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Pianist - Composer - Piano teacher

"For me, music is all about collaborative storytelling. Working together with my bandmates, I hope to guide the listener through all kinds of worlds"


Wiard Brandsma, a pianist, piano teacher, and composer based in the Netherlands, loves to use the piano to tell a story. With a strong focus on interaction, improvisation, and groove, he aims to share his personal experiences through his own compositions and a broad variety of music styles.

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"the key to your own musical journey"

Piano lessons in Harderwijk

Wiard teaches private one-on-one piano lessons in Harderwijk, Gelderland, at Muzieklesharderwijk. I have various methods and lesson for all ages, levels, styles, and goals. For more information, please visit the piano lessons page.

Wiard playing jazz piano

"Wiard loves to play the piano"

Wiard Solo

Wiard turns the piano into a conversation. Blending jazz and groove based music, Using sounds from the postbop, hardbop en contemporary music he creates something fresh driven by groove and melody.

Wiard playing Piano with The Steps

"The right touch for the right sound"

Music and Bands

On this page you can find more about my other work as a piano player, mainly focussing on my work as a sideman in various projects, like "The Steps", but also more.

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