Laetitia Gerards & Ramon van Engelenhoven

Laetitia Gerards (1993) started playing the cello at the age of five. At thirteen she was admitted to the Young Musicians Academy at the conservatory of Tilburg. During her musical theatre studies at the conservatory, Laetitia developed a passion for singing and performing on stage. In 2013 Laetitia decided to focus exclusively on classical singing and started her studies at the conservatory in Amsterdam with mezzo soprano Sasja Hunnego. In May 2016 Laetitia graduated for her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude. Currently Laetitia is studying with Magreet Honig.

Ramon van Engelenhoven (1995) began playing the piano at the age of six. In 2019, he obtained his master’s degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with the highest possible mark, a 10 out of 10, studying with Frank Peters and Jan Wijn. Currently he continues to study with Naum Grubert. He attended master classes with, among others, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Boris Berman, Paul Badura-Skoda, Leslie Howard, Alexandre Tharaud, Enrico Pace and Michael Voskresensky.