HOME PHOTOS VIDEOS MUSIC TUITION PIANO TUNING IN SHORT 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. He also works as a piano tuner and performs live in and around Manchester. PUBLIC GIGS Fri 23 Oct | 9PM-12 | Parlour88 Warrington | SOLO Sat 24 Oct | 10PM-12 | McCafferty's Halifax | TRIO Sun 1 Nov | 3-6PM | Oast House MCR | DUELLING PIANOS Fri 6 Nov | 7-10PM | New Oxford Salford | SOLO Sun 8 Nov | 2-5PM | Dirty O'Sullivans MCR | SOLO Sat 14 Nov | 10PM-1 | New Oxford Salford | SOLO Sun 22 Nov | 3-6PM | Oast House MCR | DUELLING PIANOS Fri 27 Nov | 7-10PM | New Oxford Salford | SOLO Sun 29 Nov | 2-5PM | Dirty O'Sullivans MCR | SOLO Tue 1 Dec | 8-10PM | Tre Ciccio Ramsbottom | DUO Sat 5 Dec | 10PM-12 | McCafferty's Halifax | TRIO Sun 6 Dec | 3-6PM | Oast House MCR | DUELLING PIANOS Fri 11 Dec | 7-10PM | New Oxford Salford | SOLO Sun 20 Dec | 3-6PM | Oast House MCR | DUELLING PIANOS Tue 22 Dec | 8-10PM | Tre Ciccio Altrincham | DUO BIOGRAPHY 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. They toured all over the Netherlands and in Germany and 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 and working as a session musician on records of other artist. In 2027 he'll release a psych pop album and a jazz record.