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Flanders Arts Institute CONTENTS

BELGIUM PART 1 THE ARTISTS

14 ENSEMBLES & ORCHESTRAS SINGERS 40 • Sopranos & mezzo-sopranos 50 • Altos & countertenors 53 • Tenors 56 • Baritones & basses INSTRUMENTALISTS 60 • Keyboard instruments 76 • String instruments 90 • Wind instruments

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STRUCTURES ORGANISATIONS AND PART • • • • • INSTRUMENT MAKERS RECORD COMPANIES PUBLISHERS BOOKING AGENCIES ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS MEDIA • • • • MUSIC EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES DOCUMENTATION CENTRES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, • • • CONCERT ORGANISATIONS instrument building Apprenticeships Wind instruments Traditional instruments String instruments instruments Keyboard Other Universities Postgraduate Education Conservatories Festival associations Festivals halls concert & centres Arts 2

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CONTEXT EARLY MUSICINBELGIUM FURTHER READINGON • • • CULTURAL POLICY ABOUT PART East Belgium Federation Wallonia-Brussels Flanders 3

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7 Marnix De Cat Philippe Malfeyt graindelavoix © Koen Broos a nocte temporis Mezzaluna © Adrian Brown Sofie Vanden Eynde PART 1

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The New Baroque Times Ratas del viejo Mundo © Tomas Vandecasteele Tom Devaere © Björn Comhaire Annelies Van Gramberen © Dirk Van de Velde La Hispanoflamenca Toshiyuki Shibata © Ayane Shindo B'Rock © Mirjam Devriendt Floris De Rycker Rycker De Floris Torna Zefiro © Denial Sefer ©Denial © Joris Casaer © Joris

Romina Lischka Lischka Romina © Marisa Vranjes © Marisa

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15 ensembles & orchestras 16 Soprano Lieselot DeWilde and means beautifulsong. Bel Ayre century -21st Renaissance Vocal-instrumental Bel Ayre www.bachplus.be [email protected] +32 476305921  Naessens, Bart — CDs. three released BachPlus has predecessors. with that contemporaries of or Bach, flanked and confronted on the Johann workof Sebastian focus Their programmes abroad. and inFlanders and elsewhere and Aardenburg, Bruges, Aalst seriesin at concert Flanders, Bruges, AMUZ,Ghent Festival of at Concertgebouw performed Naessens. BachPlus has Bart by BachPlus wasfounded in2010 ensemble The Baroque Label Baroque Vocal-instrumental BachPlus Yann Olivier, www.ensemble-ausonia.org [email protected] Frédérick Haas, — programme. the to that varies according artists of ateam by surrounded and MiraGlodeanu (violin), (doublebass) James Munro Frédérick Haas(harpsichord), of Ausonia hasconsisted Since 2001, music. Baroque of tradition rediscovered recently andtradition the Nohtheatre of secular thebetween unbroken, Evil Penguin Classic Etcetera Records, Records, Etcetera agent artistic direction artistic artistic direction artistic Renaissance - 21st century -21st Renaissance Vocal-instrumental B-Five www.belayre.com [email protected] +32 485144203 — deSingel. at Palace and Klara in the Royal the yearly concert Vlaanderen, Festival of on the stages van wasperformed song project Lithuania. The Neapolitan the Netherlands, France and inBelgium, gaveconcerts Ayre Bel music and avant-garde. Arab chanson, music, Jewish French early music, jazz, music, classical by music isinspired Their theof songrepertoire. uniqueinterpretations for songsand own searches its The ensemblewrites meet. worlds musical their different seehow theycouldmake to VerhelstPeter curious were and composer guitarist jazz – Consort album their most recent recorded B-Five years. theof lastten CDs one the of bestrecorder Klassik Heuteas described by ofDowlandwas CD Insearch Klara Festival inBrussels.Their and the Antigua Winterthur Festival,Renaissance Musica Musik Zürich, Wittenberger MA Festival, Festival Alte Fränkischer Sommer Nürnberg, AMUZ, BOZAR,NDRHamburg, of has beenonthe stages them.composed for B-Five music contemporary performs alsooften soul. The group B-Five’s of at the heart artistic musicis consort Renaissance Label CovielloClassics repertoire that covers no less that covers repertoire a of performances in its approach and arefreshing innovation strives for B’Rock Bisschop and Hendrik Storme. player Tom Tomas Devaere, doublebass Frank Agsteribbe, in Ghent harpsichordist by wasfounded in2005 B’Rock Label -21th century Baroque Instrumental B’Rock www.boxbaroque.com +32 485451171  Theuns, Pieter — audiences. and building bridgesbetween newsounds genre-bending scene, creating the indie rock from artists of with avariety They collaborate sackbut. and viola dagamba, cornetto as harpsichord, tripleharp, such on early instruments some specialists gathers Theuns, B.O.Xplayer Pieter and theorbo lute in 2010by Foundedcollective creation. band on focusing Baroque B.O.X isan Antwerp-based Label Indie,Baroque, Pop, Electronics Instrumental Orchestration X) B.O.X (Baroque www.b-five.eu [email protected] +32 496530429 — Sunhae Im. music andsongswithsoprano Klassik, PENTATONEKlassik, Etcetera Records, Archiv, BR Records, Etcetera 4AD 62TVRecords, artistic direction artistic remained undiscovered. remained has thatfeeling wrongly often a inmusic, and drama present intrinsicthe of feeling theatre giving the listener/spectator the ensemble’s hallmark of upinnoscaling waydiminishes Di Gioiaisexpanded. Butthis the basicline-up Capriola of Mater. For larger orchestrations, Pergolesi’s of recording Stabat 2020theymadespring of aCD 17th and 18thcenturies. Inthe the musicfrom forgotten) (often of performances small-scale Di Gioiaensemblein2007for Dieltiens founded Capriola Naessens and soprano Amaryllis Bart harpsichordist/organist repertoire, the (post-)Baroque passionfor ashared Driven by Label Baroque Vocal-instrumental Capriola DiGioia www.b-rock.org [email protected] +32 93358797 Thiesen, Aglaja — world. the musicand theatre from withpersonalities collaborates commissions new workand also Theforms. orchestra musicandbetween other art dialogue afascinating create that inprojects takes part often and colour’. Orchestra B’Rock ‘exude theatre to sound issaid the period.to Their specific adapted are the instruments centuriesthan four music; of [email protected] [email protected] — Classic, Aeolus Classic, EPR-Classic, EvilPenguin EPR-Classic, artistic direction artistic

17 ensembles & orchestras 18 +32 495209071 +32 81711502 [email protected] CAV&MA:direction Jean-Marie Marchal, chambre www.cavema.be/en/choeur-de- direction artistic  Alarcón, García Leonardo — composer Michel Fourgon. thea newworkby Belgian Ithasalsocreated and Rameau. Handel,Veneziano, Arcadelt, compositions Lully, of are and repertory concert On its and SouthAmerica. Europe in2017throughout performed in Liège.Monteverdi’s was Orfeo at deWallonie, the OpéraRoyal Purcell’s of cast DidoandAeneas , and in2017wasthe at the Paris production stage first inits part Namurof took In 2016,the Chamber Choir Alarcón. García Leonardo to Choir Namur of wasentrusted the of Chamber direction In2010,the artistic repertoire. the choral worksfrom great on whilealsotaking Grétry, Fiocco,Gossec, Du Mont, Lassus,Rogier,works by Hayne, of and recordings concerts originthrough of region its of the heritage musical promoted Chamber Choir Namur of has in 1987,the creation Since its Label century -21st Ages Middle Vocal de Namur Chœur deChambre Ambronay Records, Cypres Christophorus, Alpha, Ricercar, Aparté, Alpha,Ricercar, Aparté,

+32 479446746 [email protected]  Stijn Jacobs, +32 475524927 www.thomasbaete.be [email protected] Thomas Baeté, — was internationally acclaimed. madrigals Paolo by daFirenze and ballate featuring unedited CD and BOZAR.Their first Brugge, AMUZ Concertgebouw Ribeauvillé and playedin Festival deMusiqueAncienne Tage MusikRegensburg, Alter Utrecht Festival OudeMuziek, Antwerp’s LausPolyphoniae, such infestivals as performed has ClubMediéval performance. achieve aheartfelt to in order accuracy historical strives for ClubMediéval life. back to and politics symbols,poetry of world bringing thisfascinating and about the MiddleAges, late aboutthepassionate musicof player Thomas Baeté, is ClubMediéval, fiddle ledby Label Ages Middle Vocal-instrumental ClubMediéval one of the first ensembles to ensembles one the of first They were Ghent. of University friends of studyingat the group Herreweghe’s initiative a by founded in1970onPhilippe Collegium Vocale Gent was Label century -21st Renaissance Vocal /Vocal-instrumental Collegium Vocale Gent Pentatone Musique enWallonie, Accent, France-Classics, Musique,Ricercar, Classics, Classics, MusicaFicta HarmoniaMundiFrance, Virgin φ (PHI), Alpha Classics, Glor- (PHI),AlphaClassics, management artistic direction artistic Label century 20st -Baroque, Renaissance Vocal /Vocal-instrumental Currende www.collegiumvocale.com [email protected] +32 92659050 direction artistic  , — label φ(phi). hisown started Herreweghe labels. In2010,Philippe France and Virgin Classics them withthe most of than 100recordings, discography more of impressive Vocale Gent hasbuiltupan Collegium repertoires. oratorio modern and contemporary specializing inthe romantic, also they are and Baroque, periods. BesidesRenaissance stylistic range different of encompasses a repertoire ensemble whose wide aflexible into organically Vocale Gent hasgrown Collegium years, In recent Senesi inTuscany, Italy. CollegiumVocalefestival Crete summer own ensemble runsits and Australia.Since 2017the Russia, SouthAmerica, Asia States, the United Europe, of venues and musicfestivals at the majorconcert perform and worldfame would acquire sound withwhichtransparent it approach gave the ensemble the andoriented rhetorical text- Their authentic, music. practice invocal performance use new ideasaboutBaroque Klara, Telarc, TheSound ofFlanders Eufoda, Cantus, MusiqueenWallonie, Etcetera Records, Accent, Accent, Records, Etcetera

www.currende.be [email protected] +32 93245154 Erik Van Nevel, — international praise. received and Rebelo Joãoof Lourenço Their recordings reviews. press excellent whichof received several than fiftyCDs, more of discography has an extensive Armonico. Currende Giardino and Il 91Amsterdam Concerto Köln, Bande, Concerto Petite Brugge,La with AnimaEterna internationally and collaborated language. The ensembletoured and pulous attention text for and scru- transparency, vitality marked by are performances Handel and Bach. Currende’s to Schütz and Monteverdi from the musicof Baroque, performs equal enthusiasm, Currende With and originalprogramming. sophisticated through heritage thisvaluable ony and revives Franco-Flemishcates polyph- Van Nevel. The ensembleadvo- Erik singerandby conductor wasfoundedin1974 Currende es. They work around specific es. They work around - approach andstyles different in musical awide variety ing for the ensembleisseek programs, Brussels. Inits of Conservatory pus Lemmens and the Royal - cam LUCA School Arts of Coenat the studied withBart members founded in2020;its quartet, a Belgian recorder is The DelleDonne Consort century 21st -Baroque, Renaissance Instrumental Delle Donne Consort artistic direction direction artistic -

19 ensembles & orchestras 20 Brahms. With clarinettist Mendelssohn and Schubert, worksby 19th-century later has alsobeenexploring Quartet Since 2014, Edding the public. and enthusiasm the by press withgreat received CDs were Both Mozart’s clarinet quintet. included Wolfgang Amadeus clarinettist NicolaBoudthat with asecondby CDrecording 2008.Itwasfollowed September in was released string quartets CD withJosephHaydn'slate and Afirst honest approach. basedonan open instruments, onperiod repertoire romantic the classical and early perform founded in2007to was The EddingQuartet Label Classicism Instrumental Edding Quartet www.delledonneconsort.be [email protected] +32 474557437 Lieve DeSadeleer — music. women inprofessional of the role revolutionized the of time, and composers Ferrara, to prestige inspired ornamented singingbrought Ferrara, whose florid, highly of court at the Renaissance singers female virtuoso of group delledonne, a the concerto The group’s name derivesfrom musicand electronics. porary experiment to - withcontem love but they also music, Baroque and practice Renaissance of informed performance torically inthe his- well-versed are bers composer. The quartet’s mem- themes onaspecific orfocus Etcetera Records Etcetera Bolivia, Mexicoand Russia. Israel, Italy, Spain,Poland, as inthe Netherlands, France, inBelgiumaswell performed Wilder.and Zachary Clematis PaulinBündgen, as JulieRoset, such withsoloists collaborates it For programmes vocal its Bach. to the early 17thcentury from music, and instrumental onGerman sacred also focuses It and GiovanniLegrenzi. Vitali, and TomasoBattista Antonio Carlomusic of Farina, Giovanni Brice Sailly. Clematis recorded Failly and harpsichordist by Stéphanie de by is directed theof 17thcentury. Clematis on the lesser-known repertoire the intention concentrating of founded Clematis in2001with The violinistStéphanie deFailly Label Baroque Vocal-instrumental Ensemble Clematis [email protected] — Vodenitcharov. Alain Planès and Boyan Chamayou, Bertrand pianists with has alsoperformed Major D. 803.The quartet Franz Schubert’s inF Octet –alsorecorded Northernlight – under the ensemblename Damien Guffroy, the quartet Chedmail and doublebassist hornist Nicolas Debordes, Nicola Boud, bassoonist Julien +32 49620 5742 [email protected] Jérôme Lejeune, www.clematis-ensemble.be direction artistic Stéphanie deFailly &BriceSailly, — Musica Ficta, Ricercar MusicaFicta, administrator

