First prize winner  of the 18th Fidelio Piano Composition Competition 2025 (category: contemporary atonal)

with piano piece MOONLIT

May 23, 2024         premiere performance of MOONLIT by Ralph van Raat

Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam

`Moonlit von Bart Spaan bildete mit seinem impressionistisch improvisatorischen Aufbau einen angenehmen Kontrast. Seine ebenfalls überschaubare Komposition erinnerte mit seiner geheimnisvollen Stimmung an die Erzählungen von Edgar Allen Poe.’ Michael Klier in Bachtrack

MOONLIT  interview and performance

 

*****

 

Album: INLAND 

`A beautiful document, sound paintings to disappear in completely’  Machiel Swillens in Luister   (rating: 9)

`Bart Spaan moves between acoustic environments and an electronic shadow universe with enviable ease’  René van Peer in Gonzo (circus)

also read the reviews on Nieuwe Noten and OpusKlassiek

this cd can be ordered from Bart Spaan, bspaan@xs4all.nl

€ 21,00 (postage included); outside The Netherlands: € 25,00 (postage included)

digital version + booklet: € 4,95