world premieres)
Toru Takemitsu
Louis Andriessen ( 12 world premieres including 4 operas)
George Benjamin (2 world premieres)
Collaborations with conductors
Reinbert de Leeuw (1978-2016 The Hague Conservatory/Asko/Schönberg Ensemble)
Ernest Bour (1979 Residentie Orkest The Hague)
Kurt Sanderling (1982 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
Hartmuth Haenchen (1990-2014 Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
Georg Solti (1995 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Ivan Fisher (1988 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
Pierre Boulez (1995 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 2001 Ensemble Modern )
Mstitslav Rostropovitsch (1995 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Peter Eötvös ( 1984-1990 Asko/Schönberg Ensemble/Radio Chamber Orchestra)
Edo de Waart (2000/2001 Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
Hans Vonk (1987-1997 Residence Orchestra/Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra)
Otto Tausk (2001-2010 Maarten Altena Ensemble/Holland Symphonia/Asko/Schönberg Ensemble)
Frans Brüggen ( 2002-2006 Radio Chamber Orchestra)
Bernard Haitink (2002 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Klaus Tennsted (1980 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
Riccardo Chailly ( 1994 Asko/Schönberg Ensemble)
George Benjamin (2010 Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
Tan Dun (2003 Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
Oliver Knussen (1985-2005)Asko/Schönberg Ensemble)
Pieter lives and works in Amsterdam. He’s always looking for new and exciting collaborations opportunities