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"He doesn’t need to study any further; he knows how to do it. The only thing he has to do is live until today’s postcard-like melancholy has become lived experience. But first and foremost, let him play the crazy pieces that the future piano series virtuosos leave untouched by dead ends. I know he does, and that it matters. Do your thing, Shane, everything will be fine."
Bas van Putten
(De Groene Amsterdammer)
© Harold de Smet, Prinsengrachtconcert 2026
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