Reinier van Houdt is a pianist and composer based in Rotterdam. He studied piano at the Liszt Akademie in Budapest and The Royal Conservatory in The Hague but he describes his work more as a wide-ranging musical practice that includes not just piano playing, but also composition, experiments with field recordings and electronics, collaboration, and constant study. His repertoire includes a broad range of works created in numerous collaborations with composers, but his main interest is in matters that escape notation and composition.

Aside from his own music he premiered music by Robert Ashley, Alvin Curran, Kaikhosru Sorabji, Francisco López, Christian Marclay, Charlemagne Palestine, Petra Strahovnik, Maria de Alvear, Jerry Hunt, Michael Pisaro, Walter Marchetti, Jürg Frey, Nomi Epstein, Lucie Nezri. He has also worked with Annea Lockwood, John Cage, Alvin Lucier, Luc Ferrari, Peter Ablinger.

Reinier van Houdt plays in David Tibet’s Current 93, where he worked Nick Cave, John Zorn, Anohni, Jack Barnett. He also plays with Ensemble Modelo62, Scordatura and is one of the moving forces behind the experimental music collective MAZE.

He performed in such diverse venues as The Roulette & the Issue Project Room in New York, Colegio Ildefonso Mexico City, Café Oto & Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, DOM in Moscow, Setagaya Gallery Tokyo, Paradiso Amsterdam, Apollohuis Eindhoven, the New Library in Alexandria Egypt, REDCAT & the Wulf in Los Angeles, Mills College Oakland, Non Event Boston, Kuryokhin Center in St Petersburg, Trafo Budapest, Nuits Nomadiques in Paris, Brut in Wien, HAU and Volksbühne in Berlin, Empty Gallery Hong Kong, Tramway Glasgow and Klangraum Düsseldorf. Appearances in festivals CTM Berlin, Meltdown London, Angelica Bologna, Holland Festival, HCMF, Incubate Tilburg, UNSOUND Poland, Primavera Barcelona, November Music Den Bosch,  Riverrun Albi, Venezia Biennale, Musique Action Nancy. Moers Festival

He won an award at Ars Electronica Linz 2012 with Francisco López, the Prix Europe 2015 with the Andcompany&Co and the first prize at Videoex 2019 with film maker Takashi Makino.