Biography
Wouter Bergenhuizen was born in 1988 in the city of Maastricht, the Netherlands from a family of musicians. At the age of only four years old he started his first piano lessons with Gert-Jan Vermeulen. Later, at the age of seven he started to play the clarinet, for which he was taught by his mother; and at the age of ten he also started violin lessons, first with Roland van Mil and later with Theodora Geraets. When Wouter was twelve he was admitted to the young talent department of the Conservatory of Maastricht for all three instruments.
When Wouter turned sixteen he finally decided to choose the piano as his main instrument, and he continued his musical studies with Marjès Benoist at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
In the year 2008-2009 Wouter studied as an exchange student at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest where he was taught for one year by Gábor Eckhardt. During this year he also took many private lessons with Ferenc Rados, who greatly influenced his playing.
Back in the Netherlands Wouter continued his studies with Jan Wijn, again at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he earned in 2012 his Master’s degree.
Being widely interested in all the different fields of classical music, Wouter’s repertoire stretches from early to contemporary music. Although he usually performs in concert on the modern piano, Wouter is also highly interested in playing on authentic instruments such as the harpsichord, fortepiano and various romantic pianos like the Pleyel and Erard. For playing on these instruments Wouter received lessons from Richard Egarr and Therèse de Goede, and participated in masterclasses with Viviane Sofronitsky and Malcolm Bilson.
On the modern piano Wouter received many lessons and participated in numerous masterclasses from famous pianists and pedagogues, including Håkon Austbø, Ton Hartsuiker, Ralph van Raat, Naum Grubert, Jan Marisse Huizing, Ruth Nye, Galina Vracheva, David Kuyken, Frank van de Laar, Geoffrey Madge, Willem Brons and Peter Frankl.
Besides playing solo-repertoire, Wouter also has a passion for performing chamber music. He performed with numerous musicians and ensembles, and took chamber music lessons with amongst others Dmitri Ferschtman, Peter Stotijn, Kees Koelmans, Sonja van Beek, Frits Damrow, Monique Bartels, Paul Scheepers, Herman Jeurissen, Nick Woud, Arno Bornkamp, Ronald Karten, Stefan Metz, Marieke Schneemann en Frans van Ruth. Since 2013 he is a regular member of the contemporary music group Ensemble ‘88.
Aside from working with instrumentalists he is particularly fond of performing with singers. For this he received several lessons from Sasja Hunnego, Hein Meens en Valérie Guillorit. Also he participated in master classes of Rudolf Janssen and Udo Reinemann.
Since september 2011 Wouter is working as a piano teacher at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
In 2013 he made a highly successful debut as a soloist playing 'Totentanz' by Franz Liszt with the South Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, where he has been a regular guest ever since.
When Wouter turned sixteen he finally decided to choose the piano as his main instrument, and he continued his musical studies with Marjès Benoist at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
In the year 2008-2009 Wouter studied as an exchange student at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest where he was taught for one year by Gábor Eckhardt. During this year he also took many private lessons with Ferenc Rados, who greatly influenced his playing.
Back in the Netherlands Wouter continued his studies with Jan Wijn, again at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he earned in 2012 his Master’s degree.
Being widely interested in all the different fields of classical music, Wouter’s repertoire stretches from early to contemporary music. Although he usually performs in concert on the modern piano, Wouter is also highly interested in playing on authentic instruments such as the harpsichord, fortepiano and various romantic pianos like the Pleyel and Erard. For playing on these instruments Wouter received lessons from Richard Egarr and Therèse de Goede, and participated in masterclasses with Viviane Sofronitsky and Malcolm Bilson.
On the modern piano Wouter received many lessons and participated in numerous masterclasses from famous pianists and pedagogues, including Håkon Austbø, Ton Hartsuiker, Ralph van Raat, Naum Grubert, Jan Marisse Huizing, Ruth Nye, Galina Vracheva, David Kuyken, Frank van de Laar, Geoffrey Madge, Willem Brons and Peter Frankl.
Besides playing solo-repertoire, Wouter also has a passion for performing chamber music. He performed with numerous musicians and ensembles, and took chamber music lessons with amongst others Dmitri Ferschtman, Peter Stotijn, Kees Koelmans, Sonja van Beek, Frits Damrow, Monique Bartels, Paul Scheepers, Herman Jeurissen, Nick Woud, Arno Bornkamp, Ronald Karten, Stefan Metz, Marieke Schneemann en Frans van Ruth. Since 2013 he is a regular member of the contemporary music group Ensemble ‘88.
Aside from working with instrumentalists he is particularly fond of performing with singers. For this he received several lessons from Sasja Hunnego, Hein Meens en Valérie Guillorit. Also he participated in master classes of Rudolf Janssen and Udo Reinemann.
Since september 2011 Wouter is working as a piano teacher at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
In 2013 he made a highly successful debut as a soloist playing 'Totentanz' by Franz Liszt with the South Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, where he has been a regular guest ever since.