HOME PHOTOS VIDEOS MUSIC TUITION PIANO TUNING ABOUT RON MAAS Ron graduated from Utrecht Conservatoire in 2005 with an Honours degree in Jazz and Pop. Over the last quarter of a century he has played thousands of live shows with a huge variety of bands and projects. He's recorded some 50 albums, EP's and singles and toured all over Europe. Ronald teaches piano, bass guitar and double bass in Manchester and online. He also works as a piano tuner and -technician. SEE RONALD LIVE (PUBLIC GIGS) Thu 11 June | 9-11PM | Dirty O'Sullivans MCR | DUO Fri 12 June | 9-12 | Kahiki MCR | DUELLING PIANOS Sun 14 June | 3-6PM | Oast House MCR | DUELLING PIANOS Thu 18 June | 7-10PM | Tre Ciccio Ramsbottom | DUO Fri 19 June | 7-10PM | Wilson's Social MCR | DUO Sat 20 June | 8-11PM | New Oxford Salford | SOLO Wed 24 June | 7-10PM | Dirty O'Sullivans MCR | SOLO Thu 25 June | 8-11PM | Oast House MCR | LIVE BANDEOKE Fri 26 June | 9-12 | Parlour88 Warrington | SOLO REQUEST SHOW Thu 2 July | 9-11PM | Dirty O'Sullivans MCR | DUO Fri 3 July | 8-10PM | Red Lion High Lane | SOLO Sat 4 July | 8-11PM | New Oxford Salford | SOLO Sun 5 July | 9-11:45PM | Kahiki MCR | DUELLING PIANOS Sat 11 July | 10-12 | Bunny's Country Club MCR | TRIO Sun 19 July | 3-6PM | Oast House MCR | DUELLING PIANOS Thu 23 July | 9-11PM | Dirty O'Sullivans MCR | DUO Fri 24 July | 7-9PM | Box Deansgate MCR | SOLO Fri 24 July | 10-1AM | Dirty O'Sullivans MCR | DUO SOME VIDEOS: RON ON BASS | RON ON KEYS (->MORE VIDEOS) BIOGRAPHY RONALD MAAS Ron studied bass guitar and piano at the jazz department of Utrecht Conservatoire (NL). Between 2004 and 2010 he worked with jazz quartet Perron19, with who he released two albums (selection >). Ron has always been a pop song writer. Together with Ruud Bakker and a host of other band members he's been on the Dutch music scene from 2007 till 2015 with the band Number Nine. The song Sun Sun Sun of the debut EP earned them the 3FM Serious Talent status (comparable to BBC Introducing) in 2009, which got Number Nine regular airplay on national radio. In 2012 the band brought out their first full length album New Ways, with which they toured in Germany and in 2014 the second album Wiser Than Before brought them to the UK. To widen his horizon he joined the band Audio Adam from 2011 till 2015. In that time the quartet was very successful with multiple singles on national radio and shows at festivals and venues around the country, including supporting Counting Crows at Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam. In 2015 Ron moved to London, after which he started working with JAYA, Valerio Lysander, Annie & the Make Believe and various other artists. He co-founded the Sexy Indie Rock band PaperWolf. Over the course of a year they played dozens of iconic London venues including Barfly and Proud Camden, released an album, toured in the UK and received airplay on BBC Introducing. In the spring of 2018 Ron released a solo EP titled ARIES to critical acclaim. In the summer of 2018 Ron relocated to Manchester. Since then he's worked with Caoilfhionn Rose, Hannah Ashcroft and various other artists, whilst still releasing work with JAYA. There's a full length album of psych pop in the pipe line, but that's something for the future. The newest twist is that Ron has become a piano tuner. But don't worry, he's still a regular on stage as well.