Great collection of awards for Martin Kaptein

Martin already has a distinguished record, promising great things to come. He won awards at various piano competitions for young pianists in neighbouring countries such as Germany, Belgium, France and Portugal. On 27 November, he played in the finals of the "Vught Klassiek" at the Huize Bergen estate in Vught. In front of an almost full house, three keyboard stars vied for the many prizes on offer. Martin Kaptein, second-year piano student of Classical Music with Michaïl Markov, succeeded in bringing in a fair number of the awards.

Awards at the Finals of Vught Klassiek 2016

Huize Bergen Public Awards (Joannes Bosco Foundation)
1st place - Martin Kaptein € 450* 
2nd place - Matthieu Idmtal € 400
3rd place - Christian Sanders € 350
* Plus participation in the ZomerFestival Klassiek summer festival for classical music, to the value of € 300: StudieVierdaagse with master classes by Geoffrey Madge and summer evening concerts 12 - 16 July 2017.

Elbrimale Toonkunstprijs music award
Christian Sanders   € 300 

Joop Pruijn Awards
(Friends of Vught Klassiek & Stichting Jong Talent young talent foundation)
Junior Award - Martin Kaptein € 50
Joop Pruijn Press Award - Martin Kaptein € 100
Joop Pruijn Award Finals - Martin Kaptein € 300

Huize Bergen estate organises Vught Klassiek to offer up-and-coming talents a stage on which to gain concert experience. For Vught Klassiek, young musicians were selected from the Netherlands and abroad. Each of them is bound to become one of tomorrow's top musicians! Concerts are held every last Sunday of the month. The audience is asked to vote and rank the musicians for possible participation in the annual finals held at the end of November. Every concert is hosted by a young presenter, who interviews the musicians to get to know the people behind the music.