‘Klara inhet Paleis 2008and Zeeland. The ensembleplayed Kultursommer, MuziekPodium Divina, Cloppenburger Musica Festival,such asFlanders playinfestivals to was invited way.a historical The EUBC musicin Baroque interpret thisflexibleensemble of and members and musicians are soloists singers, Professional in2007. Rodyns leader Bart artistic by was established Consort Baroque The Euterpe Label Renaissance - Baroque Vocal / instrumental Consort Baroque Euterpe www.ensembleisabella.com [email protected] +32 474681475 Marie Verstraete — Switzerland. basedinBasel, they are today the Trossingen Conservatory; of medieval musicdepartment layinthe Isabella’s roots five members. to three from the ensemblevaries program, Depending onthe the music. and behind culturalcontext the historical a window to open designed to carefully are Programs research. own on its practice performance bases its and and recorders) organetto, (harps, vielle, instruments voicesand of varied palette ina thisrepertory presents Isabella music. Renaissance aboutmedieval andpassionate is Ensemble Isabella -Renaissance Ages Middle Vocal-instrumental Ensemble Isabella Mixtuur Michael Haydn,and Christoph family, Johann LudwigBach, the Scarlatti von Herzogenberg, Handel, Heinrich Monteverdi, featuring Telemann, worksby since, CDs haveappeared Telemann’s DerTod Jesu.Several of acclaimed performance d’Ulisse and an internationally with Monteverdi’s IlRitorno inthe Flemishopera production aswellanoted out, stands aScarlatti project highlights and Among oratorio. the cantata, the the worldof motet, choir –ExTempore explores chamber soloto gamut from the whole – ranging across period. Withvariable strength the Baroque known worksfrom lesser- of the performance activities target and recording today.1600 to The concert musicfrom onvocal focuses Florian Heyerick1989 by and Ex Tempore wasfoundedin Label century -21st Baroque Vocal /Vocal-instrumental Ex Tempore www.eubc.be [email protected] [email protected]  Rodyns, Bart — Corrette. Handel by and concertos organ features CD Their first Tawfiq withCappella Pratensis. Hawar by Mater a newStabat and they created Bruxellensis Missa 23-part Biber’s performed the Flemishclassical radio they 2009’, For bothlivebroadcasted. Hyperion, Etcetera Records Hyperion, Etcetera Production, Grammophon, Etoile Archiv, L’Oiseau-Lyre, Deutsche Ricercar, CPO, Vox Temporis, artistic direction artistic

21 ensembles & orchestras 22 also interested inexploring also interested is Simultaneously, the group the violadagamba. around centered repertory Baroque and Renaissance to dedicated Lischka in2012and Romina by wasformed The Hathor Consort Label Music, World Music Modern -Baroque, Renaissance Instrumental Hathor Consort +32 493180126 [email protected] Katrijn Degans, www.graindelavoix.be [email protected] Björn Schmelzer,  — the present. place, inthe pastaswellin the thingoutof in the throat, The grainisthe bone trends. of current erupting the flow inabottle, past asamessage Schmelzer, workingwiththe Björn by ensemble, directed Antwerp-based musicand art Label 21st century Traditional/Non-Western Music, -Renaissance, Ages Middle /Vocal-instrumental Vocal graindelavoix www.extempore.be [email protected] +32 92319712  Florian Heyerick, — in Europe. venues important ensemble to Tempore the and havebrought Kuijken haveworked withEx Goebeland Sigiswald Reinhard Graupner. such as Conductors Glossa Fuga Libera, Ramée management artistic direction direction artistic artistic direction artistic +32 496813997 [email protected] management  Els&theArtists, Artiestenbureau www.hathor-consort.eu [email protected] Lischka,  Romina — Europe. hallsthroughout and concert festivals numerous to invited hasbeen the Hathor Consort programming, multi-facetted Collegium Vocale Withits Gent. and such aspluto-ensemble ensembles withvocal regularly works England. Hathor Consort 16thcentury with musicfrom (the dhrupad) Indian North the of oldestform Dhrupad Fantasia, combines The newest project, the press. enthusiastically by received CDLachrimae (2014)was first world musicand dance. Their combine withmodern music, other cultures music from early where forms concert and intercultural disciplinary inmulti- music repertoire chamber European the refined, possibilitiesof new expressive appreciated productions with productions appreciated has The press instruments. orchestrations onperiod instrumental/vocal for repertoire the keyboard justified transcriptions from stylistically perform to ensemble Hildebrandt Consort Dekoninck founded the and composer Wouter harpsichordist Organist, Label Renaissance - Romanticism Vocal-instrumental Hildebrandt Consort Organroxx artistic direction artistic approach to the repertoire. the repertoire. to approach lively and innovative its for The ensemblehas beenpraised practices thevocal of period. and musical of and concepts theknowledge of aesthetics adeep by characterized the HuelgasEnsembleare by Burgos. Performances near monastery Cistercian the Spanish to name refers un­ of particularly programming, world­ The ensembleisknown and Renaissance. Middle Ages the polyphonicof musicfrom specialising inthe performance most ensembles celebrated Ensemble hasbeenone the of PaulVanby Nevel, the Huelgas foundation in1971 Since its Label -Renaissance Ages Middle /Vocal-instrumental Vocal Huelgas Ensemble www.hildebrandtconsort.org [email protected] +32 495933141 Wouter Dekoninck, — at Antwerp’s Sportpaleis. withDeNieuweSnaar together their of songs versions baroque They havealsoperformed Canvas, Klara and MDRKULTUR. Tokyo, livefor and performed , inLeuvenand en Combrailles Thüringer Bachwochen, Bach Klassiek, Bach Academie Brugge, hasplayedat Iedereen Consort and Schumann. Hildebrandt Bach,music by Mendelssohn Mundi France HarmoniaMundi, Harmonia Deutsche MusiqueenWallonie,Records, Sony Classical, Pavane,Globe known masterpieces. The known masterpieces. Seon, Cypres Records, ECM, Records, Seon,Cypres wide for its inventive its wide for artistic direction artistic radio broadcasts and Masses. radio broadcasts live inconcerts, have performed aduothey instrumentations. As withlarger and varying concerts Gloria,they alsogive Musica In addition, withtheir ensemble and La Chapelle Harmonique. Bande, ScherziPetite Musicali Collegium Vocale La Gent, bles such asIlGardellino, withensem- have performed Poetici. Bothperformers named their duoISuonatori and organ. In2018they sichord recorder,traverso, voice,harp- oboe, withbaroque orchestras in various ensemblesand together performed regularly and Beniamino Paganini have Since 2015,NeleVertommen Baroque Vocal-instrumental PoeticiI Suonatori [email protected] Silke Jacobsen, www.huelgasensemble.be Paul Van Nevel,  — awards. numerous havereceived recordings than one hundred more James MacMillan. The group’s such asWolfgang Rihm and composers with contemporary Huelgas Ensemblealsoworked Label Baroque Vocal-instrumentalInstrumental/ Il Gardellino i-suonatori-poetici-2/ www.beniaminopaganini.com/ [email protected] [email protected] — Integral Classics, Passacaille Classics, Integral Klara, Eufoda, Accent, Klara,Eufoda,Accent, artistic direction direction artistic management

23 ensembles & orchestras 24 Nostromo delSogno means ‘the Nostromo at Il each performance. surtitles rhyming and provides theatre, and music concert between withthe boundary flirts The ensemble Middle Ages. the narrativesmusical from del Sogno presents Il Nostromo Ages Middle Instrumental delSogno Il Nostromo www.ilgardellino.be [email protected] +32 477696766 [email protected] Jan Van denBorre, +32 478363930 +32 492951505 [email protected] [email protected] direction artistic Ponseele, Jan DeWinne&Marcel — America, Israel and Russia. the US,Central Asia, and South inAustralia, and performed halls andmusic festivals concert European guest at important internationally. Itisafrequent nationally and highly regarded and is programs its researches carefully IlGardellino music. Baroque of interpreters and internationally recognised practice informed performance inhistorically specialists leading are members core The works beingperformed. the of the requirements to winds and stringsaccording entity, extra joined singers, by the adynamic ensembleinto eight of permanent members from evolved Winne. The group Ponseele and flautist Jan De hoboistin 1988by Marcel wasfounded Il Gardellino intendant

number of concerts each year. concerts number of del Tempo alimited presents . IlTrionfo d’Orfeo 2009: IlCanto in was released A CDrecording andthe Czech Poland. Republic Muziek inthe Netherlands, in in France, at the Oude Netwerk 2008, inParis and elsewhere at LausPolyphoniaeperformed The ensemble importance. paramount isof which the text music in Baroque: early Italian an ensemblespecialisedin as Il Trionfo itself presents Label Baroque Vocal-instrumental Il Trionfo [email protected] +32 32725800 Marien Steven — false. istrue…and everything where wakingand of dreaming, shores the, between in the dorveille is himafterwards happens to without actually sleeping;what dozeoff astory narrator of practice lettingthe of literary the medieval is an allusionto and the of dream’ boatswain from the Baroque period, by the Baroque from music andvocal instrumental both explore aimsto InAlto Label Baroque Vocal-instrumental InAlto [email protected] +32 34554880 Jan Van Elsacker, — Ricercar Passacaille, Etcetera Records, Records, Etcetera Passacaille, Klara artistic direction artistic [email protected] [email protected] Sigiswald Kuijken — Boulanger. sinds 2017withcellistMichel Kuijken assecond violin,and withSara performs the quartet Since 2007 Haydn and Mozart. by repertory recorded quartet the US,Chinaand Japan. The country, Australia, European inalmost every performed The Kuijken StringQuartet informed stringplayers. ashistorically reputation an international enjoy members Terakado.is violaplayerRyo All guest Wieland Kuijken. Aregular and cellist Marleen Thiers François Fernandez, violaplayer Sigiswald Kuijken, violinist violinist of formation consists The Haydnandof Mozart. onthe focussing quartets to founded in1986withaview was The Kuijken StringQuartet Label Classicism Instrumental Kuijken StringQuartet [email protected] +32 478348285 Management ClaraMusica Artist  Poncelet, Jean-Marc www.inalto.be +32 474297992 Colson, Lambert — they play. out the bestinthe repertoire bring seeksto InAlto partners, informed best historically and selectingthe by sources the studyof available thorough Bya Schütz orPraetorius. such asMonteverdi, composers Arcana, Accent Arcana, Denon, Challenge Records, Denon,ChallengeRecords, artistic direction artistic management has released several CDs. several has released and Europe played throughout LaCaccia has the programme. to composition varies according instrumentally. The ensemble’s and bothvocally featured isfrequently polyphonists the of Flemish rich repertoire the 18thcentury. The to Ages the Middle from would employ city European self-respecting theof musicbands that any the into domain completely instrumentation LaCaccia of the Thisbrought instruments). (shawmsand brass instruments capella alsowithalta later sounding(soft instruments), capella the bassa so-called of and withinstruments it workedinsmallensembles 15th and 16thcenturies. Initially the musicfrom programmes Patrick Denecker that mainly La Caccia isan ensembleledby Label Renaissance /Vocal-instrumentalInstrumental La Caccia elled in the opposite direction. direction. elled in the opposite who trav- as dothe Spaniards special attention,south enjoy inthe sought their goodfortune who the north from Composers the Iberian Peninsula. and from the Countries Low lyphony from po- in 16thand 17thcentury La Hispanoflamenca specialises Label Renaissance - Baroque Vocal La Hispanoflamenca [email protected] Patrick Denecker, — Records Benelux, Etcetera Records Benelux,Etcetera Records Ricercar, AMG MusicaFicta, Klara, Etcetera Records Klara,Etcetera artistic direction direction artistic

