Bart de Graaf (1983) obtained master degrees in piano, musicology and music theory. In the field of music theory he has a particular interest in analysis and its connections to music history and musical performance. He graduated cum laude from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with a thesis on this subject, entitled Performing Music Theory.

Bart teaches music history at the Conservatory of Maastricht and is a programmer at the Toonzaal in ’s-Hertogenbosch. Additionally he performs as a pianist and writes and presents programme notes for various concert halls and orchestras, such as the Concertgebouw on Amsterdam and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. This season he will give presentations at symposia of the Dutch Society for Music Theory and the Institut für Musikwissenschaft in Berlin.