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riega Pieter 33
Music - Musician and Artist - United Kingdom
In 2013 Pieter from the UK had a haemorrhagic stroke losing mobility in his
right side. He wrote a book in hospital and was desperate to get back to paint-
ing, but his arm didn’t do what it used to. Despite this, he contributed a self-
portrait to the WSO Stroke Art 2014. He was given the UK Stroke Association
Life After Stroke Award for Creative Arts in 2014 .
“If you want to do creative things then inevitably you’re going to want to recov-
er. I wanted to communicate in so many different ways before the stroke and
it is my contention that the best way to demonstrate to stroke survivors that
they can recover from this horrible brain injury is to compete in the real world
and not just operate in the world of stroke support..”
Apart from the music, Pieter appears in Arts Fringe shows performing a
mixture of his songs and stories. In July 2016 he was awarded the best small
ensemble performance at Buxton Fringe.
This year he produced an album of relaxing music ‘Clouds’ that takes you on
a soothing journey around the world under different skies. It is a CD which is
available on Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/Clouds-Egriega/dp/B01BCUOTWQ
It has been chosen as background music to this Hobbies Exhibition 2016 to be
enjoyed by stroke survivors around the world.
Music - Musician and Artist - United Kingdom
In 2013 Pieter from the UK had a haemorrhagic stroke losing mobility in his
right side. He wrote a book in hospital and was desperate to get back to paint-
ing, but his arm didn’t do what it used to. Despite this, he contributed a self-
portrait to the WSO Stroke Art 2014. He was given the UK Stroke Association
Life After Stroke Award for Creative Arts in 2014 .
“If you want to do creative things then inevitably you’re going to want to recov-
er. I wanted to communicate in so many different ways before the stroke and
it is my contention that the best way to demonstrate to stroke survivors that
they can recover from this horrible brain injury is to compete in the real world
and not just operate in the world of stroke support..”
Apart from the music, Pieter appears in Arts Fringe shows performing a
mixture of his songs and stories. In July 2016 he was awarded the best small
ensemble performance at Buxton Fringe.
This year he produced an album of relaxing music ‘Clouds’ that takes you on
a soothing journey around the world under different skies. It is a CD which is
available on Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/Clouds-Egriega/dp/B01BCUOTWQ
It has been chosen as background music to this Hobbies Exhibition 2016 to be
enjoyed by stroke survivors around the world.
