Wouter Dewit releases "Everything Simply Began"

moments after completing his latest work - Wouter Dewit had to let go of nearly everything. The album Hold marked the end of a trilogy that began with Still (2017) and Here (2019). A single fifty-minute composition, the piece had taken almost five years to complete - worked on on and off, in between composing for film and releasing two solo EPs. It was meant to be his magnum opus.

Hold was released in March 2025, but the accompanying release shows were cancelled. Ironically, Wouter Dewit had to let go of Hold itself. Unmanaged fear and a destructive desire to control - long believed to be sources of creativity - along with personal turmoil, shifted everything. Music didn’t become a place of refuge in the darkest of times. Dewit didn’t touch the piano for months.

Slowly recovering, he began playing again in October 2025, searching for different sources of inspiration. Where Hold represented the culmination of composition, with expansive string arrangements and electronics, what emerged now was a simple melody.

He reached out to Pieter Van Dessel (Marble Sounds), who accepted the invitation to produce, gathered his musicians, and began making plans to return to the stage. This March marks the release of Everything Simply Began. Live, Wouter Dewit will—after nearly six years—perform with strings again, revisiting the entire trilogy and beyond.

Wouter Dewit Live

• March 20: Premiere - Church of Aldeneyck - Maaseik
• March 27: Klara Festival - Flagey - Brussels (sold out)
• March 28: Piano Day Festival - CCHA - Hasselt
• March 29: AMOR - Roma - Antwerp (sold out)

More about Wouter Dewit

With his neoclassical and minimalist piano compositions, Wouter Dewit has long been recognized alongside celebrated names like Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, and Joep Beving. When in 2017 his song 'La durée' got picked up by the Spotify playlist 'Peaceful Piano', the Limburg composer saw his popularity rise exponentially. With nearly 21 million Spotify streams to his name today, making him one of the most streamed Belgian artists.