14-05-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com

From kitchen composer to Spotify star - Dutch pianist hits big time

Joep Beving put his album online for funA Dutch amateur musician has given up his day job after seeing his self-released recordings streamed online more than 85 million times. Composer and pianist Joep Beving, 41, has become a one-man recording phenomenon, and will give his first concert in Britain this week after a breakthrough into the big time.Beving, who lives in Amsterdam, performed and recorded his “mood music” album, Solipsism, for the enjoyment of his family. Then, partly for
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