Joep Beving
Joep Beving is one of the most listened-to pianists of our current age. Pronounced ‘Yoop’, the Dutch musician is a towering figure in the streaming world–and in real life too, thanks to his two-metre build, wild hair and striking visage. He has become a one-man success story–writing, recording and releasing his debut album Solipsism, which has been surmounted over 140 million streams. Beving released the second instalment to Solipsism, Prehension, in 2017. Understated, haunting and melancholic, its delicate melodies soothe the soul. This story started to manifest itself relatively late in life, when in 2014 at age 38, he was forced to stay home from work and decided to answer the draw of his piano. In search of tranquility of mind and some form of essence, music started to present itself that he had never played before in his life. Minimal pieces that he later once described as ‘simple music for complex emotions’.
Turned down by the only label he approached, Joep decided to self release his debut album Solipsism in 2015. The sound of his piano found its way to the ears of Deutsche Grammophon’s A&R manager Christian Badzura when visiting his favorite Bar in Berlin. This led to the signing of Beving to the worlds foremost classical label and consequently the release of equally succesful sophomore album ‘Prehension’ in 2017, making Joep one of the most listened to living pianist in the world at that time. Beving’s album from 2018, Conatus, is a collaborative album, with several artists reworking his earlier compositions. His album, Henosis, released April 2019 was the third in the Solipsism–Prehension trilogy.
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