Nicolas Van Poucke

Chopin - Sonatas 2 & 3 Nicolas Van Poucke

Nicolas van Poucke is one of the leading young pianists from The Netherlands. He is praised for his sensitive and very personal tone formation and a special feeling for timing and phrasing. Nicolas strives to be a complete musician focused primarily on recitals but his range of activities are diverse. Performances have taken him through Europe, The United States of America, Canada, Cuba and South Korea. He has played many recitals most notably in 2018 in The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. And can be regularly be heard and seen on Dutch National Television, Radio4, Klara and BR-KLASSIK. With different orchestras in The Netherlands he performed concertos by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff (2 & 3) and Gershwin. His debut album was released in 2013 with works of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms and was enthusiastically received by the Dutch press. The Volkskrant wrote: "A CD that grabs you through an awesome concentration and a beautifully developed sense of timing". The album with Chopin's Sonatas No. 2 & 3 is Nicolas' first on Gutman Records.