Welcome to the website of Dutch pianist Oliver Franks who works and lives in Sweden.
Oliver Tom Franks (2000) is a Dutch-British pianist from Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Having been educated as a teenager at the specialist Purcell School of Music in London, Oliver went on to combine his pianistic studies with a degree in Arabic and Classics at the University of Oxford, spending time in Tunisia, Lebanon and France.
In 2022, he left university in order to devote himself entirely to his work. He has given concerts in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, France and Switzerland, being praised by media as “a young pianist not to be missed” after his French début.
He leads an active life as a musician and receives occasional mentoring from professor Jianing Kong (Royal College of Music, London).
Oliver lives in the Swedish countryside where he enjoys the peaceful surroundings, working in the garden and walks in the forest with his wife, Margot.
2025/26 concert programme, with possible variations:
BACH Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989
MOZART Sonata in B-flat major, K 281
SCHUBERT Sonata in A minor, D 784
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BRAHMS Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79
SCHUMANN Papillons, Op. 2
BACH Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge, BWV 903