Pieter-Jan Belder studied recorder with Ricardo Kanji at the Royal Conservatorium of The Hague, and harpsichord with Bob van Asperen at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatorium.
Since his graduation (1990) from both schools he has had a flourishing career as a harpsichordist, clavichord player, organist, forte-pianist and recorder player, appearing at many international festivals, such as the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, the Berlin Musikfest, the Festival van Vlaanderen, the Festival Potsdam Sans Souci, the Bremen Musikfest and the Leipzig Bachfest.
In 1997 and 2000 Belder was awarded prizes at the Hamburg NDR Music Prize harpsichord competition and the Leipzig Bach harpsichord competition.
Apart from his busy schedule of solo recitals, Belder is also very much in demand as a continuo player with ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Bach Collegium Japan, Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, and the Netherlands Bach Society, where he has worked with internationally acclaimed conductors such as Frans Brüggen, Ton Koopman, Masaaki Suzuki, and Philippe Herreweghe. Belder regularly accompanies soloists such as Johannette Zomer, Rainer Zipperling, and Kate Clark. He also conducts his own ensemble.
In 2005 he made his debut with his own Musica Amphion in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Since then, he has appeared there in many varied programmes, for example with Collegium Vocale Gent in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Handel’s Dixit Dominus en het Gloria by Vivaldi.
