the future of Historic Pianos, October 2014

Presentations – audio & pdf
Recorded by Jonathan Mark, Critical Distance

Jurn Buisman, The Sweelinck Collection

Presentation by dr.h.c. J.A.W. Buisman at the ICOM CIMCIM conference August 23-31 2014 in the Nordic Countries
“Do we need more square pianos in the collection?”
presentation

https://youtu.be/ZP0Zqpc9KYQ

• Göran Grahn, Curator Musical instruments Nydahl Collection, Stockholm

presentation

https://youtu.be/e7i66OZaif8

Giovanni di Stefano, Curator of Musical Instruments, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

presentation

https://youtu.be/b0oNPJ2BoqI

Concert with Michael Tsalka, Pianist and early keyboard performer

https://youtu.be/hsPawK0Lt-o

19:45–
Welcome by our Moderator Annegien Blokpoel, CEO, PerspeXo

Part I

Annegien Blokpoel, CEO, PerspeXo
The Club of Amsterdam in 2014 & 2015

Jurn Buisman, The Sweelinck Collection
Göran Grahn, Curator Musical instruments Nydahl Collection, Stockholm
Giovanni di Stefano, Curator of Musical Instruments, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

20:45 – 21:00
Coffee break with drinks and snacks.

21:00-22:00
Part II: Panel & Concert

Panel
Richard Egarr, Conservatorium Amsterdam
Dick Verel, Museum of musical instruments Vosbergen, Eelde
Simon Groot, Curator Music Department, Bijzondere Collecties, University of Amsterdam
Alastaire Laurence, Curator musical instruments, Finchcocks Museum
Frans Wytema, Private collector, former chairman Sweelinck Collection

Expected Guests
Kasper Janse, Pianola Museum
Andrew Meyer, Musicologist
Giuseppe Accardi, Private collector
Walter Vermeulen, Restorer and collector, Stichting Collectie Studio Oude Muziek

Concert by Michael Tsalka, Pianist and early keyboard performer

Annegien Blokpoel
CEO, PerspeXo

Annegien Blokpoel is founder and director of the independent strategy firm PerspeXo. She has worked in the fields of strategy, investor relations, communications, and structured finance at two AEX-listed companies, CF PwC and Merchant bank MeesPierson. Over more than 21 years she has assisted over 150 boards (of large stock exchange listed and entrepreneurs small companies) and directors in formulating and realising value strategies.

She holds degrees in economics and archaeology, and an MBA, having studied in Amsterdam and Jerusalem. She regularly acts as moderator and speaker at conferences and business schools.
www.perspexo.com

Jurn Buisman
The Sweelinck Collection
General Director, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis

www.geelvinck.nl/muziek/achtergrond-geelvinck-muziekpodium-sweelinck/
www.geelvinck.nl

Göran Grahn
Curator Musical instruments Nydahl Collection, Stockholm

Göran Grahn (Sweden) has played the organ for 40 years and has studied with Ivar Rendahl, Rune Engsö and Montserrat Torrent. He has also studied harpsichord with Inger Grudin and Leif Grave-Müller. He has been organist in various churches around Stockholm and also active in early music as continuo player. Since 1980 he is curator at Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande (Nydahl Collection) in Stockholm, and since 1990 organ consultant, specialized in organ restoration, in Sweden and the Baltic States. He is also Secretary of the International Society of Organ Builders.

Giovanni di Stefano
Curator of Musical Instruments, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Dr. Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano studied musicology at the Universities in Palermo and Rome “La Sapienza” where he earned his Ph. D. with a dissertation on the history of the Tangentenflügel and eighteenth century pianos with similar actions. He is professor of Organology at the Universities in Palermo and in Florence and at the State Conservatory of Music in Palermo. His writings on the history and technology of musical instruments have been published on important international journals (Early Music, The Galpin Society Journal, Musique Images Instruments, Journal of the Violin Society of America), conference proceedings, museum catalogues, encyclopedias (The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani).
www.rijksmuseum.nl

Michael Tsalka
Pianist and early keyboard performer

Michael Tsalka is an award-winning Israeli pianist and early keyboard performer. He performs solo and chamber music from the Baroque to the Contemporary periods on the modern piano, harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord, square piano and positive organ. Michael Tsalka, who is the oldest son of Israeli writer Dan Tsalka, performs throughout Europe, the U.S.A., Canada, Asia, and Latin America. Recent engagements include the Boston Early Music Festival, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, the Bellas Artes Theater in Mexico City, the Hermitage Festival in St. Petersburg, and live performances for radio stations in Hong Kong, Chicago, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Jerusalem.