Savitri | Frederic Voorn

Frederic Voorn is a concert pianist and composer. He has given concerts on four continents and performs on both modern and historical keyboard instruments. He has played in venues such as Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Tonhalle in Zürich and has been soloist with various orchestras in Europe and North America. Since 2005 he has also been active as a composer. His works for, among others, piano, chamber music and orchestra are performed regularly and have appeared on various CDs. Alongside his concert practice he conducts choirs, gives masterclasses, and for many years made radio programmes for NPO Radio 4, including the Pianistenuur. Savitri is an old story from the Indian Mahabharata, which also contains the Bhagavad Gita. Savitri deals with the victory of love over death and is still very popular today in India as a fairy tale. Frederic Voorn has composed twelve piano works around Savitri, and Odilia van Manen will recite the fairy tale at this literary concert.