25 ensembles & orchestras 26 completed in February 2013. inFebruary completed J.S. by Bach Cantatas CDs of was The 19 series of and Mozart. Bach, Haydn, Handel, Gluck, music aswellthat of Italian include expanded to repertoire French the orchestra’s music, focus on After an initial music. inearly specialists renowned internationally are members LouisXIV. of the court Allits Lully’s atfrom orchestra own name and constitution its takes The orchestra Leonhardt. Gustav of under the direction Le BourgeoisGentilhomme, Lully’s record to in order Harmonia Mundi (Germany) company the of record request SigiswaldKuijken1972 by at the Bande wasfounded in La Petite Label Renaissance - Classicism /Vocal-instrumentalInstrumental Bande La Petite www.lahispanoflamenca.com [email protected] +34 609224807 Vandewege,Bart  — astic international reviews. Ruimonte wasmet withenthusi- Spanish composerby Pedro withLamentations recording The CD and Huggett. Monica Enrico Onofri Leonhardt, Gustav conductors by directed Mozart, Bach musicby and performed hasalso deSevilla Barroca Hispanoflamenca withOrquesta La repertoire, Renaissance the and Spain.Inaddition to the Countries Low from singers The ensembleiscomposed of Classics) (Brilliant Denon, ChallengeRecords Hyperion,Seon/Virgin, (BMG), Accent, Deutsche HarmoniaMundi Deutsche artistic direction artistic and percussion instruments instruments and percussion crumhorns recorders, saz, vihuela,oud, kanun, , lute, places and periods(vielles, different from instruments together brings Enflorese Roza contrasting sound-world, La avaried and create Aiming to music and onimprovisation. popular by inspired techniques drawing bothoninstrumental traditional and modern music, early,encounter between these songsasan presents music),thefolk ensemble (including classical, and jazz backgrounds of with avariety Made fivemusicians upof possibilities. interpretative awiderange of open to tradition, these songsare 2000. Originating inan oral since monodic repertoire the Sephardic interpreting hasbeen Enflorese Roza La The Belgian group Label -Baroque Ages Middle Vocal-instrumental Enflorese La Roza  Herman Siebens, www.lapetitebande.be [email protected] +32 477941685 Sigiswald Kuijken, — Japan. and America, China,Korea Australia,South in Europe, series, andfestivals concert internationalin amultitudeof Bande hasperformed Petite and periods.La Classical the Baroque from oratorios including operasand music, aswellvocal instrumental Bande hasrecorded La Petite Pavane management musical director musicaldirector LABE Baroque Instrumental Le Pavillonde Musique www.leconcertdanvers.be Van Bart Reyn — Musiciens duLouvre. des Champs-Elysées and Les Orchester Brugge, B’Rock, Fondamento, AnimaEterna music ensemblessuch asIl early appear inrenowned experienced musicians who ismade upof The orchestra Festival inBrühl(Germany). the Haydn to and was invited (BOZAR),deSingel Finefor Arts played at the BrusselsCentre until recently, has the orchestra Octopus audience. Linkedto the playingto of musicians’ joy theconveying spark the of is theirCentral approach to the 18thand 19thcenturies. of isthefocus repertoire and isbasedinAntwerp. Its Itwasfounded in2012 Reyn. Van Bart of direction artistic under the period orchestra d’AnversLe Concert isanew Label Classicism - Romanticism Instrumental d’AnversLe Concert +32 (0)25378591 [email protected] Marie-Lou Kazmierczak — their repertory. compositions to polyphonies and original songs, Spanish Renaissance added medieval monodic East). Lately, Enflorese LaRoza the Near and Middle from Etcetera Fuga Libera artistic direction direction artistic appeared. CDD’Astorgatheir first &Lalli and Finland. 2020 In October antigamúsica delspirineus), in Tallinn, de FEMAP(festival Kadriorg Palace Stift Melk, de Internationale Barocktage enFamenneBaroque Ardenne, Musique van Vlaanderen, Brugge,FestivalConcertgebouw at the in 2013,and performed Musique Ancienne) inMarseille de Européen REMA(Réseau for ashowcase 2011, presented the Festival in d’Ambronay at ensemble had aresidence The groups. Belgian Baroque cians haveworkedwithreknown The musi- gesture. of art faded who havelearnt the or singers withdancers forces join often They composers. with forgotten combine well-known music 17th and 18thcentury, and the onthefocus musicfrom LesAbbagliati of The members Label Baroque Vocal-instrumental Les Abbagliati www.lepavillondemusique.be [email protected] Ann Cnop, — at festival AldenBiesen. Muros duringthe newIntra residence 2021, the ensemblewillbein pieces.In repertoire Baroque unknown of the rediscovery the ensemble’s mission: Which immediately describes violinconcertos. forgotten Henri-Jacquesof DeCroes’s and recording world premiere wasthe project Cnop. Their first violinistAnn founded in2020by Le PavillondeMusiquewas Ramée artistic direction artistic

27 ensembles & orchestras 28 +32 49520 9071 +32 81711502 www.cavema.be/en/agremens [email protected] CAV&MAdirection Jean-Marie Marchal, Guy Van Waas, — Imep. of Department Vocal the European from youngsoloists also support and GuyVanAgrémens Waas Beethoven’s symphonies. Les to the end the of 17thcentury spans from repertoire preferred emblematic Handel. worksby Its of productions in several part hastaken The orchestra Haydn, Gossecand Grétry. Pachelbel, Bach, Charpentier, of recordings has released With Ricercar, LesAgrémens and Dauvergne. Kreutzer Grétry, by in operasand opera-ballets and LaMonnaie and inconcerts deLuxembourg Grand Théâtre the Opéra de Royal Wallonie, the at onstage opera productions hasplayedinseveral orchestra since 2001.The Agrémens Les of director and artistic has beenprincipal conductor Music (CAV&MA). GuyVan Waas Vocal and for AncientCentre Art The in1995by was created The ensembleLesAgrémens Label -Romanticism Baroque Instrumental Les Agrémens [email protected] +32 496813997 management  Els&theArtists, Artiestenbureau www.lesabbagliati.be [email protected] +32 474541160 — Ricercar, Alpha artistic direction artistic

Instrumental Instrumental Les Muffatti www.franktheuns.com/les-buffardins/ Frank Theuns, — awards. international of the recipient and were and public, the press by enthusiastically received 9CDs.These were recorded and concerts, played numerous The ensemblehas instruments. onperiod performed traverso, with repertoire English baroque on the French, German and Quantz. The ensemblefocuses Jacob Bach and Johann Joachim teacherof Johann Buffardin, Gabriel Pierre virtuoso flute famous named afterthe French Frankfounded by Theuns, is The ensembleLesBuffardins, Label Rococo Baroque, Instrumental Les Buffardins of the first to define in great to define in theof first and one the of orchestra history the of early source indisputable (1653-1704).Hewas an Muffat chestra’s Georg to name refers organological study. The or- and research source research, in-depthmusicological through the heritage musical gems from lightand unknown bringingto composers famous pieces by the­ highlighting aimof master with orchestra ed abaroque Togetheradventure. they found- andlective musical professional challenge embarking of onacol- upthe Brussels musicians took young of In 1996,agroup Label Baroque Accent Ramée artistic direction direction artistic [email protected] Philippe Malfeyt — in the CDPerigrina(2014). Thisresulted a sensualaccent. zheng and the Arabicqanun add harp, the Chinese baroque The European ancient history. also an instrument withan the harp, plucked instrument: withanother aconfrontation for ), Luthomania longed Itinérances acclaimed CDs(Périplesand andtwo After many concerts influences. and contemporary jazz baroque, Arabic taqsim, the Chinese pentatonic, timbre: hisorher own musician reveals compositions, inwhich each traditional of and new tones the Itisadialogueto the lute. popular and age-old instrument: a meet around and Europe Asia Arabia,East of cultures musical the In the Luthomaniaproject, Label WorldBaroque, Music Instrumental Luthomania [email protected] +32 22274672 Chesson, Adi www.lesmuffatti.be [email protected] Vanden Bemden,  Catherine Meeùs&Benoît — press. the by enthusiastically received that havebeen eight recordings includes already LesMuffatti of this composer. The discography to isdedicated recording first The styles. ensemble’sItalian of the differences and French the maincharacteristic detail Papyros, Music&Words Papyros, management artistic direction direction artistic Austria. the Netherlands, Germany and at in Belgium, majorfestivals Since then theyhaveperformed Laus Polyphoniae inJuly 2003. acclaimed debutinAntwerp at mademuseums. Mezzaluna its European indifferent preserved examples various historical asclose aspossibleto are conception and construction which intheir Brown, Adrian made by recorders set of theof ensembleisthe large practice thefor performance practice. The point departure of documented performance and 1630usinghistorically ca. 1480 ca. composed between polyphonic music interpret to France and Austria.Their aimis Belgium,the Netherlands, from players experienced recorder six to three of consists typically The ensemble Brown. Adrian maker the Englishrecorder Vanplayer Peter Heyghenand thebetween Belgian recorder organological co-operation and musicological of years consequence manylogical of was founded in2003asa The EnsembleMezzaluna Label Renaissance Instrumental Mezzaluna Label - Romanticism Baroque Instrumental Millenium Orchestra www.ensemblemezzaluna.com [email protected] VanPeter Heyghen, — Ambronay Ramée Alpha Classics, Ricercar, AlphaClassics, artistic direction artistic

29 ensembles & orchestras 30 built around the central duo built around ensemble varies, butis always since 1993.The formation the of the ensemble’s director artistic VanPeter Heyghen hasbeen music onperiodinstruments. Baroque HIPof themselves to thisname committed now bears chamber musicensemblewhich the the wayof ancestors’. The Itmeans asmuchRome. as‘in asusedin ancient ancestors the lawof the customary to Maiorumrefers The name More Label -Baroque Renaissance Instrumental, Vocal-instrumental Maiorum More +32 81711502,495209071 [email protected] CAV&MAdirection Jean-Marie Marchal, chambre www.cavema.be/en/choeur-de- direction artistic  Alarcón, García Leonardo — Vivaldi. Antonio worksof the sacred attention to turningits before Handel by oratorios great of cycle willcontinueOrchestra its Millenium the comingyears, In (with EvgenySviridov). deNamur), Tartinide Chambre ScarlattiDevos), (withChoeur (withsoprano Jodie Mozart withmusicof programmes Ithasperformed scores. the pastaswellunpublished of masterpieces plays orchestra The repertoires. and romantic classical Baroque, different to adapted original instruments founded in2014and on plays was The MilleniumOrchestra Passacaille Klara/Etcetera Records, Records, Klara/Etcetera

