The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.

Pablo Casals

Mariette Landheer

cellist & cellopedagogue

Cellist

Mariëtte Landheer started her musical education in Curaçao, where she spent most of her childhood. She studied with Louise Gorsira and gave her first concerts at a young age.

Teacher

In her hometown Bilthoven she started years ago with a cello class consisting of all age categories. A group of talented students emerged from that class, some of which found their way to a conservatory or good student orchestra.

Brahms & Saint-Saëns promo
Mariëtte Landheer & Angélique Heemsbergen

Cello concerto Hommage à Gerard Hekking
Mariette Landheer

A. Ginastera Pampeana nr. 2
Mariette Landheer & Marianne Boer

In all those years that she has played the cello, she has never doubted her path: Mariette Landheer was born to make music.
The Curaçao came into contact with music at a young age and celebrated triumphs in the Netherlands with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and she also built up a successful teaching practice.

Source: Interview AD Curaçao, Jeroen Jansen