CAMIEL BOOMSMA – PIANO

Camiel Boomsma is praised by both the press and the public for his remarkable maturity, extraordinarily beautiful timbre and distinctive touch. His personal and unique way of playing has brought him to many beautiful concert venues. Boomsma has performed at most of the Netherlands’ most renowned concert halls as well as numerous prestigious international venues and series, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Schloss Elmau, Bayreuth, Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Teatro Torlonia in Rome, St. John’s Smith Square in London and in live television shows such as Podium Klassiek and Vrije Geluiden.

Camiel Boomsma. Foto: Hans van der Woerd

Camiel Boomsma has successfully collaborated with many renowned musicians, including pianist Severin von Eckardstein, with whom he has performed several duo recitals. An extensive solo recital tour through China presented him with a unique opportunity to perform in six of this country’s most prestigious concert halls (Shanghai City Theatre, Tanjin Grand Theatre, Harbin Concert Hall, Nanjing Arts Center, Chongqing Concert Hall and Chengdu Concert Hall), resulting into a renewed invitation. Boomsma has also been a regular guest at international festivals such as the Amsterdam Grachtenfestival (he was nominated for the Grachtenfestival Prijs in 2018) and the Musica Sacra Festival in Maastricht.

As a chamber musician, Boomsma has performed in all possible constellations, including a regular piano trio with Michael Stirling and Joris van Rijn, principal cellist and concertmaster of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, respectively. Currently, Camiel also performs as a duo with clarinettist Marieke Vos, with whom he set up the Mirantibus Foundation in 2020 with a view to launching a new chamber music series (the Mirantibus Concerten). Mirantibus quickly grew into a tremendous success connecting with a broad audience. Boomsma regularly works together with Dutch composer Joey Roukens, whose ‘Summer Preludes’ for solo piano he premiered in 2022.

Boomsma’s ‘Wagner Journey’ was greeted with tremendous international acclaim, leading to a prestigious grant from the International Wagner Stiftung in 2013 and giving him a unique opportunity to attend the Bayreuther Festspiele. He made his daring album debut that same year, for which he discovered many rarely performed piano transcriptions. He surprised the press and the public with his profound understanding of Wagner’s music at such a young age. His recordings Transcriptions for Piano and Porazzi for Etcetera Records received rave reviews in the BBC Music magazine, Diapason, Trouw, NRC, De Volkskrant and many other publications.

For his album Musings in 2017, he chose poetic and romantic repertoire by Chopin and Schubert, which greatly impressed his audience in concert. This album was released on Challenge Records International and has been compared with recordings by Radu Lupu and Marc-André Hamelin. Leading Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant wrote: ‘Boomsma’s fingers have a velvet touch’.

Camiel Boomsma. Foto: Hans van der Woerd

His album Unfold, featuring works by Liszt and Schubert, was received by the press with tremendous acclaim: ‘You‘re constantly holding your breath with this romantic magician, waiting for the next note to come.’ In June 2021, Boomsma released his new album Rediscovered’, which is dedicated to the forgotten music of Dutch composer Gerhard Hamm (1835-1904). The recording was received with great enthusiasm and interest by British Gramophone, Belgian daily newspaper De Standaard and Italian RAI3, among others. Boomsma’s book ‘Brieven aan de Meesters’ (informal translation: Letters to the Masters) was published by Uitgeverij IJzer on 16 November 2021 and labelled one of the eye-catching releases of that year by national newspaper NRC Handelsblad.

His new album Heritage of Fire was released in november 2023 and is devoted to new Wagner transcriptions as well as Liszt’s B minor Sonata. In 2025 Boomsma wil release his new album for Etcetera Records. In march 2025 Uitgeverij IJzer released the sequel to the first book of ‘Brieven aan de Meesters’ devoted to a number of well known as well as unknown composers.

MARIEKE VOS – KLARINET

Marieke Vos is een Nederlandse klarinettiste, kamermusicus. In seizoen 2024/2025 is Marieke Vos tot Artist in Residence benoemd bij de Nederlands Duitse concertserie Mozartkring Gelre Niederrhein. In 2022 verscheen de debuut CD van klarinettiste Marieke Vos & pianist Camiel Boomsma genaamd ‘Sliding Doors‘ bij het platenlabel Etcetera Records. Op deze CD staan naast duo werken verrassende kamermuziekwerken. Klassieke Zaken schreef hierover “Een juweel dat alle aandacht verdient”. De CD werd internationaal uitgezonden bij o.a. Radio Klara en Radio France. De CD werd geselecteerd voor de Aangenaam Klassiek editie 2022.

Marieke Vos. Foto: Hans van der Woerd

Als kamermusicus en soliste speelt Marieke Vos in o.a. Tivoli Vredenburg, het Concertgebouw, de Doelen, op festivals als het Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, Gergiev Festival, het Internationaal Kamermuziekfestival Utrecht, het Hart & Ziel festival en is regelmatig te horen bij NPO Klassiek.

Marieke Vos is Leitner & Kraus Clarinet Artist en oprichter van het Nederlands Kamermuziek Ensemble, een musici collectief, waarmee zij in binnen en buitenland concerten geeft.
In april 2025 is haar tweede CD uitgebracht genaamd ‘Souvenir du Voyage’ waarop zij samen met het Ruysdael Kwartet de Klarinetkwintetten van W.A. Mozart & Bernard Herrmann speelt.

Marieke Vos en Camiel Boomsma lanceerden in 2020 de succesvolle serie ‘Mirantibus Concerten‘. In deze concertserie spelen zij de mooiste kamermuziekwerken samen met collega musici. Mirantibus ontvangt lovende recensies van pers en media.

Daarnaast is Marieke Vos artistiek leider van de Paltz Kamermuziekconcerten in het Herman van Veen Arts Center op Landgoed de Paltz te Soest. De kamermuziekserie vindt maandelijks plaats op zondagen. Marieke Vos is sinds 2013 verbonden aan Harlekijn Holland, de organisatie rondom Herman van Veen. Ook programmeerde zij in 2022 verschillende concertreeksen voor de 25 jarige jubileum editie van het Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam.

Marieke Vos. Foto: Kees Vos

Marieke Vos kreeg haar eerste klarinetlessen van haar vader Kees Vos.
Vanaf haar twaalfde volgde zij klarinetlessen bij klarinettist Jan Jansen in Rotterdam.
Marieke studeerde in 2013 af aan het conservatorium van Amsterdam bij Harmen de Boer.
Na haar studie in Amsterdam volgde ze les bij verschillende klarinettisten waaronder Sharon Kam in Hannover. Marieke Vos is eerste prijswinnaar bij het concours van Stichting Jong Muziektalent Nederland. Daarnaast is zij Leitner & Kraus Clarinet Artist, haar klarinet werd gebouwd in 2007. Zij speelde jarenlang op Viotto N 1+2 mondstukken en Vandoren rieten.
Sinds 2024 is Marieke overgestapt naar Licostini mondstukken en D’addario organic rieten.

Marieke Vos en Camiel Boomsma. Foto: Hans van der Woerd