Tjako van Schie (born April 17, 1961 in Coevorden) is a Dutch pianist and composer. He is a répétiteur at the Amsterdam Conservatory.^[1]

Since 1999 Van Schie has been working as a host professor at the conservatory of Porto (Portugal).^[2] In 2001 he toured the People's Republic of China.^[3][4][5] In the same year he toured in the Netherlands and in Portugal with the Orquestra Portuguesa de Saxofones, also known as Vento do Norte.^[6]

Van Schie also composes music^{[7][8][9][10]} as well as rearranges music.^[11][12] He wrote music for all kinds of musical ensembles, as well as rewritten old music. For example: he rewrote compositions of Robert Schumann to be performed by piano and saxophone ensemble.

In 2012 he played the piano for singer and soap actress Jette van der Meij.^[13]

Van Schie was educated at the Zwolle conservatory, after which he attended several master classes, among others at the New York pianist Jacob Lateiner.

• CD: The Goldberg Variations BWV 988 of Johann Sebastian Bach (1991)^[14]
• "Koninginnedagconcert" – CMK, with The Coevorder Mannenkoor (1991)
• "Overijssel Zingt" (double cd) – MIRASOUND, with various Overijssel choirs (1993)
• CD: Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt (The silent night is filled with stars) – Yiddish music from the ghetto's and concentration camps, 1995, EMI, newly re-edited by EMI in 2005: Tjako van Schie – piano & Adriaan Stoet – violin
• CD: Water bron van leven, 1998, compositions for piano by different composers about the 'water theme', with 4 compositions of his own and a piano solo version of Bedřich Smetana's The Moldau from Má Vlast
• "Akoestisch signaal" – MIRASOUND, with the Dutch Police Choir of Drenthe (1996)
• "Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt" – EMI, re-edition (2005)
• "Die Geigen, ja die Geigen!" – GILL/Sony, various composers (Adriaan Stoet-violin & Tjako van Schie-piano) (2008)
• "A Bag of Music" – Saxunlimited, 3 cd box (cd 1: "Vocalise", cd 2: "Petite Fleur", cd 3: "Wonderful World") with bariton saxophone player Henk van Twillert (2011)