Shane van Neerden

Dutch/American pianist Shane van Neerden (b. 1999, United States) has performed as a soloist, in chamber music ensembles, and as a soloist with orchestra in concert halls in Germany, the Netherlands, England, Italy, Portugal, Austria, France, and in the United States, as well as for radio in the U.S., Portugal (Antena 2), and in the Netherlands (Radio 4, NTR, and in the television program Podium Witteman). In May 2024, Shane won the Dutch Classical Talent Award after playing fourteen concerts in the most important Dutch classical music venues. ​ Highlights from Van Neerden's 2023-2024 season include a solo CD recording with radio and television broadcaster AVROTROS and his solo recital debut in the Small Hall of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. In February 2025, Shane made his debut as a soloist with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in in the Great Hall of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Shane began piano lessons at the age of six and has studied with celebrated pianists Jacques Rouvier, Robert Levin, and Susan Starr. Shane has also had private lessons from French-Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin. After studying with Carl Cranmer at West Chester University, he began his undergraduate studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Frank Peters. He finished his bachelor and masters degrees with the highest possible distinctions. Shane also studied in 2021 at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Italy with Eliso Virsaladze.