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KOS: Zien Ruiken Horen Voelen

Dennis Korn, Martèn LeGrand en Lisette van de Pavoordt
Geniet van rustgevende pianomuziek in combinatie met een natuurervaring in de vorm van beelden, geuren en geluid.
Thu 2 Oct 2025 and Fri 3 Oct 2025
Thu 2 Oct 2025
and
Fri 3 Oct 2025

De zorgen van de dag smelten weg, je hart kalmeert. "Kos" brengt je tot rust, aan de rand van een denkbeeldig bos of meertje.

In het Noors betekent "kos" 'gezelligheid' of 'warmte', vaak in de context van een aangename sfeer, comfort, en het genieten van elkaars gezelschap. Het lijkt een beetje op Nederlandse "gezelligheid", het Engelse "cosy" of het Deense "hygge". Het woord wordt gebruikt om momenten te beschrijven waarbij mensen zich ontspannen en goed voelen, bijvoorbeeld samen met vrienden of familie genieten van een warme en gemoedelijke sfeer. 

Bij de concerten van 'Kos - The Scent Of Calm' kan men genieten van rustgevende pianomuziek in combinatie met een multidimensionale natuurervaring in de vorm van beelden, geuren en geluid. 

Seizoenen

De zorgen van de dag smelten weg, je hart kalmeert. "Kos" brengt je tot rust, aan de rand van een denkbeeldig bos of meertje. De fluisterende klanken vermengen zich met de aangename geur van het seizoen, bijvoorbeeld Lanvendel. Diepe kalmte met op het eind een glimlach. Mooie momenten om nog lang te delen met anderen. De rust vinden.

Martèn LeGrand 
Martèn LeGrand is the stage name of Dutch musician and pianist Maarten de Groot, born January 4, 1963.

After Martèn completed his degree at the Rotterdam Conservatory as a Hammond organist and music performance major in 1983, he began his career as a record producer for well-known international artists and bands such as Samantha Fox and Susan Snyder. Best known for her role in the soap opera As The World Turns, Martèn produced Snyder’s solo singles, also used in the popular serial drama as background music. By the same token, Martèn produced the Socaboy's hit song Follow The Leader, which became a number-one single in the Netherlands, topped the charts in the United States, South America and other European countries, and continues to be well played around the world today. Around this same period, Martèn also worked as a demonstrator and pioneer in the field of synthesizers at Roland Japan, based in Belgium.

In the decade to follow Martèn LeGrand composed and produced music for television and the film industry. He worked, among others, for the Dutch Broadcast Foundation (NOS) and the Dutch Evangelical Broadcasting association (EO), for whom he produced and composed a large range of music, including intros and performances for live television events. Martèn also played piano in a variety of bands, including East Coast, Time and Beethoven, and collaborated on various theatrical productions with singers Liesbeth List and Sandra van Megen – the last of which went on to accompany him at the Alliance Concours Française where they were awarded first place.  

Around the turn of the century Martèn founded his own music studio, where he continues to work to this day. Free to determine his own schedule, Martèn’s newfound self-employment allowed him to finally integrate his other life passion: world travel. Filled with new insights and inspiration from his journeys abroad, Martèn reinvented himself as “the traveling pianist” and has since gone on to compose a wide variety of new work.

 Saskatchewan, his solo debut album, was the first in a range of several released and upcoming piano albums. Inspired by his surroundings, Martèn named his debut album after the Canadian region of Saskatchewan, where he found himself enchanted by, among others, a small-town cathedral and the incredible natural world. A number of the tracks on his new album, songs such as Nipawin, Pinehouse and Beauval, are named after places where Martèn played while traveling. Martèn LeGrand strives to take his listeners on a journey, transporting them to beautiful and serene locations by way of his melodic compositions.