Dutch Australia Cultural Centre
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Membership
    • Placements/Internships
  • Our Collections
    • Archive
    • Library
  • News and Updates
  • The Archives
    • View All The Archives
    • Dutch – Australian History
    • Dutch artefacts
    • Dutch businesses in Australia
    • Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia
    • Other
  • Contact
  • Links

Gerard Willems – Dutch-Australian piano virtuoso

Published by DACC on November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

Gerard Willems AM is a Dutch Australian classical pianist and double ARIA award winner. He came by boat (Grote Beer, Holland-America Lines) with his family in 1958 and went through several years of migrant camp experience.

You can see a glimpse of his work here:

Gerard-Willems-BEETHOVEN-2Download

See also:

Gerard Willems Interview: An Australia living legend of the piano (May 2023)

Explore the life and recordings of Australia’s pre-eminent Beethoven pianist Gerard Willems

Piano man’s keys to happiness

Associate Professor of Sydney Conservatory, Gerard Willems, on retirement. (SBS radio interview)

Categories: Art, Music, Film, TheatreMigration historyPersonal stories

Categories
  • Archive
  • Art, Music, Film, Theatre
  • Aviation and Shipping
  • Book Library
  • Cultural Events and Activities
  • DAAAG
  • Dutch – Australian History
  • Dutch artefacts
  • Dutch businesses in Australia
  • Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia
  • Dutch International Corporations
  • Dutch Media
  • Dutch Organisations
  • Dutch Retail Shops
  • Dutch Tasmanian Connection
  • Education Courses
  • Literature
  • Maritime History
  • Migration history
  • Military and Political History
  • Netherlands East Indies – Australia History
  • News and Updates
  • Other (not categorised)
  • Personal stories
  • Primary Research
  • Religious Activities
  • Science and Technology
  • Sport
  • Uncategorized

Related Posts

Migration history

The Sanders Family: Bonegilla and Benalla Migrant Camps via the Netherlands, Indonesia & Dutch New Guinea

Antonius (Tony) Sanders met and married his wife Elizabeth (Liz) van Steijn in Indonesia after the end of World War II. Their migration journey took them from the Netherlands to Indonesia, Dutch New Guinea, back Read more

Migration history

From Lisse to Toowoomba – 1948: the Mulder family’s voyage to a new life in Australia

On 27 March 1948, Adolf Petrus Gerardus Mulder and his wife, Cornelia Wilhelmina Maria Mulder–van Riek, departed Rotterdam aboard the motor ship Talisse. Known as Dolf and Corrie, the young couple had been married for Read more

Military and Political History

Dutch Secret Missions from Australia into the Japanese-Occupied Netherlands East Indies

Wil Hamers, Party Apple and the Dutch Catalina intelligence missions On 13 January 1945, a Dutch Catalina flying boat approached an isolated stretch of the east coast of Japanese-occupied Borneo. On board were eight NEFIS Read more

  • About
  • Contact
  • Activities
  • The Archive
  • Privacy Policy
Hestia | Developed by ThemeIsle