Kees Wieringa

Kees Wieringa is a Dutch pianist, composer, writer and cultural entrepreneur.  He came to prominence for his performances of the Dutch composers Jakob van Domselaer, Daniel Ruyneman and Simeon ten Holt. Kees Wieringa graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory in Amsterdam in 1986. He has built an international career over the years with his piano recitals and compositions. Kees Wieringa was museum director of the Kranenburgh Museum in Bergen, and since 2016 has been the director of the Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum in Qatar. About his time in Qatar he published a bestseller ‘Inshallah’.  At the moment he established his own cultural center in the neighborhood of Paris, named YXIE - Manoir des Arts.