• "An original quest to a personal sound. Actually, Julian Schneemann has already found that sound. We will be hearing more from him!"

    Ivo Janssen concert pianist

  • "A crossover that nobody thought possible a few decades ago: Julian Schneemann is a great example of the young generation of contemporary versatile musicians."

    JacobTV Composer

  • "Roundabout is quite an achievement, and an album to be savoured many times over. An integral, coherent artistic statement."

    Allaboutjazz.com

  • "Julian Schneemann and his friends are very much a modern day group: a true mix of different cultures, men and women, 'high' and 'low' culture. What they have in common is their great virtuosity as musicians."

    Haarlems Dagblad

  • "It was breathtakingly beautiful... I was deeply touched, what you're giving us is fantastic!"

    Anna Audience at Caravan's concert

  • "The arrangement of 'Knowing the Ropes' is one of the best-ever arrangements of my music"

    Michael Nyman Composer

  • "Oh my, what a record, so exciting, so original, so breathtakingly brilliant... Masterwork!"

    Rootstime

  • "Julian Schneemann, even at his young age, is clearly a musician's musician."

    Allaboutjazz.com

  • "The second Caravan album is - if possible - even more subtle and more sublime than the first!"

    Moors Magazine

  • "A spectacular CD! Breathlessly I listened from beginning to end. The music is so diverse but at the same time so organic."

    Ronald Brautigam concert pianist

  • "A truly gifted composer and pianist who adopts elements from pop, jazz and classical music in his own authentic and convincing way."

    Theo Loevendie composer/improviser

  • "A stunning color palette. Impressive and well-balanced compositions combined with playful improvisations."

    Harmen Fraanje jazz pianist

  • "The four young musicians do not only display a casual virtuosity, but also have a mature personal voice on their instrument. Fantastic - and fantastically played - compositions!"

    Mixed World Music

  • "World fusion at it's best - melancholic, uplifting, adventurous, exciting, and above all breathtakingly beautiful."

    Moors Magazine

  • "With a great feeling for beauty, they offer us a celebration to deal with the sad things in life."

    Het Parool

  • "Caravan was one of the highlights of the festival."

    De Volkskrant

  • "Julian is a rising star in piano and composistion, always looking for ways to enrich his classical piano playing with jazz, pop and world music."

    De Telegraaf

COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS

Julian has been composing and arranging music for many kinds of instrumentations and in many styles of music. He composes all the music for his projects Caravan and Roundabout.

Julian also writes for other bands and ensembles. Among others the Netherlands Wind Ensemble (NBE), FUSE and Amsterdam Sinfonietta, for whom he wrote countless arrangements in different styles, ranging from classical, to world music and pop. His arrangement of Michael Nyman’s Knowing The Ropes was described by Nyman himself as “One of the best-ever arrangements of my music“.

Several of his compositions were played by the NBE at their famous annual New Year’s Concerts, broadcasted live on TV from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Important projects with the NBE include Fearful Symmetries, for which Julian made a new version of the great piece by John Adams, Rameau & the Greeks, his unique program in which he brought together and arranged music of the baroque composer with traditional music from Crete, and in 2020 The Unknown Chaplin, premiering two new compositions he made for films by the legendary comedian.

In 2018 Julian received the Grachtenfestival composition prize and the famous Dutch composer Theo Loevendie described him as “A truly gifted composer and pianist who adopts elements from pop, jazz and classical music in his own authentic and convincing way.“