Verwey returns to the NPO Klassiek podcast Keihard Klassiek, this time taking over the night session with host Jan van Poppel. For nearly an hour, he performed piano compositions, including songs from his new album Contour, while also sharing the heartfelt story behind his song "Fledgling."

Challem's European tour began with sold-out performances in Borines, Spain, and Sainte Livrade, France, both praised for their intimate and immersive atmosphere. Returning to the Netherlands, Challem delivered additional sold-out shows in Utrecht, Rotterdam, and Eindhoven, where audiences highlighted the excellent acoustics and his engaging stage presence. The tour continues with upcoming performances in Antwerp, Groningen, Mortagne-sur-Gironde, and Gijón. Additionally, Challem has released a new live album, Live At The Concertgebouw, featuring 12 tracks from his previous work, recorded live.

Guy Van Nueten’s new album, Decent Music, has been featured in the Crescendo playlist on Amazon Music. The album has also received positive attention from 'Het Nieuwsblad', highlighting tracks like The Reveal and Maurice viginte tres.

A milestone for Télès Music as a label: the label's original playlist, containing only releases on the Télès Music roster, was published by IDAGIO, a streaming platform specialized in classical music. The playlist has Erik Verwey's neoclassical solo-project 'Verwey' on the cover.

'About A Home' by the Erik Verwey Trio and Hermine Deurloo was met with great reviews by music platforms (Jazzradar.com, Jazzflits, Scott Yanow) as well as big media in the Netherlands (Nederlands Dagblad, Trouw) , being labelled 'a milestone in the career of both musicians'.

After being named one of Tidal's Classical Artist To Watch in 2023, Challem is featured on the cover of Tidal's playlist 'Piano Studio'. This marks the release of his highly anticipated debut album 'The Road'.

In the third season of the podcast, NPO Klassiek's 'Keihard Klassiek' featured Erik Verwey as a guest. They talked about classical music, his collaboration with harmonica-player Hermine Deurloo as well as his own experiences in life and music.

Luna receiving cross channel support with new single "And Flies Away", which has been added to multiple playlist across Apple Music, Spotify and others! The new single can be found in Piano Chill on Apple Music and Reading Soundtrack on Spotify, among others! This is the start of a new release-streak for the year 2024.

Christmas season came and went, but not without some Christmas releases by Teles Music! One of those even made it into the Christmas Piano Playlist on Amazon Music! God Rest Your Merry, Gentlemen by Bettiol was added to this wonderful Christmas playlist.

Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: |||. Largo by Simon and Daan has been added to Melanchony Strings on Apple Music!

Ruben Gerards was invited to be a guest on the podcast Keihard Klassiek, where he performed a few songs and talked about his passions and work. The podcast can also be watched with video images.

'Root Of The Matter' by Roelofs has been added to Spotify's 'Good morning Jazz' playlist!

On October 20th 'Wail' by Challem was released, and not only did the song reach the playlist 'Calm & Focused', Challem is also the face on the cover! This was not the only exciting thing happening that day, Challem also announced that his album that is coming out next year will have its own release show on March 16th at Concert Gebouw.

Manolo by Luna has entered the Apple Music Classical Chart. It debuted there on spot twelve. This is a wonderful accomplishment for the French choreographer and musician.

A piece by Mina Amare has been added to the playlist Piano Chill on Apple Music. 'Fourth' has taken the tenth place in the playlist. Later on in the playlist 'The Last One' also makes an appearance.

Bettiol has not only reached a big playlist on Amazon Music, she also made the cover of it! This of course is an huge achievement.

Erik Verwey and Hermine Deurloo were guests on NPO Klassiek, where they played they newest single "Mothers Lament".

Daan Oostdam, a pianist, and Simon Velthuis, a cellist, were guests on the show 'Live met Dieuwertje' on NPO Klassiek. Here they performed a piece of Ernest Bloch en Sergej Rachmaninov, Sonate for cello and piano.

Challem had the amazing opportunity to play during Concertgebouw OPEN on the second of September. During Concertgebouw OPEN, guests can just wander around the building, while listening to the many artists performing, of which one was Challem. He was enchanting visitors with his piano in the Spiegelzaal.

The single of Jazz-trio Nuvole was met with great support by Spotify, featuring in two major editorial playlists: Good Morning Jazz and Jazz Relax.

While appearing as guest on Dutch national programme De Muzikekfakbriek (NPO Klassiek), Challem performed his own tasteful rendition of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. He translated the classic composition into a modern, neoclassical piece. Picture source: AVROTROS

After having a break-through start of 2023, gaining traction on major streaming platforms, Challem was rewarded with a feature on TIDAL. The streaming platform labelled Challem as a promising artist to watch in 2023. His potential as a neoclassical pianist and composer was recognized and he was featured in TIDAL's playlist 'Classical: Artists to Watch 2023'.

After gaining traction on his debut-single 'Forest Snow' Ruben Gerards featured on 'Podium' on NPO Radio 1. He was interviewed and played his pieces 'Forest Snow' and 'Antwerp'.

Piano talent Challem could become 'the new Joep Beving', according to Radio 1. He was invited to the studio to talk about his new EP Aparigraha, but also delves into stories about cycling to concerts and his girlfriend Sanne.

After the release of Aparigraha with the singles Settle & Sanne (4 million streams), the Dutch pianist reaches a large audience again with his follow-up EP's Santosha and Far & Well. His single Decor was streamed across platforms no less than 5 million times. With over 200 thousand listeners per month on Spotify, Challem is slowly starting to build his fan base here as well.