Scipio-ensemble
Scipio-ensemble has one upcoming show in the Netherlands: on January 10, 2027 at Theater de Liefde, Haarlem.
About
Scipio is a piano ensemble built around a simple but ambitious idea: put several pianists on stage and see what the music looks like when it's stripped down to the keys. Their lineup draws on five players: Jasper Bon, Lodewijk Crommelin, Hans Erik Dijkstra, Mirjam Karres and Martijn Smits. Their repertoire stretches from Baroque to the early twentieth century. They play Bach's Concerto for four pianos, BWV 1065, and Mozart's Concerto No. 7 for three pianos, K. 242, known as the Lodron. They also tackle Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps in an arrangement for four pianos by Maarten Bon. With only pianos in play, the layered rhythms and sharp accents of the score come through with unusual clarity, which is exactly the point of that version.
