Joep Beving
Contemporary piano virtuoso set to transfix Opera House audiences with stunning new audio-visual experience
“I am very excited to be returning to Australia finally! I played my last show down under in March 2020, moments before the lockdown. There was a zebra on stage that night in Adelaide. I realise this will be difficult to top. But we’ll do our best by bringing a beautiful light installation designed by artist Boris Acket, especially for the show. I’m so looking forward sharing this experience with my Aussie audience and hope to see some familiar and new faces!” - Joep Beving
Sydney —
Illustrious Dutch pianist Joep Beving will return to the Opera House in July, performing his deeply introspective, neoclassical sound across two immersive shows on Monday 22 July.
Following sold-out appearances at the Opera House in 2017, 2018 and 2020, Beving’s 2024 appearance will again showcase his talents with Hermetism – an immersive audio-visual experience developed in collaboration with artists Boris Acket, Merijn Versnel and Roxanne Percobic. Drawn from Beving’s 2022 album of the same name, Hermetism reflects the artist’s fascination with the spiritual and the unknown, our perception of time and the inner self.
Beving rediscovered the piano in his adult years after parting with the instrument in his youth. The loss of a close friend drove Beving to quietly rebuild his profound connection to the piano and eventually record his first album Solipsism. Shortly after sharing his first creation on Spotify, Beving swiftly ascended to streaming stardom, earning recognition as an eminent post-classical composer, alongside esteemed figures like Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds and Max Richter. Continuously expanding his discography, Beving now has over 200 million streams on Spotify, with a staggering two million monthly listeners.
Sydney Opera House Head of Contemporary Music, Ben Marshall says:
“I am thrilled to welcome back the eternally talented Joep Beving with his stunning show Hermetism as he continues his musical study of transcendent human experiences. Joep describes his sound as 'simple music for complex emotions' and it's in this deceptive simplicity that one loses themselves in his stunning piano. He has bewitched the Opera House in previous years, moving audiences to tears, joy and the depths of their humanity through a magical metamorphosis of emotion and melody. You don't want to miss this deeply immersive show, set to be an audio-visual triumph.”
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Joep Beving
22 Jul 2024
Dutch neo-classical master Joep Beving returns to the Sydney Opera House with his stunning new audio-visual experience Hermetism, a performance that will transform your idea of a piano concert.