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 player his style is easily identifiable and personal. He has a firm grasp on the jazz tradition, a consequence of a fiery love and admiration for bebop and pianist Bud Powell, who remains an example to this day. Nevertheless his range is as broad as his taste in music, ranging from jazz, to pop and classical music. 

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.