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43 singers sopranos & mezzo-sopranos 44 Label century –21st Renaissance Lieselot DeWilde– [email protected] — recordings. onmanyhas collaborated CD DiGioia.She ensemble Capriola she founded the chamber music Naessens withBart together In2007, repertoire. Classical and onthefocus Baroque the 20thcentury, witha to early Baroque from extends and BachPlus. Her repertoire Amphion, ApolloEnsemble such asCombattimento, Musica and withensembles B’ Rock, Society, Rhenum, Ad Musica the Netherlands Bach Orkest, Nederlands Philharmonisch Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, suchwith orchestras asthe . She hassung Junghänel, Frans Brüggen,and with Juanjo Mena,Konrad she hasworked work; concert for opted has increasingly Amaryllis years, In recent Handel, Biber, and Dove Mozart. Rameau, Purcell, Mozart, by inoperas roles and performed sought after(opera)singer Academy. She became amuch and National the Dutch Opera Amsterdam, of Conservatory Campus inLeuven,the Lemmens School Arts of Dieltiens studiedat the LUCA Bruges soprano Amaryllis Label century -20th Baroque Dieltiens– Amaryllis Grammophon Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Klara, Aeolus, Carus Klara,Aeolus, Ricercar, Etcetera Records, Ricercar, Records, Etcetera soprano soprano and Aldeburgh Festival. deSingel, deVlaamse Opera, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, to toured These productions opera and music-theatre. contemporary of creation for LOD, aGhent-based company of successful productions inseveral Lieselot appeared and JurgenDebruyn. Cat, Lischka, Marnix De Romina Vicens, Sofie Vanden Eynde, Catalina Correspondances, Lieselot workedwithEnsemble Furthermore, Rameau. by Pigmalion of on the recording withApotheosis also appears Trois Visagesd’Hécateand she Apotheosis Ensemblethe album with Korneel Bernolet and his together She recorded Frost. theby Icelandic composer Ben in The Wasp Factory, an opera soloists was one the of three She BelfiusBank. Classic of Axion during the Concours prize afirst She obtained Boulez. Pierre of the Academy in Nes. In2014she participated VanLemmens and with Jard campus LUCA School Arts of Lieselot DeWildestudiedat the practise of Baroque gesture, gesture, practise Baroque of specialiseinthe has ledher to music Baroque Her passionfor Kunst Privatuniversität Wien. Brussel and the Musikund Koninklijk Conservatorium studiedat the Soetkin Elbers Label Baroque – Soetkin Elbers www.lieselotdewilde.net [email protected] +32 485144203 — Antarctica, Brilliant Classics Antarctica, soprano Lyon. Eversince she wonthe William Christie withOpéra de ledby and her debutSusanna Jacobs at René of LaMonnaie Pamina underever the baton such singingher praiseby first hasearned Sophie Karthäuser Mozart’s of works, interpreters worldwide asone the of finest Music and Drama. Renowned at the GuildhallSchool of studied Sophie Karthäuser Label century -21st Baroque – Sophie Karthäuser www.soetkinelbers.net [email protected] — Sébastien Rouland. inTheFairy Queenunder parts soprano several performed deWallonieRoyal she where her operadebutat the Opéra still astudent in2007she made .While et laMise(enConcert) the albumLaMuse recorded withwhom she RedHerring Belgian early musicensemble with ensembles,notably several guest she with collaborates a (Austria).As Neues Atelier musicensemble contemporary Les Abbagliati and the of ensemble Brussels Baroque member the of She isacore chamber cantatas. Baroque pieces, liederand many solo contemporary cantatas, church includes , oratorios, repertoire Hervast T’Hooft. specialistSigrid and gesture dance Baroque with renowned aclose collaborationthrough Classics Virgin Records, Cypres Productions, Ricercar, Archiv Opus Arte, Mundi, PENTATONE, AlphaClassics, Aparté, Passacaille, Harmonia Passacaille, Aparté, soprano to her outstanding artistry. her outstanding to Jacobs, givetestimony and René PhilippeHerreweghe, Casado, PabloHeras- Hengelbrock, Thomas Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, such asRiccardo conductors countless alongside occasions onthe podiumon presence Her Berlin among others. Musik Alte and Akademie für Freiburger Barockorchester Gewandhausorcherster, Dresden, such asStaatskapelle ensembles and orchestras by prestigious invited frequently soloist and is after concert isan equally sought- Karthäuser and DavidLively. Sophie Eugene CédricTiberghien Asti, Graham Johnson, pianists and Paris, accompanied by Philharmonie, BOZAR,Frankfurt Berliner Philharmoniker, Kölner and London’s Hall, Wigmore at York’s New Carnegie Hall Antwerp, Lille,Nantes, Paris, withappearances in recitalists among the most coveted counts Sophie Karthäuser Hall SongCompetition, audience priceat the Wigmore School of Arts HOGENT,School Arts of Conservatory, KASK &Royal studiedatCécile Kempenaers Label Renaissance - Baroque soprano – Cécile Kempenaers +43 50680012 [email protected] management Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher, — Aeolus Grammophon, Deutsche Records, Zig-Zag Territoires, Sony, Etcetera Eufoda,HarmoniaMundi,

45 singers sopranos & mezzo-sopranos 46 Herreweghe. She has performed She hasperformed Herreweghe. Jacobs and Philippe René Goebel, Reinhard Ivor Bolton, such as conductors of direction thevenues of worldunder the inthe major has givenconcerts and Drama inLondon. Scheen the GuildhallSchool Music of Monsandof Brusselsand at studied at the conservatories Belgian soprano Céline Scheen Label –Classicism Baroque Céline Scheen – www.musicidea.be [email protected] +32 475890721 Inge Depraetere Musica Idea, — (Monteverdi). (Toshio and Hosokawa) Orfeo Matsukaze Dusapin), (Pascal Medeaand Passion (Purcell), Waltz DidoandAeneas &Guests: Berlin dance company Sasha withthe various productions She sings(and dances) in Neumann Ensemble. Balthasar Capella delaTorre, and the Torna, Vocalconsort Berlin, ensemblessuchof asZefiro She isamember productions. CD numerous to contributed Compagney and hasalso Collegium Vocale Lautten Gent, Freiburger Barockorchester, MusikBerlin, Alte Akademie für such orchestras asthe baroque Jacobs. She workswith René TonDaniel Reuss, Koopman and Creed, Marcus Herreweghe, such asPhilippe conductors and hasworkedwithrenowned soloist mainly singsasaconcert Cécile Tilburg. Conservatorium andHowest the Brabants Warner management soprano and Geme l’onda che parte Bach,by Vos aurae permontes che siàdolore Nonsa Cantata Vivaldi,by Bach, Caffee-Cantate Pergolesi, by Mater Gloriaby assoloistinStabat performed She also Conservatory. double bassat the Maastricht studiedvoice and Schepers Belgian soprano Liesbeth –Romanticism Baroque – Liesbeth Schepers [email protected] — Jaroussky. ‘Himmelsmusik’ withPhilippe the CD Purcell, and recorded withworksby concerts of aseries Scheen presented Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata, TogetherAlarcón. withChristina and with Cappella Mediterranea Barbarawith musicby Strozzi with Paolo Pandolfo, and aCD aCDonimprovisations released Goebel, Reinhard by conducted Antiquawith Musica Köln danse’ (DG) ‘LeRoi music for the of film in the recording Scheen alsoassisted Marcon). A. (Cremona, Monteverdi by andMusica Euridicein‘L’Orfeo’ Clément),C. Rousset/M. La (OpéraduRhin, Rameau by L’Amour and Clarine in‘Platée’ Toulouse, C.P. Flor/N.Joël), R. Jacobs/W. Kentridge and Caen, York, Lille,New Munt, (De in Mozart’s ‘Zauberflöte’ Papagena Jacobs/Boussart); Innsbruck, Cavalli(DeMunt, by Wilson); Atiliain‘Eliogaballo’ I.Bolton/B. Gluckby (DeMunt, in‘Alceste’ Corbiau); Coryphée Mozart’s ‘DonGiovanni’(G. Zerlinain of the operaroles soprano productions, at venues suchproductions, as in internationally praised She performed contemporary. medieval to ranging from styles lied, and oratorio, operato and from styles, range genres of handle can awide Gramberen soprano Annelies Van adramaticAs coloratura century –21st Ages Middle soprano Annelies Van – Gramberen [email protected] — and Hans Heykers. such asAnjaHendrikx organists with together programmes originalconcert creating of Vanhove,Peter and she isfond and Michel Stas with pianists givesrecitals She regularly Limburg(Belgium). of province competition the organised by inthe Forte became alaureate lied, and in2008she literary Euriade Vocaal the for Concours prizeinthe third was awarded pianist Lionel Bams. In2005she with in liederduostogether specialisedtraining followed she Saarbrücken in2007,where in Gage studied under Irwin She Lutosławski. to Mozart from that includes worksranging she hasbuiltuparepertoire languages andstyles, poetry, indifferent interest her broad Thanks to lieder repertoire. involvedwiththeis intensively She French repertoire. Baroque and Germany, the mainlyfrom inthe Netherlands performs Réunis she regularly Les Goûts ensemble With the Baroque Bourgeois. by et Hypollite dell’monte Vivaldi, by Phèdre www.anneliesvangramberen.be [email protected], +32 496056302 — Cherkaoui).​ De Keersmaeker, SidiLarbi (Alan LucienØyen,Anne Teresa Goossens) and choreographers Simons, Tom Ivovan Hove, (Johan D’hoe), directors Jeroen (Annelies Vancomposers Parys, Ghalia Benali, Frank Vaganée), Coen, Lischka, Bart (Romina ethnic and musicians jazz classical, Philippe Herreweghe), GiedrėŠlekytė, (Alejo Pérez, a.o. conductors variety of artists Festival. 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47 singers sopranos & mezzo-sopranos 48 Keersmaeker. Anne of Teresadirection De under the Rosas, Cesena by EnAtendant en productions inthe dance part also took GuidoGezelle.She by texts to Dicklieder by van derHarst the CDTusschen with detwee, recorded sheOxalys recently compositions. Withensemble all periods,including her own arranged musicfrom presents she with Dick van derHarst, Decker. Inthe duoPlutôtVénus and GeorgeDe Wim Mertens D’hoe, Jeroen music composers contemporary for recordings De Prins.She hasmade CD Thomas by Man conducted Urban Stranger withScore EricSleichim, by conducted machine withBl!NDMAN Mozart JorisVanvinckenroye,by mirage withAranis conducted Songsfrom Dick van derHarst, and der verborgenmuziekjes,Gloria such asHethuis productions in She participated music. of forms alternative in more she isalsointerested music, early Inaddition to repertoire. in the and oratorio cantata Laethem isactive assoloist BjörnSchmelzer.by ElsVan and graindelavoix conducted Van Bart Reyn by conducted sings inthe ensembleOctopus Shemusic and regularly theatre. contemporary other of forms incombination with cultures withother relationships by composer miaby Cara academy Lier. of she with isaffiliated the music amusiceducator voice. As her especially for with Care’ composition ‘Handle Variations the soprano soloinhis wrote BoHolten Contemporary. to Baroque through Renaissance ranging from repertoire diverse avery allfrom Psallentes, Bach Society, GliAngeliGenève, Vocale the Netherlands Gent, ensembles, including Collegium sings withother professional and regularly Vlaams Radiokoor the of is apermanent part an ensemblesinger,As Sarah and Johan Duijck. Rachmaninov J.S.with musicby Bach, Sergei soprano solosinrecordings the she sang Vlaams Radiokoor organist Jan Van Mol. For the including with recordings, CD numerous to contributed contemporaries. She has Carissimi and Monteverdi, by inworks indulge herself to she isable soloist, a regular she is , where Consort Baroque Bach. by Oratorio WithEuterpe Passion and the Christmas John’s Matthew’sSt. Passion,St. Pergolesi’s Mater, Stabat and Handel’sof The Messiah, welcome guestinperformances Since then, she hasbeena Antwerp. Conservatoire organ and voiceat the Royal Sarah Van Molstudiedpiano, Label century -21st Renaissance Sarah Van Mol– www.sarahvanmol.be [email protected] +32 479227363 — Pavane,Accent soprano [email protected] — in Monteverdi’s Vespers. assoloist year appeared same Luminis and the inDecemberof and Vox Currende Quartet, Encantar, Recorder Flanders discswith four she recorded theof competition. In2010 performance unforgettable Tandemtrofee the for most the Klara- was awarded 2009,Encantar In February with the ensembleIlGardellino. and concerts gave aseriesof Gouden VleugelsCompetition inthe prize-winners they were mostly In2008, acappella. 14th, 15thand 16thcenturies, the polyphonic musicfrom perform singers young female Encantar. The four quartet, Van founded the Nevel vocal Tourdion). In2006,Kerlijne and ensembles(Vox Luminis, a soloistwithvarious choirs as invited and isfrequently and Psallentes Currende member the of ensemble Kuijken. She isaregular Bikkembergs, and Barthold Van Kurt Bart Reyn, Brossé, Dirk as PhilippeHerreweghe, such conductors, renowned workingwithseveral enjoyed Kerlijne VanMusic. has Nevel she specializedinEarly where The of Hague, Conservatory Lemmens and the Royal campus LUCA School Arts of Kerlijne Van Nevel, studiedat The Belgian mezzo-soprano, Renaissance mezzo-soprano Kerlijne Van – Nevel

