Isabel van Gelder

It takes no more than a few seconds for Isabel van Gelder to sing her way into the auditory consciousness of anyone willing to listen. Don’t believe it? Yet this singer-songwriter from Amsterdam has already reached an international audience of millions with her effortless ease of voice and songwriting, and her keen sensitivity to minimalism, melody and arrangement. Not only on relevant platforms, where songs with the soulful drama of ‘Run’ (2024) or the folk-infused ‘My Silly Boy’ (2025) repeatedly feature in numerous curated playlists. With this year’s European tour, too, she makes it clear that, apart from the music, only one thing is more important to her: connecting with her audience. Isabel van Gelder lives for the creative process, for the rare opportunity to turn her inner life outwards and let others share in it.