Since the day the clavichord came into my life, it paved a way to a future full of possibilities. About a 100 concerts followed after that first one in Sint-Truiden and a lot of milestones were accomplished since. With in our personal life, the birth of our beautiful second daughter on October 6, 2011: Evelien Winters.
On the professional side, 2012 was an important year, the year that the name Authentic Sound was created. I believed that the clavichord, an instrument that was important throughout the 18th century, could use some extra help in today’s concert and recording scene. The word ‘Sound’ reflects the sound of the clavichord, the word ‘Authentic’ tied into its voice, which authentic in every meaning of the word.
The name Authentic Sound, also led to another exciting project in 2014: the Authentic Sound YouTube channel. I created the channel because I wanted to share my ongoing journey as a classical musician. A platform where I could share my passion for musicology research, mastering the technique, with the never fulfilled wish to come as closer as possible to the composer’s intention. It has been a challenge creating these videos, but also a pleasure to be able to do this with my wife and two beautiful daugthers, who regularly appear in the YouTube videos.
Having a channel on YouTube, definitely has its challenges! With some ups-and-downs we eventually managed to create an interesting platform where I can share my journey and create a network with an international audience. It is very exciting to see that our channel counts more than 12,000 subscribers, already has 600 videos and an average reach of 130,000 people a month!
I am on this journey and intend not to stop it at all! Having the support of my family and people who are cooperating to let Authentic Sound grow, is very inspiring. The future seems bright, with a first release of our vinyl record of Johann Pachelbel. Authentic Sound will be named for other projects in the future, other vinyl releases, publication of scores, or even a Authentic Sound radio, who knows what might happen. In the end, it’s a very bright future…