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51 singers altos & countertenors 52 music led among others to the to music led among others contemporary His passionfor and Toneelgroep Amsterdam. GentDiep, LOD Muziektheater NTGent Muziektheater, Hollands collaborations withJan Decleir, Platel. by Thiswasfollowed opBach’ Alain by in ‘Iets his participation scene through acquainted withthe dance Glass’s Akhnaten.Hebecame inPhilip on the titlerole and Cavalli. Healsotook Scarlatti,in operasby Handel experience. Hehasperformed theatre hasextensive Dugardin theseof collaborations. Steve made many of were recordings Various Alarcón. García CD Leonardo by conducted withEnsembleClematis heard Society. Recently he couldbe and the Netherlands Bach Bande, Antiqua Musica Köln, deNamur,Chambre LaPetite Huelgas Ensemble,Chœur de IlFondamento,Florissants, LesArts Consort, with Ricercar workedamong others regularly asoloisthe has Gent. As Herreweghe’s Vocale Collegium inPhilippe than 10years more for Brüggen. Healsosang and Frans Leonhardt Gustav Tonvan Immerseel, Koopman, Van Nevel, SigiswaldKuijken, Jos Erik by conducted productions collaborating in asachorister Antwerp. Hequickly began Dijck at Conservatoire the Royal subsequently withLucienne Van Marie-Thérèse Maesen, and with AiméeThonon and studied Dugardin Steve Label century -21st Renaissance – Dugardin Steve Fuga Libera,Opus111 AMG Records, Bolli records, Bollirecords, AMGRecords, altus altus Society. and the Netherlands Bach BachPlusVocale Utopia, Gent, withCollegium productions he singsindifferent near future Tausk. Otto by conducted Inthe d’Amours’ Zuidam Rob by inthe opera‘Rage Naturel Philibert of the role he sang Handmade Polyphony’. In2010 -Belgian Utopia co-founder of Collegium Vocale He’s Gent. with inprojects participates (Erik Van and Nevel) often ensemble member Currende of isalsoafixed Bl!NDMAN. Bart BachPlus of and projects invarious also participated Vox Voci. Luminisand Sette He Capilla Flamenca, Psallentes, ensemblessuch by as invited isregularly Uvyn Hague. Bart inThe Conservatory the Royal Lemmens inLeuvenand at campus at LUCA School Arts of studied Uvyn Bart Countertenor Renaissance -Baroque – Uvyn Bart www.stevedugardin.be [email protected] — www.bartuvyn.be [email protected] +32 474281893 — Harmony. specialisedinClose quartet foundation ‘Touchant’, of amen’s countertenor countertenor 1.2.3. Sing 1.2. ers nors tE Caecilia Award, Diapason d’Or).Caecilia Award, Schallplattenpreis, Deutscher prizes (Grand PrixduDisque, international been awarded Various have recordings Michel William Christie. Corboz, Norrington, Koopman, Roger such asJohn EliotGardiner, Ton workedwithconductors context various majorlabelsand inthat for he hasrecorded the years Over hisrepertoire. scope of the to –attests recordings discography –some fifty inMunich. His Staatsoper and the Bayerische De Munt, houses Zurich of and Nancy, include the opera performances Teatro deMadrid. Real Recent and LiceuBarcelona, Garden, OperaHouse,Covent Royal at LaScala, He hasperformed and EricTappy. Pears Sir Peter ErnaSpoorenberg, Dalberg, studied voiceunder Stella GuyDeMey Belgian tenor Label -Classicism Baroque – Guy DeMey early music, so he decided to sohe decided to early music, for alove developing him to World Youth Choir. Thisled (1994 –1998)a member the of Antwerp, of and was University Tore Tom studiedat Denys the Label Renaissance - Romanticism Tore Tom –  Denys [email protected] +32 93303990 Pascale Montauban management b.v., &MusicManagement, Ariën Arts — Eufoda Wallonie, Eufoda,Ricercar, Hyperion HarmoniaMundi, Ricercar, Etcetera Records, Musiqueen Records, Etcetera tenor tenor tenor tenor

53 swap the trumpet for singing. and Orff. As an ensemble He is a co-founder of the singer he performs with the ensembles Cinquecento and Chœur de Chambre de Namur, vivante (first prize winners at L’Arpeggiata, Akadêmia, the International H. Schmelzer Collegium Vocale Gent, RIAS Competition in Melk). For ten Kammerchor, Ictus and years he has been the tenor with Oltremontano. For years he has the Belgian ensemble Capilla been conducting the Brussels Flamenca. His solo career has Bachkoor and Clockwork Music seen him perform at a variety Brussels. His own ensemble of festivals in Austria including Querelles specialises in 17th

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54 Styriarte, Salzburger music. Vincent Lesage has lived Festspiele, Bregenzer in Leipzig since 2020, where Festspiele and Carinthischer he studied the Sammlung Sommer, amongst others. Jacobi in Grimma, one of the Performances abroad have most important sources of taken him to the Ludwigsburger this repertoire prior to Bach's Schlossfestspiele, Festival appointment as a cantor at St. singers tenors Schloss Herrenhausen, Festival Thomas' church. Vincent Lesage van Vlaanderen, Festival Oude is also active in theatre: he Muziek Utrecht, and Ferrara contributes to music theatre Musica Festival. Collaborations and opera productions at De with a variety of conductors Munt, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, and artists (including Arvo Pärt, the Flemish Opera, LOD Leonard Slatkin, Tonu Kaljuste, muziektheater Gent and the Philippe Herreweghe, Heinz Volksopera. Karl Gruber, Otto Zykan, Frieder — Bernius, Vittorio Ghielmi) have [email protected] enriched his experiences as a performer. — Stephan Van Dyck – tenor +43 664 232 34 69 Renaissance – 21st century [email protected] Label Harmonia Mundi, Sony, Naxos, Fnac music, Alpha, Ricercar, Opus 111, Bis, Zig-Zag Territoires, Musique Vincent Lesage – tenor en Wallonie, Accent Baroque Stephan Van Dyck studied Vincent Lesage studied singing at the Royal musicology at KU Leuven and Conservatory Brussels and baroque violin and voice at the Musicology at the University Royal Conservatory of Brussels. of Brussels; he continued his As a tenor with a focus on studies at the Studio Versailles- early music and oratorio, he Opéra with René Jacobs and is in demand for solo parts in Rachel Yakar. He obtained a the works of Bach, Telemann, degree at the Conservatoire Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn up national supérieur de musique to and including Verdi, Puccini et de danse de Paris in the class of William Christie. He has Renaissance Bremen, and La Bremen, Renaissance Poème Harmonique, Weser- Palatino, Le as Concerto companies such renowned with collaborates regularly 2015-2016. Jan Van Elsacker inFrancerevived and Spainin Fenice, that was aproduction in collaboration withLa (National Poland) Operaof in Monteverdi’s role Orfeo the title 2008he sang January In baroque. early Italian for is Brugge. Hispreference Antiquacompetition Musica the of international laureate In 1996 Jan Van Elsacker became Label Renaissance - Romanticism Jan Van – Elsacker [email protected] [email protected] — Favola. CDs withhisensembleMusica two de Versailles. Herecorded demusiqueBaroque the Centre Oslo, Warsaw, DenHaagand at Toulouse, of Conservatories at the Masterclasses taught deBruxelles.He royal at theinstructor Conservatoire the NivellesMusicSchool and Heisateacher at Rameau. Cavalieri, and Monteverdi, Boismortier, inoperasof sang and SigiswaldKuijken. He TonPhilippe Pierlot, Koopman, William Christie, Rousset, Christophe as asoloistfor Clément Janequin. Hehassung Huelgas Ensemble,Ensemble worked withLaChapelle Royale, Naxos Zag Territoires, Cantus, Passacaille, Ricercar, MusiqueenWallonie, Zig- HarmoniaMundi, Codaex, Records, Virgin Classics, Etcetera Etcetera VirginClassics, tenor tenor entitled Erbarme dich , received temporis), ensemble anocte namehis own 2016 (withhis of CDin Vocale The first Gent. PassionwithCollegium Matthew the StJohnPassionand the St des Champs-Elysées and both inthe Théâtre Poppea (Arnalta) L’IncoronazioneLuxembourg, di at de the Grand Théâtre Pygmalion Berlin, Rameaus at the Staatsoper King Arthur the OpéradeToulon, Purcell’s deperles)atNadir (LesPêcheurs debutin2019-2020as a role himself asoperasingerwith He hasalsomade aname for Orchestra. Union Baroque andMusicali the European Scherzi B’Rock, Il Gardellino, Vocale Bande, LaPetite Gent, Collegium Florissants, Arts ensembles, including Les majorBaroque with several performs regularly Reinoud theof Belgian MusicPress. theof Year the by Association Caecilia PrizeasYoung Musician the prestigious awarded Brussels.In2017heof was at Conservatory the Royal in2012 degree his Master’s VanReinoud Mechelen obtained Label Baroque tenor VanReinoud Mechelen – [email protected] — van Trossingen (Germany). and Musik at the Hochschule für the academy inLier(Belgium) at Beghin. Heisalsoalecturer Chevallierand TomClaire withJosvan Immerseel, recitals Fenice. lieder Hehasperformed AlphaClassics

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57 singers baritones & basses 58 with IlFondamento inthe world and Bach CDswithIlGardellino onaseriesof beheard can he repertoire, in the Baroque asoloist Huelgas Ensemble.As with Capilla Flamenca and the CDs;mostly than sixty more on and beheard can Asia, South America and Southeast and North Europe, throughout TermontLieven hasperformed asoloistand inensembles, As Ponseele. andNevel Marcel PaulVanFlorian Heyerick, Erik Van Nevel,Philippe Pierlot, PaulDombrecht, of baton hassungunder the baritone the Belgian soloist, As music. name inthe early world of TermontLieven isawell-known Label -Classicism Renaissance TermontLieven – [email protected] — StringTrio. Goeyvaerts is afounding member the of music academy. Stas Pieter with affiliated the Bornem ateacher he iscurrently As and Voxde Catalunya Luminis. withCapella Reial as avocalist he ismainlyactive Currently and the World Youth Choir. Youth thefor European Choir Hewasselected as vocalist. he isalsoactive being acellist, and IljaLaporev. Inaddition to Antwerp withFrance Springuel Ghent of and conservatories studiedcelloat the Stas Pieter century -21st Renaissance – Stas Pieter classical Ricercar, HarmoniaMundi, Sony MusiqueenWallonie,Passacaille, Eufoda, Etcetera Records, Records, Eufoda,Etcetera bass bass baritone baritone baritone baritone Jan Van derCrabben– [email protected] — A’A)(Art (Utopia). and Aalst the musicacademies Aalter of inLeuvenand Conservatorium voice teacher at the SLAC/ in the Netherlands and isa Vocalisten 1996 Presentatie theof ErnaSpoorenberg isalaureate Nes. Lieven VanKoningsberger and Jard Vanhaverbeke,Lieve Maarten Leuven and studiedunder Lemmens Campus in Arts of LUCA School in musicfrom Termont aMasters obtained in2021.Lieven released CDwillbe whichof athird polyphony,on 16th-century ensemblewithafocus vocal Utopia,afive-part of been part Termont2015, Lieven has Homilius/C.P.E.by Bach. Since the Lukas-Passion premiere collaborates with renowned withrenowned collaborates he vocalist often abaroque As Contemporary. to Baroque from extends Lied. Hisrepertoire international d’oratorio etde contemporaine’ at the Concours ‘Grand prixdelamusique en langue française’ and the delaMélodie interprétation the ‘Prixdelameilleure In1990he wasawarded abroad. inthefestivals Netherlands and guestatfrequent important Van derCrabbenhasbeena Brussels. of Conservatory Royal piano and then voiceat the Jan Van derCrabbenstudied Label -21th century Baroque Libera, Senzanome, Naxos, Phaedra Libera, Senzanome,Naxos, Accent, Etcetera Records, Fuga Records, Etcetera Accent, Strauss. Wolf and Schubert, Poulenc, Fauré, Debussy, Duparc, Ravel, both the French and German withworksfrom recitals TogetherSpinette. they present isInge as liedervocalist accompanist Köln. Hisregular and AntiquaSociety Musica Bande, the Netherlands Bach companies such asLa Petite

