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"Like synchronized swimmers, the two pianists breath, dive and reach the water in exactly the same moment" - BN de Stem, January 2009.

Lestari Scholtes (1984) and Gwylim Janssens (1985) have been a piano duo since 2003. Currently they are recognized as one of the most promising piano duos of their generation, and leading piano duo from the Netherlands.

Their 2009 Carnegie Hall debut, as part of the IBLA Grand Prize winners USA tour, was praised as ‘it could well have been 25 or 30 fingers, so big and well integrated was the sound. Terrific duo in top form'. The duo is well known for their brilliant sound and marvelous technical skills, presenting very intense and energetic performances. This has lead them to performances throughout The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Israel and the USA. They regularly play in prestigious venues like the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Their performances have been broadcast by radio and television in multiple countries. Furthermore they performed several times with the Orchestra of Brabant and the Israel Symfony Orchestra.

The Scholtes-Janssens Piano Duo has won many prizes among which at the International Chamber Music Competition Almere 2009, the IBLA Grand Prize International Music Competition 2008 in Sicily, Italy, the Fourth International Piano Duo Competition 2008 in Poland and the Princess Christina Competition 2003 and 2004.

n May 2010, the Scholtes-Janssens Piano Duo won the very prestigious Vriendenkrans Competition of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. They were presented as the first winners of the Radio4 Talent of the Year 2010. In May 2010, the duo won also the Concours Musical de France in Paris in the highest category.

In July 2009 Lestari and Gwylim were jurors at the IBLA Grand Prize International Music Competition, which was held on Sicily, Italy.

As a duo they are studying with the piano duo Sivan Silver & Gil Garburg at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover, Germany.