Pianist Rian de Waal  (1958-2011) performed with many orchestras, including the Royal Netherlands Philharmonic, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the City of London Symphonia, and the Polish Chamber Orchestra, under conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Hans Vonk, and Hartmut Haenchen. He was professor of piano performance at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague for twenty-five years.