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commissioned. most which of were his credit, than 100compositions to more has Frank Agsteribbe work. rary and incontempo- 18th century the Bach, inFlemishmusicfrom J.S. inworkby Guido deNeve withviolinist He hasperformed Luxembourg. from ble cantoLX theensem- of vocal conductor Festival, and is founder and first Munt and the Aix-en-Provence at conductor De assistant B’Rock of and harpsichordist , He wasco-founder, conductor Brugge,IlFondamento).Eterna HuelgasEnsemble, Anima Gent, Bande, CollegiumVocalePetite ensembles(La Flemish baroque played withthe most prominent organ and harpsichord, he today.music of Afterstudying and the 17th or18thcentury the musicof between contact of inthe points pecially interested Heises- music. Contemporary or opera aswellinBaroque in andty livelycolourfulness, plastici- expression, direct for In allhisactivities, he looks playerand graphic artist. board as aconductor, composer,- key himself musician who profiles isaversatile Frank Agsteribbe Label century -21st Baroque harpsichord – Frank Agsteribbe www.frankagsteribbe.be www.frankagsteribbe.be [email protected] — Accent, Phaedra, Cassa NovaRecords Phaedra,Cassa Accent, Etcetera Records, Passacaille, Passacaille, Records, Etcetera organ, organ, researchers/tom-beghin en/orpheus-research-centre/ www.orpheusinstituut.be/ [email protected] — performance. technology,of and rhetoric, onthefocuses intersections the Classics, Declassifying cluster,Leuven. Hisresearch of the of University the Arts Facultyon the Associated of Belgium, whilealsoserving inGhent, inMusic, & Research Studies Advanced for Institute atInvestigator the Orpheus and Principal Researcher Since 2015,he hasbeenSenior at UCLAand McGillUniversity. University, Beghintaught Prof. at Cornell program HIP-doctoral Alumnus the of forthcoming. are Beethoven’s piano 1803Erard on project aresearch of Results and deafness.piano sonatas publications onBeethoven’s late Machine, an amalgam of InsidetheHearing of the birth 2017saw AMS R.SolieAward. Rhetoric, winner the of 2009 of Haydn andthePerformance 2009/2011). Heco-edited works(Naxos Haydn keyboard solo the of complete recording his 2015)followed (Chicago, t Keyboardis First-Century ofaTwenty- Haydn: Paradox His monograph TheVirtual and books. academic essays CDsto released commercially spans various media, from teacher. Hispublished work and that researcher of with asperformer career Tom Beghincombines a Label -Romanticism Baroque Tom Beghin– Naxos, EPR-ClassicNaxos, Eufoda, Etcetera Records, Records, Eufoda,Etcetera pianoforte pianoforte Demeyere and Bart Naessens. and Bart Demeyere Ewald Rousset, Christophe of ensembles and asaduopartner smaller several Utopia, Publics,Musicali, Transports Radiokoor, BachPlus, Scherzi IlGardellino,Vlaams B’Rock, the mentioned above alsowith as an ensembleplayer, amongst and Australia)and South-Korea Europe, soloist (throughout active world-wideasarecital since 2011.Korneel Bernolet is chamberseveral musicCDs hasproduced era. The group until the highRomantic Baroque musicfrom andplays conducts he on periodinstruments, Apotheosishis own Orchestra Antwerp. of With Conservatoire Hogeschool Antwerpen –Royal at Harpsichord of the AP appointed the newProfessor was later and years two Association, Music Press the in2014by Belgian Year’ named ‘Young Musician the of Kuijken’s Bande, was LaPetite continuo playerwithSigiswald Korneel made hisdebutasa Antwerp. of Conservatoire and conducting at the Royal inbothharpsichord degrees Master and obtained Rousset, and Christophe Leonhardt Gustav Ewald Demeyere, He studiedwithPaulClement, international music scene today. the of talents most versatile Korneel Bernolet isone the of A conductor and harpsichordist, Label century –20th Baroque harpsichord Korneel Bernolet – — Alpha, Musica Ficta, Accent Alpha, MusicaFicta, Ricercar, Records, Etcetera Records, Ramée, Aliud, Apotheosis Ramée,

61 instrumentalists keyboard instruments 62 Antwerp and at the Universität of Conservatoire the Royal BlondeelLucas studied at Label Debussy) and Schumann Schubert, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, of works the on a focus (with century -21st Classicism pianoforte BlondeelLucas – www.elsbiesemans.be [email protected] — music. forgotten of discoverer butalsoasa composers, famous of as an interpreter Els Biesemans iscelebrated music ensembleElsewhere. organ, and withher chamber onthe on the pianoforte, asasoloist she performs in Switzerland and abroad, MusicFestival.Bremen Both the Arp-Schnitger Prizeat the in Vilnius and wasawarded the CiurlionisCompetition ElsBiesemans haswon music, modern medieval to from ranging repertoire performance Cantorum Basiliensis.Witha in Leuvenand at the Schola festival. She studied pianoforte Zurich’sof Flügelschläge and the and initiator director achamber musician, organist, an Els Biesemans isapianist, Label century -21st Ages Middle organ, harpsichord, piano Els Biesemans – www.bernolet.com [email protected] Animato, Etcetera Records Etcetera Animato, Phaedra, Warner, Genuin,Fuga Libera Ramée, Genuin, Alpha Classics, Genuin,AlphaClassics, Ramée, Klara, Cypres Records, Records, Klara,Cypres pianoforte, pianoforte, piano, Künste Berlin. Künste at der the Universität pianoforte piano for and professor pointed Italy. InApril2018 he wasap - Germany, Chinaand Hungary, in Belgium,the Netherlands, masterclasses gives regular Tonkunst He für inDarmstadt. class at the Akademie anoforte apiano and2019, he pi- taught From 2012to Records), (Cypres Huybrechts Albert ber musicby cham- Records), Haydn (Cypres Für Marianne withmusicby (Klara), Impromptus Schubert include the His recordings inBayreuth. the Bavarian Radio at the LaVoce Competition of bestLiedaccompanistprize for withthe Lieder wasrewarded Hispassionfor and Singapore. China,Japan States, the United countries, in most European and Cincinnati and performed Antwerp, Geneva, Zurich, Berlin international competitions in Hewonprizesin instruments. aswellonmodern historical on Malcolm Bilson.Heperforms and van Oort Bart Immerseel, withJosvan and pianoforte performance studying historical Blondeel spent many years Berlin.Lucas der Künste and took lessons with Elisabeth lessonswithElisabeth and took Amsterdam of Conservatory Nicolas Callotstudied at the Label century -19th Baroque clavichord pianoforte, Nicolas Callot– www.callot-blondeel.be www.lucasblondeel.com [email protected] — Classics, Enigma Records, BB-Classics EnigmaRecords, Classics, Phaedra,Warner/Klara, Warner piano, Label century -20th Classicism piano pianoforte, Chevallier– Claire www.callot-blondeel.be www.nicolascollet.be [email protected] — labels. different for supervisor engineer and as arecording and teacher, he alsoworks asapianist Besides hiscareer and Trondheim (Norway). inChina He gavemasterclasses Amsterdam. of Conservatory at MilaBaslawskaja of the teacher He wasassistant and at de!KUNSTHUMANIORA. Tilburg of Arts and Performing music at Music of the Academy teaches piano and chamber Malcolm Bilson.NicolasCallot and wasguidedby instruments onhistorical also performs Besides the modern piano he he founded the duoZeitspiel. Rodyns withBart 2017, together Hendrickje Van In Kerckhove. with he works regularly alied-accompanistlabel. As Blondeel for the Warner Classics Lucas his piano-duo partner label Phaedra, and CDswith two asolo-piano the CDfor released He Philippe Herreweghe. under Symphony Orchestra withthe Antwerp performance culminating inhisrecent orchestras, important withseveral He performed Competition inAustria. the of Brahms was aLaureate National Competitions and Nicolas Callotwonnumerous andLeonskaja Jan Wijn. Passacaille Passacaille AlphaClassics, Records, Cypres Zig-Zag Territoires, Outhere, (Needcompany). Josse DePauwand Jan Lauwers DavidClaerbout, such asRosas, and other artists, performing workedwith also extensively Chevallier has classical music. a landmark inthe worldof Bruggeis with AnimaEterna pourlamaingauche Concerto Ravel’s of Her recording Debussy, Satie, and Poulenc. such asRavel, composers the of French worksof expert She’samongst others. an Competition Warschau, of and the International Chopin inUtrecht Liszt Concours the panel the judgesfor of on de Bruxellesand served Royal at the Conservatoire teaches 1840-1920. Claire the period grand pianos from pianos, six consistingof historical collectionof own She alsohasher instruments. musiconold re-actualizes she informed performance: specialized inhistorically is Claire and recordings. her for performances renowned She isworld- orchestra. with and concerts concerts chamber pianist solorecitals, of Chevallierisacelebrated Claire and harpsichord at and harpsichord the Royal inBrussels, Conservatory at the Royal recorder Dimos deBeunstudied Label Renaissance – Baroque harpsichord, continuo organ Dimos deBeun – www.clairechevallier.com [email protected] — Records, Eufoda Records, Aeolus, Harp&Co, Etcetera Harp&Co, Etcetera Aeolus, recorder,

63 instrumentalists keyboard instruments 64 he is one of the specialists in he isone the of specialists Kuijken). Today Barthold others, (workingwith, among repertoire with soloand chamber music many which of CD recordings, than 100 inmore part has taken Demeyere artist, a performing As task. artist’s most important a composition isaperforming of theof emotional contents thatHe believes the conveying music theorist and professor. conductor,harpsichordist, isa Ewald Demeyere Label Renaissance - Baroque harpsichord – Ewald Demeyere [email protected] — . Coloratus Arcus ensemble founded the Baroque he with Annelies Decock, TogetherBruges Conservatory. Waregem, Blankenberge and the playing at of the Academies and ensemble harpsichord recorder,He isateacher of various international labels. and inensemble,and with bothsolo and CDrecordings, inTVproductions participated and Zefiro Torna. Hehas MusikBerlin,IlGardellino Alte Akademie für Currende, Rosas, Collegium Vocale B’Rock, Gent, Tempore, Vlaams Radiokoor, HuelgasEnsemble,Ex Consort, Bande, Ricercar as LaPetite worked withensemblessuch and continuo player he has and arecorder Antwerp. As and JorisVerdin inBruges organ under Ignace Michiels and Antwerp. Hestudied Brussels of Conservatories Accent, ChallengeClassics Accent, www.ewalddemeyere.com [email protected] — Early Musicdepartment. Namur, he alsoheads the where Musique etdePédagogie of at the InstitutSupérieurde and improvisation partimento harpsichord,teacher of Antwerp and isamainsubject of at Conservatoire the Royal practice performance historical and oratorio improvisation, teachespartimento, Demeyere flow.and natural inits is the most accomplished a5percembalo’ his ‘Ricercar unanimous inhisopinionthat was the jury where Contest won the CPEB:CWCounterpoint inBologna.In2018he Bernardi competition Paola harpsichord the for international the jury 2013, he wasamember of In improvisation. historical and theof partimento field Clara Haskil Competition year he wasfinalist at the and inthe same de Mallorca Chopin Competition inPalma the international Frédéric Prizeat In 1983he wonFirst the Emmanuel Durletprize. Competition Eindhoven, 1979), work(Tromp acontemporary of thePrize for bestinterpretation Tenuto, DeJonghe, the Stephan competitions inthe Benelux: wonmultiple Luc Devos London, Brusselsand Paris, After hisstudiesinLeuven, Label century -21st Baroque – Luc Devos Belgicum, Gallo,Terpsichore Polo, Olympia,Mozarteum Marco B&B, Records, Cypres Naxos, Records, Accent, Ricercar, EMI,Famos Accent, piano, pianoforte has given concerts at various has given concerts practice. Iris her performance of part –are graphic notation also new music–inparticular but and the Renaissance, Ages is early music:the Middle passion Vroome. Hergreatest under Basde and Rotterdam Antwerpof under JorisVerdin organist at the conservatories graduatedIris Eysermans as Label century -21st Ages Middle organ portative – Iris Eysermans [email protected] +32 16261899 — instruments. Sigiswald Kuijken onperiod Mozart’s with violinsonatas and Prokofiev, and Schubert and nocturnes, Liszt, worksby Chopin’s impromptus mazurkas, including recordings, several hasmadeBelge. LucDevos Musicale l’UniondelaPresse by del’année musicien européen the titlejeune he was awarded GrumiauxTrio.Arthur In1994 he is alsothe pianist the of Kuijken. Moreover,Barthold José van Dam, Sigiswaldand Grumiaux, Arthur Hirschhorn, Bastin, Yuzuko Horigome, Philip withJules has givenconcerts foraffinity chamber music and Healsohasstrong orchestras. and allthe majorBelgian SalzburgerSolisten Romande, delaSuisse Orchester Orkest, Zürich, het Brabants Orchester suchorchestras asthe Tonhalle as asoloistwithrenowned and inrecitals performed has LucDevos in Montreux. ChampdAction organ, organ, den-Berg. and dance inHeist-op- word and the academy music, for andHoogstraten Baarle-Hertog, in academy DeNoorderkempen practice and piano labat accompanimentkeyboard, organ. organ, Irisisateacher of melodica, organ pipes, portative (Pels-D’Hondt), tape, portative R3, voice,Doepfer, Rossignol- large organ: Korg synthesizer the inaddition to instruments other of also usesawidevariety 64-Feet music. contemporary compositions from interprets 64-Feet ancientto music, incontrast And viceversa: sound. acontemporary into music the earliest keyboard duo 64-Feet, which translates she the forms Noëlle Bette, Together withorganist Marie- Canniere. Peter by conducted Schola Trunchiniensis Femina sings withthe renowned in2019.She in Drongen at the Centrum Gregoriaans chant Gregorian programme the Iriscompleted Middle Ages. inthe organ of created type organ: the first the portative organ, she alsoplays historical the Inaddition to abroad. series inthe Netherlands and andorgan festivals concert Label century -21st Renaissance harpsichord Jacobs – Bart www.64-feet.be www.iriseysermans2.webnode.nl [email protected] — Ficta, Aeolian Ficta, Eufoda,Alpha,Musica Montefagorum, Ricercar, Organroxx, Ramée, Ricercar, Ramée, Organroxx, organ, organ,

