{"id":397,"date":"2026-03-31T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/from-science-to-music-december-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:03:57","slug":"from-science-to-music-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/from-science-to-music-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"From science to music &#8211; December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The first half-year of my transition from science to music has been intensive, inspiring, and full of new experiences. I made my debut as a soloist with orchestra in a harpsichord concerto by Bach, gave my first solo harpsichord recital, and explored new musical horizons by performing jazz and blues on the harpsichord. Meanwhile, my university work continued steadily, not least due to a research audit and other responsibilities at Radboudumc.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">During this time, one constant stands out: the inexhaustible energy that music brings. The vitality it unlocks is remarkable &#8211; almost therapeutic. . Its beauty reminds me that humanity &#8211; despite polarization, wars, and climate challenges &#8211; is also capable of creating noble achievements. Negativity is transient; art endures and withstands the centuries.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In that spirit, it felt particularly rewarding to fulfill a long-held wish at the Ericakerk in Ede last November: bringing together musical worlds that at first glance seem far apart. Placing baroque and blues music side by side in a single program &#8211; from Bach to Blues &#8211; feels for me like a natural extension of the multidisciplinary approach I enjoyed for many years in science. I really enjoy how the harpsichord fits the sound of ragtime and early jazz, so I am pleased to share my live recording of Fats Waller\u2019s \u201cViper\u2019s Drag\u201d, performed on harpsichord.Onderkant formulier<br\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fats Waller Meets the Harpsichord \u2014 \u201cViper\u2019s Drag\u201d played on Harpsichord by Sander Leeuwenburgh\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WpcNYYgV3P8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first half-year of my transition from science to music has been intensive, inspiring, and full of new experiences. I made my debut as a soloist with orchestra in a harpsichord concerto by Bach, gave my first solo harpsichord recital, and explored new musical horizons by performing jazz and blues on the harpsichord. Meanwhile, my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanderleeuwenburgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}