Maarten Voortman has been playing piano since as long as he can remember. In 2016 he graduated cum laude as Master of Music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, a long cherished dream.
As a player his style is easily identifiable and personal. He has a firm grasp on the jazz tradition, a consequence of a fiery love and admiration for bebop and pianist Bud Powell, who remains an idol to this day. Yet in his original music, he’s been exploring forms and harmonic textures that are uniquely his own.
In 2018 he released his first album as a leader, called Epilogue. In the spring of 2025 his second album, Haas, will be released under ZenneZ.