65 instrumentalists keyboard instruments 66 www.bartjacobs.eu [email protected] — classes. master workshopsDays, and public organizing annual Harpsichord by inthe harpsichord interest enlarge the public’saims to which Society), Harpsichord Vereniging (the Flemish theof Vlaamse Klavecimbel Bach Society. Heisco-founder the of Netherlands a project Bach, withAllof has cooperated Jacobs home Bart and abroad. at awards the most prestigious received LesMuffatti, orchestra withthe Baroque performed and J. strings by S.Bach and organ for concertos tions of - reconstruc (2019), withhisown organ and for strings Concertos Choice 2017.The CD Editor’s Diapason 5and Gramophone cluding 2017, CHOCdeClassica withprizesin- was awarded Feste BurgistunserGott(2016) at home The and CDEin abroad. been enthusiastically received His debutsoloalbumshave Mosam, CollegiumAd Currende, Psallentes, Il Gardellino, Les Muffatti, Hathor Consort, sembles including Vox Luminis, en- withrenowned collaborated and Europe across extensively continuo player, he hastoured soloistand and Bruges.As Alkmaar,tions of Amsterdam international organ competi- 2006-2010 he wonprizesat the Lemmens inLeuven.Between campus LUCA School Arts of and KrisVerhelstSmits at the Reitze basswith and figured harpsichord, chamber music Jacobs studiedorgan, Bart the complete viola dagamba the complete Debussy,works of aswell the Lucvan Hove, chamberby discography includes works Cambier, His OlgaPasiecznik, ensembles, aswellAnne with the Ictusand Oxalys, Ensor played occasions on numerous Wieland Kuijken. Hehasalso and hisfather Steylaerts, Karel clarinettist Henk Soen,cellist Meynckens, with pianist Bart induos and has appeared Ensemble, the Prometheus 1988, he hasbeenlinkedwith Since modern instruments. periods,and on historical harpsichord, pianos various of onthe music; he performs modern to the Baroque spans from wide repertoire His States. and the United countries, aswell asJapan inmany European performed and Wieland Kuijken. Hehas Casteels Robert den Broeck, Etienne Siebens,Silveervan Nozy, Norbert Groslot, Robert Dorman, Zeeve Avim Ostrovski, such as conductors of baton under theand orchestras played withchamber ensembles at solorecitals, has appeared chamber musicclasses. He the piano and from honours He graduated withthe highest Lysebeth and André DeGroote. under Jan Michiels, Arievan inBrussels Conservatory Royal Vermeulen; he studiedat the Piet Kuijken isastudent Jan of Label century -21st Baroque pianoforte Piet Kuijken – Gailly, Denon,HänsslerVerlag René ChannelClassics, Records, Phaedra,Etcetera Arcana, Accent, Passacaille, Fuga Passacaille, Libera, piano, Viennese School, all Debussy, the second all worksfrom such asallBeethoven Sonatas, cycles complete several realized mentioned he above recitals’ the ‘ritual from (2011). Apart ‘Teatro dell’Ascolto’the Arts in hisdoctorate of the centre atis LuigiNono, who stood his maininspiration sources One of and K.Defoort. Groslot K.Huber, R. K. Goeyvaerts, H. Holliger, H.Lachenmann, such asG.Kurtág, composers worked indeed closely with Jan Michiels music history. continuous dialogue withliving a through his programs composing aperformer of the position seenfrom today Bach till musicfrom contain the Romantics’ or‘SlavicSoul’ with Prometheus’, War ‘The of afew, quote to ‘LostinVenice hisactivity - testify recordings Numerous perspectives. and changing newinalways combiningold repertoire, the piano to approach and multi-layered personal hisvery has beenknown for competition 1991,Jan Michiels Brussels QueenElizabeth inthe Since beingalaureate Label century -21st Baroque Jan Michiels –  www.pietkuijken.be [email protected] — Jongen. and piano Joseph works of cello the complete recorded he Steylaerts, Bach.With Karel Johann of Sebastian sonatas Megadisc MDC,Audiomax, Pavane Klara, Records, Eufoda, Cypres Fuga Libera, Etcetera Records, Fuga Records, Libera,Etcetera piano Hermans he aims to create a create Hermans he aims to withElisabeth together where theof ensembleBachPlus, withthe foundation reality became 2010 alongdream In and Currende. Radiokoor Collegium Vocale Vlaams Gent, as Zefiro Gardellino, Torna, Il suchensembles and orchestras musicians and renowned with the most prominent demand he isinregular result, a As composers. contemporary by creations polyphony to early from repertoires: diverse very performing and abroad inthe Netherlands stages music settingsonconcert both soloand inchamber player, and beseen can continuo and appreciated He isahighlyrespected areas. place inmany different Bart’s activities musical take conducting. in orchestral degree hismaster’s obtained and in2008he in harpsichord music’. In2007he graduated ‘Frenchof symphonic organ organ inParis inthe domain diplomain his specialisation under LucPonet and obtained Naessens studiedorgan Bart Label century -21st Renaissance Naessens – Bart www.michielsjan.be [email protected] — piano duoYinYang. he the forms with IngeSpinette and ensembles- orchestras conductors, with numerous asoloisthe worked piano). 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67 instrumentalists keyboard instruments 68 Gloria and regularly performs performs Gloria and regularly Musica of director He isartistic and Karl Kaiser. Root Marten classes withNicolasAchten, inmaster He participated cembalo under Patrick Ayrton. al Verhelst, and maestro Haas, Fabio Bonizzoni, Kris under Frédérickharpsichord Clark and Patrick Beuckels, under Kate flute Renaissance Theuns and Jan DeWinne, Kuijken, Frankunder Barthold The Hague.Hestudiedtraverso Leuvenand of conservatories Brussels,andof at later the Conservatories both Royal at At the 16he ageof started al cembaloand musicology. harpsichord, maestro traverso, and recorder. Hestudied leader. organ Healsoplays and ensemble harpsichordist player, traverso passionate Beniamino Paganini isa Renaissance - Baroque harpsichord Beniamino Paganini – www.bachplus.be [email protected] +32 476305921 — national(inter) stages. on appeared he has already X-Travaganzaorchestra , where the of founder/conductor Heisalso the Bachto oeuvre. original and uniqueapproach withtheir musiclovers die-hard charmand hasmanaged to success at home and abroad, implemented withspecial being iscurrently This project Bach and hiscontemporaries. J.S. of repertoire the (cantata) of the for performance stage of soloworks by J.S. by soloworks of Bach, W.F. Hisrecordings TV-recordings. encompasses radio several and which also work, recorded GuyPenson’s alistof CDs top Ahundred tangentenflügel. and specialised inpianoforte the harpsichord, he has to Inaddition and RedHerring. Fondamento, IlGardellino ensembles,likeIl renowned in collaboration withmany and insolorecitals, regularly he performs a harpsichordist South America and Japan. As Canada, States, in the United Russia, Scandinavia), aswell Germany, Romania, Hungary, (France,festivals Italy, Spain, European the most important at asaguest-artist appeared Hehas in Belgiumand abroad. reputation gained an impressive his studies,GuyPenson has Bruges in1980.Since finishing AntiquaMusica Competition in competitions including the international several of laureate Heisa HOGENT&Howest. arts school of Conservatory & Royal Guy Penson studiedat the KASK Label Renaissance – Classicism harpsichord, pianoforte Guy Penson – www.beniaminopaganini.com [email protected] — Overijse. academies Gentbrugge of and teacher atis aharpsichord the Bande. and He B’Rock LaPetite Scherzi Musicali, Gardellino, with ensemblessuch asIl Libera FugaWallonie, Records, Etcetera Pavane, Phaedra,Musiqueen Eufoda, Ricercar, Accent, Eufoda,Ricercar, Accent, he hascomposed various choral years the KULeuven.In recent he islinkedto aresearcher As Kunst inVienna. Darstellende Musikund the Hochschule für Lemmens inLeuvenand at campus the LUCA School Arts of Ponet studiedsuccessivelyat Luc organist DeMunt. of regular Basilico. Ponet isalsothe Vergauwen and Gabriele Maarten with Alexander Ponet, and The Moondog Company, Mompó and SlawekCichor JoséChafer Manu Mellaerts, with as The G-BrassProject, original instrumentation such and very often with adiverse Ponet and inensembles VanJean-Pierre Hees,Alexander Leone, Raphael Guido Segers, musicians such as renowned Philippines. aduowith Heforms South America, Japan and the Mexico, States, the United Russia, inEurope, festivals asasoloistat has performed organs. He (reconstructed) ornew (restored) historical locations withimportant three and organist Leuven: of city Landcommanderij AldenBiesen, the of organist-in-residence the inTongeren,of basilica Luc Ponet istitular organist Label century -21st Ages Middle Luc Ponet – [email protected] — the international press. enthusiasm the by Belgian and been welcomed withgreat Bach, and W.A. have Mozart Recordings, Vision-Air Recordings, RMJ Production, Etoile Records, Pavane, Naxos, Etcetera Etcetera Pavane,Naxos, organ organ with soprano Hendrickje van organ, reed the pressure (1860)inwhich he plays Party ensembleThe the historical end 2015,he of re-established Atthe ensemble Oltremontano. WimBecu’s player of keyboard He isthe preferred instruments. authentic musiconhistorical player, and keyboard interprets leader isthe artistic which Bart of Consort Baroque Euterpe ensemble and instrumental Hungarian radio. The vocal French,Dutch, Danish and the for Belgian, recordings and in Belgium.Hehasmade in Birmingham and Leiden, international competitions prizesat wonseveral Bart Verdin Verheggen. and Marcel Joris Hansde Rooij, Leenders, Dorthy were principal teachers His Antwerp and Maastricht. of at the MusicConservatories Handenhoven. he Later studied Van withDieter harpsichord studiedorgan/ Rodyns Bart Label century -21st Renaissance harpsichord, harmonium – Rodyns Bart www.forummusicale.eu [email protected] — Music -CastleAldenBiesen. –FestivalIntra Muros Early for of Director charge asArtistic LucPonet isin 2020 onwards, Alden Biesen.From September the of Bach Academy direction his activities liesinthe artistic Aspecialaspectof assignment. and organ works,mostly on Mixtuur ZedClassics, Enigma Records, Warner Ramée, Classics, Records, Accent, Phaedra, Etcetera Phaedra,Etcetera Accent, organ, organ,

69 instrumentalists keyboard instruments 70 violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Heworksregularly music. Ligeti, Crumb and contemporary to instruments), historical Chopin and Brahms on (often Bach, Beethoven, to Byrd from includes music his repertoire aclassical recitalist, As music. and ambient/electronic rock Indy improvisation, of realms the his development across post-studies, hascontinued in the Netherlands) and, and pianoforte (harpsichord specialising inearly music Music),spentof years several YorkNew School (Manhattan studied classical piano in Australia, Anthony Romaniuk inhisyouth Jazz-obsessed Label century -21st Ages Middle harpsichord pianoforte, Anthony – Romaniuk www.bartrodyns.com [email protected] — Southern Countries. Low ancient instrument inthe possibly the most important organ, atrulyhistoric thus plays Paul’sAntwerp St. He church. appointed titular organist the of was Rodyns Juneof 2020Bart Harmonium &Harpsichord. As Organ, appointed asProfessor is Rodyns Bart Tilburg, Arts Musicandof Performing AtFontyssoloists. Academy and other ensemblesand Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, BachPlus, InAlto, Utopia, with LesMuffatti, Oltremontano, Heworksfrequently Lode Leire. andLawson doublebassplayer violinistEliot Kerckhove, Alpha Classics, Melba AlphaClassics, piano, music at the Hogeschool Leiden. of sician, he alsoteaches theory mu- activities asaprofessional Museum Antwerp. Besideshis Cambridge and the Vleeshuis of this subjectat the University on sons and hasgivenlectures intabulations French of chan- er, he onkeyboard hasfocused - aresearch founded in2013.As stringensemblehe a baroque Collective, Corelli Amsterdam leader and founding member of and organ. Heisalsothe artistic on harp­ the 19th century the 16thto ranging from toire - withareper home asabroad both at he hasgivenrecitals asoloist, and Japan. As Europe throughout and soloist ontours asacontinuo player performed Bande, withwhichLa Petite he of He became part Amsterdam. of and the Conservatorium Antwerp of Conservatoire studiedat Sarrechia the Royal Mario Belgian harpsichordist Label -Romanticism Baroque pianoforte harpsichord, organ, – Mario Sarrechia www.anthonyromaniuk.com [email protected] — Efterklang. group and Danish rock Orchestra SeattleOrchestra, Symphony the Australian Chamber Rochat, and Wispelwey Nadège Pieter include working withcellists collaborations noteworthy member Vox of Luminis.Other Mechelen and isalsoacore Van Reinoud and tenor — Accent, Apotheosis Records ApotheosisRecords Accent, sichord sichord cum laude under LucPonet Luminis. After graduating magna Fondamento, LaFenice and Vox Il ensembles such asB’Rock, with and recordings concerts innumerous having performed and organist, harpsichordist asan Early Music record career David Van Bouwelhasaproven Label century -21st Renaissance harpsichord, organ David Van Bouwel– [email protected] — CDs. numberof in an impressive wasinvolved Herman Stinders the new ensemblePer Flauto. member of asacore presence his Coenrequested 2009 Bart inBrussels.In Conservatory at the Royal instruments and chamber musichistorical teachesharpsichord Stinders Herman (Philippe Herreweghe). and CollegiumVocale Gent (ErikVanat Currende Nevel) including concerts, numerous Since then he has given Antwerp. of Conservatoire at the Royal Immerseel withJosvan harpsichord studied Herman Stinders Label Renaissance - Baroque harpsichord – Herman Stinders www.mariosarrechia.com [email protected] +31 618479585 Eufoda HarmoniaMundi, Musica, Deutsche Alpha Classics Grammophon, ChannelClassics, Accent, Sonyclassical, Lauda Accent, Ricercar, BR Klassik, Deutsche Ricercar, Deutsche BRKlassik, organ, organ, pianoforte harpsichord, organ, – Jos van Immerseel www.ilcostro.com +32 475326051 — musicians.of a to instruments new generation his enthusiasm these for he conveys where Oostende, and at the Conservatorium Torhoutthe Kunstacademie organ and chamber musicat and composer, he teaches his activities asaperformer Besides various contexts. soundscapes for creating and the pastand future, fusingsoundsmusic by from Earlyof and Contemporary the boundaries he explores egoTorushis alter Biglane, As Haselböck. and Martin Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, himself withLiuweTamminga, 1996, he perfect continued to campus Lemmens inLeuven at the LUCA School Arts of clavichord. He hasbuiltupa and pianoforte rhetoric, inorganology,also self-taught (conducting). Heis Sternefeld and Daniël (harpsichord) (voice), Kenneth Gilbert (chamber music),LucieFrateur Traey (piano), Alpaerts Jef and composition), Eugène (organ studied withFlorPeeters collector, and professor. He conductor, researcher, ispianist, Jos van Immerseel Label century -20th Renaissance Accent HarmoniaMundi, Erato, Deutsche Carus, AlphaClassics, Classics, Grammophon,Channel Deutsche Zig-Zag Territoires, Sony,

