Sander Sittig received his piano education with Jan Wijn at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. He subsequently won scholarships to complete his studies with Eugene Indjic (Paris) and Naum Grubert (Amsterdam). He also attended masterclasses with Menahem Pressler, Charles Rosen, and Youri Egorov. He won prizes at the piano competitions of Palm Beach, Rome, Épinal, and Eindhoven, and received chamber music awards in Gubbio and Rotterdam.
Sander Sittig has performed as a soloist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Tabuh-Tabuhan by McPhee), the Orquesta de Cámara Cristóbal Oudrid (Mozart piano concertos), and many other orchestras (Beethoven, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, among others). He appeared at the premiere of Incantatie IV by Simeon ten Holt at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg. A CD of this performance was released in 1993. In 2006, a CD was released featuring, among other works, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
As a chamber musician, Sander Sittig has also earned great acclaim. He performs with violinists Yvonne Smeulers and Liza Ferschtman; cellists Pamela Smits and Xenia Jankovitch; and horn players Fokke van Heel and Guido Corti. These concerts have taken him to London, Tel Aviv, Oslo, Zurich, and many venues both within and outside the Netherlands.
