ABOUT DUCO
“Duco Burgers strikes exactly the right tone in every case.”
– Magazin Klassik
“A highly developed art of phrasing and articulation ensures that the music always is lively and spontaneous.”
– Pizzicato Magazine
“I highly appreciate Duco Burgers’ deeply powerful reading of my teacher’s music, his solid pianism sculpting her thematic materials with eloquent gravitas.”
– Émile Naoumoff
Duco Burgers is a pianist whose musical voice is shaped as much by literature and language as by the piano itself.
He performs regularly in the Netherlands and abroad, with appearances in France, Switzerland, Greece, and Hungary.
His debut recording — a complete album devoted to the piano works of Lili and Nadia Boulanger — received enthusiastic reviews from international critics and from Boulanger specialist Émile Naoumoff.
He has also recorded works by Paul Seelig, Simon Burgers, and Darius Milhaud, with releases available on YouTube and Spotify.
He first came to attention at the age of ten, when he won the Dutch Wind Ensemble’s annual composition competition with his piece De Kloof, performed at their New Year’s concert in the Concertgebouw.
Alongside his musical training, Duco cultivated a broad cultural background, studying German literature at the University of Amsterdam and literary translation at Utrecht University.
His studies in language and literature continue to shape his musical thinking.
Duco studied piano with Henk Mak van Dijk, Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen, Bernd Brackman, and, from 2012 to 2018, with Klára Würtz at the Utrecht Conservatory, where he graduated with the highest distinction.
He has participated in masterclasses with renowned pianists including Igor Roma, Enrico Pace, Rian de Waal, and Fumiko Eguchi.
In addition to his work as a performer, Duco is active as a repetiteur and teaches music theory at the Utrecht Conservatory.
He also lectures on European literary history at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (HOVO).
