ORTHO-AMSTERDAM 2026
10 International Keynote Speakers
Thursday 25 June – Friday 26 June 2026 – Heineken Experience – Amsterdam
Curriculum Vitae – Floris Kappeyne (pianist and composer)
Floris Kappeyne is an award-winning pianist and composer actively involved in the Amsterdam jazz scene.
With a background in both jazz and classical piano and a particular interest in merging these genres, his primary musical focus is on his longstanding trio, featuring Tijs Klaassen on bass and Wouter Kühne on drums.
Following the albums Interchange (2017) and Synesthesia (2019), their latest release, Closer, received positive reviews from both national and international press. In addition to his trio work, Floris debuted a solo piano album titled Half of What I Say Is Meaningless in 2020. He also serves as a sideman in various projects, including the Tijs Klaassen Quintet, Anti Panopticon, Alistair Payne’s REFLEX, Govreen Quartet and Mo van der Does’ Motet.
As the initiator of the ECHO COLLECTIVE, Floris received a commission to compose Echo, an interdisciplinary piece involving nine singers, synthesizer, two pianos, and percussion, presented at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam as part of the International Jazz Week in 2021.
