Maarten Voortman has been playing piano since as long as he can remember. After getting his bachelor degree at ArtEZ Arnhem, he graduated cum laude as Master of Music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, a long cherished dream.

As a pianist his style is adventurous, melodic and deeply personal. He has a firm grasp on the jazz repertoire, a result of dedicated practice of the bebop tradition and a fiery admiration for piano titans such as Bud Powell and Wynton Kelly. In recent years, he's ventured into more modern sounds and expressions that suit his own personal projects, the latest being Haas, a musical project describing his experience with burn-out.

In the past few years he's made a name for himself in the city of Amsterdam, being a regular on the scene and a sought after pianist. He's a regular player at Cafe Alto, the Ten Club, Freddy's Bar and Hotel the l'Europe, and a member of Rob van der Wouw's Quartet, with Erik Kohl and Simon Osuna on the rhythm section.

Together with actress and writer Frederique Arnold, he has written the music for her performance De Lijst, an impressive monologue about the part women played in the resistance in the second world war.  

Maarten went on tour with the Tijn Trommelen Quintet to Asia and stayed at the Hong Kong Carlyle club for a one-month residency.