Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato

Canto ostinato on four pianos

'Canto is a way of life for me', pianist Jeroen van Veen once said in an interview. As a teenager, he became acquainted with Simeon ten Holt's most famous composition, which can last half an hour and six hours. Van Veen remarked the following about Canto ostinato in The Concertgebouw: 'You want to be able to play Canto as a whisper, even with four pianos simultaneously. In this room, you have 100 percent control over the sound. And what is also very nice: it feels like the audience is very close.'