Monique Copper
was born in Leiden, grew up near Zutphen (Eastern part of the Netherlands) and studied at the Utrecht Conservatory, where she gained her solo diploma.She took masterclasses in Budapest (Bartók Seminar), Darmstadt (Aloys Kontarsky) and Nice (Pierre Sancan) and studied electronic music with Ton Bruynèl. Her tutors were Ria Groot, Ton Hartsuiker and Geoffrey Madge in Holland and Stephen Savage and Martino Tirimo in London, and Luli Oswald, Brazilian piano virtuoso and daughter of Arthur Rubinstein.
She frequently performs at home and abroad both as soloist and with ensembles, often playing first performances of new works, and works written for her. She lived in London for several years, performing throughout the UK, and made her debut at the Purcell Room.
As well as touring the Netherlands, Monique Copper plays in several countries an Europe, South America, Asia (India in 2001) and the USA. Monique Copper was one of the founders of the Delta Ensemble, was a member of the ASKO Ensemble and the Orgella Quartet and co-producer of the music theatre series Ridotto in Amsterdam.
One of her specialities is lecture recitals of contemprorary piano music, acquainting her audience with contemporary music in general and with Dutch compositions in particular.
Monique has also developed the Illustrated Recital - perhaps better described as a ‘one-woman multimedia show’ -, featuring simultaneous narration, slides and piano.
Inspired by successful performances at home and abroad with productions such as Francis Poulenc’s Babar, and Claude Debussy’s Boîte à joujoux, Monique has collaborated with artists, writers and composers to create new programmes, performed in Dutch, English, French or German.