71 instrumentalists keyboard instruments 72 Stef TuinstraStef and Menno van Lohmann, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Joris Verdin,Immerseel, Ludger withJosvan courses diverse Verhelst. Healsofollowed under Kris harpsichord in degree and amaster’s Smits, Leuven under Reitze Lemmens Campus in Arts in organ at LUCA School of diploma and a specialisation degree amaster’s He obtained organist and harpsichordist. Ben Van NespenisaBelgian Label century -21st Renaissance Ben Van Nespen– [email protected] — Mozarteum. the of and the orchestra Berlin, the Wiener Akademie, Musik Alte the Akademie für Budapest Festival Orchestra, suchwith orchestras asthe has beenaguestconductor Music(Tokyo).College of He and Kunitachi (Bloomington) (Basel), Indiana University the Schola CantorumBasiliensis asguestteacher by been invited and Paris and has Amsterdam Antwerp, of the Conservatories them. Van at taught Immerseel and that inspired composers the to actually familiar were that usethe instruments to thata symphony orchestra aims Brugge, founded AnimaEterna In1987he album recordings. usedin and are at hisconcerts accompanyoccasionally him that instruments keyboard historic unique collectionof Cypres Records Cypres Eufoda,Etcetera, Haske, Accent, Carus, Brilliant Carus, De Classics, organ Turnhout. in organ Sint-Pieterskerk of onthe historic CD, recorded solo hisfirst 2013 he released and accompaniment teacher. In Wilrijk asan organ, harpsichord and music academies Ekeren of and Sweden.Heworksat the the Netherlands, Austria, Poland Germany,Britain, France, Italy, inGreat concerts performed Le PavillondeMusique.Hehas the of new ensemble founders Heisone the of Consort. and Ricercar Oltremontano Hildebrandt Consort, Currende, d’Amsterdam, Concerto B’Rock, Brugge, with AnimaEterna continuo playerhe hasworked a the 21stcentury. As 16th to the from repertoire, extensive an harpsichord, he performs asoloistonorgan and 1964. As and the organ competition in the foundation the of festival ever since Belgian as the first competition inBruges(2009) at the Antiqua Musica organ prize prizes, including first Delft. Hehaswonseveral has recorded over fiftyCDs as a over has recorded compositions. He contemporary time ashe creates the same musicat forgotten reviving of matches hispreference Thiscombination musicologist. Joris Verdin isbothorganist and Label century -21st Renaissance harmonium Joris Verdin – [email protected] — Air, Gailly… René AMGRecords, LeBricoleur, Records, Cypres Vision- HarmoniaMundi,Classics, Ricercar, Etcetera Records, Brilliant Records, Etcetera organ, organ, Label -Baroque Renaissance harpsichord, organ Kris Verhelst – www.jorisverdin.com [email protected] — compositions. own his workingwithvideoto focus Joris Verdin anew develops compositions. Fromown 2019 of inafullprogram resulted Working years several over boost. gotareal this project software, recent theof more ago.Withthe progress years some twenty synthesizer started Combining modified organ and in1763. delaRedonda Gaspar organ builtby historical organist the of as honorary Abad appointed JorisVerdin TorreSpanish town deJuan in2014.The and reissued in1998 works wasrecorded A compilation hisorgan of harmonium of technique. handbook works and the first Franck César of harmonium edition complete the first activities. Amongst them, his of part an important are editionsandmusical articles classes, Belgium. Master at the KULeuven, is professor Antwerp of and Conservatoire teaches the organ at the Royal He instruments. keyboard as the harmonium and other onthefocuses organ aswell he now arranger and producer activities asaccompanist, eras and Aftervarious styles. spanning many musical soloist, Channel Classics, Mirare, Aliud, EMR Mirare, Channel Classics, Ramée,Klara, Accent, Passacaille, Etcetera Records, Eufoda, Records, Etcetera workshops. lead and to masterclasses give to invited She isregularly Amsterdam. of Conservatory and chamber musicat the teaches bassocontinuo KrisVerhelst Consort. Ricercar Maiorum,Oltremontano, More music ensemblessuch as Bande andLa Petite chamber Brugge, CollegiumVocale Gent, Les Muffatti, AnimaEterna IlGardellino, the orchestras well-known ensemblessuch as with regularly and recording as acontinuo player, performing bothasasoloist and reputation has builtupan international During the pastdecades she Antwerp. of Conservatoire at the Royal Jos van Immerseel with Leuven and harpsichord campusLemmens in Arts of Chris Duboisat LUCA School Verhelst studiedorgan with Kris individual instrument. every of specific qualities the for and deeprespect understanding a thorough reflect always interpretations clavichord and organ). Her modern copies(harpsichord, and instruments keyboard and Japan onbothhistorical America of States The United Europe, throughout performing Kris Verhelst hasbeen pianoforte virtuosos. After virtuosos. pianoforte one today’s of most prominent Jan Vermeulen isconsidered Label Classicism - Romanticism Jan Vermeulen – [email protected] — Classics, Accent, HarmoniaMundi Accent, Classics, Etcetera Records, Brilliant Records, Etcetera pianoforte

73 instrumentalists keyboard instruments 74 Label century -21st Ages Middle soprano percussion, harpsichord, organ, organetto, Vicens – Catalina www.duovermeulenpeeters.com www.janvermeulen.be [email protected] — campus Lemmens inLeuven. at the LUCA School Arts of and chamber music pianoforte pedagogue. Heteaches piano, Vermeulen isalsoadedicated asaperformer,career Jan Veerle Besideshis Peeters. handhe afour duowith forms a.o.Since 2014 Il Gardellino the ensemblesExplorations, Ponseele, Anne Cambier and Springuel, Dieltiens, Roel Marcel Christine Busch, France Kuijken, PaulDombrecht, musicians such asWieland with himtogether brought chamber for His love music Europe. allover has performed asoloistJan Vermeulen2010. As was chosen Musician the of Year he 2010. Following thisproject, in magnum which he completed piano works,an opus complete Schubert’s of recording withthe worldwide fame Jan VermeulenNow harvests artist. asapianoforte career aflourishing of marked the start beginning the of nineties Carl Maria vonWeber at the of the of sonatas recording Hispioneering instruments. historical of the direction authenticity pushed himinto and urgefor his interest inBrussels, Conservatory his piano studiesat the Royal Etcetera Records, Eloquentia Records, Etcetera Carpe Diem, Ramée, Cobra, CarpeDiem,Ramée, since 2019. she teaches Brussels,where of class at Conservatory the Royal the for harpsichord keyboards with the historical pedagogyof research informed performance combine historically concept to an innovativehas developed about education, Vicens and issues.Passionate contexts social contemporary different period inconnections with the of humanistic heritage the musicand intellectual with whom she explores Antico, Servir social project the of ensemble and director America. She isthe artistic USAand South in Europe, and newmusic Baroque medieval,of Renaissance, as amember ensembles of regularly and records performs organs. Vicens Renaissance medieval and of reconstruction in the development and specialized instrument builders workingalongside keyboards, herfor workwithmedieval Vicens isalsorecognized gothic organs inEurope. one the of bestpreserved in the worldand recording oldest playableharpsichord the globe,including thearound earlycollections of instruments at various she hasperformed instruments, early keyboard on specialized inperforming and the Americas. Having inEurope early musicfestivals inthe main perform well asto as and musicologyconferences, practice performance historical at hold lectures to invited generation. She isregularly her of soloists keyboard most sought-after historical Vicens isone the of Catalina Conservatory inBrussels. Conservatory at the Royal improvisation and the piano, the pianoforte, teaches Bulgaria. Hecurrently France, Germany, Belgium,and in works havebeenperformed his Anumberof improvisation. in theof composition fields and VodenitcharovBoyan alsoworks his activities asaperformer, CDs.Inadditionnumber of to a on which he hasrecorded inperiodinstruments, interest now, an years he hasalsotaken HallinTokyo.Suntory For 20 HallinPrague,and the Smetana the Congrès deStrasbourg, the PalaisdelaMusiqueetdes inAmsterdam, Concertgebouw hallssuch asBOZAR, concert Japan, at performing prestigious Canada, and States, the United Europe, throughout concerts in 1986and 1987.Hegives inBaltimore Conservatory Leon Fleischer at the Peabody studieswith further undertook Competition. He Elisabeth 1981 and inthe 1983Queen the BusoniCompetition in in comeHe went third onto international competition. prizewinner at the Senigallia beena 1979, havingalready in inSofia the Conservatory VodenitcharovBoyan entered Label century -21st Classicism piano, pianoforte VodenitcharovBoyan – www.ensembleservirantico.com www.catalinavicens.com [email protected] — Gega Musique enWallonie, Records, Cypres Fuga Libera,ExplicitRecords, Pavane, Flora, Mogno, Accent, Pavane,Flora,Mogno,Accent,

Clavecin enFête. BOZAR, AMUZand Festival du Festival Flagey, van Vlaanderen, Festivalstages: deWallonie, on Belgian and international Wolfs recitals givesnumerous and Myriam Rignol. Julien Yokowith violinists Kawakubo ensemble, theof LesTimbres is alsoafounding member Minkoff Publishing Prize.He and the Audience Award with aSecond Prizetie,the the of competition, laureate Bruges. In2007he wasthe first AntiquaMusica competition in win aprizeat the prestigious to Belgian harpsichordist first de Lyon. JulienWolfs wasthe National SupérieurdeMusique Börner at the Conservatoire with Françoise Lengelléand Dirk and Amsterdam of Conservatory with Menno van Delft at the lessons Jodoigne. Hethen took Anne Dachy at de the Académie studies withhismother Marie- hisharpsichord Wolfs started Julien Belgian harpsichordist Label Baroque Julien Wolfs –

Mirare, Paraty Mirare, Ricercar, Flora, LigiaDigital, harpsichord harpsichord

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nts Conservatory of Brussels. of Conservatory at the Royal music theory and applied early lute singing, teaches Dane. NicolasAchten singerKris Hermia orpop/rock Manu saxophonist trio withjazz DiderLaloy,accordionist orin induetwithfolk encounters, atypical Nicolas alsoexplores Scherzi Musicali. Inthe margins, he founded the ensemble practice, into put hisresearch and to deepen thisapproach practice. Eagerto historical to accompany himself, returning to classicalthe few singers Jacobs. Today he isone of and René Rousset Christophe Minkowski,Kuijken, Marc such asJean Tubéry, Sigiswald conductors of the direction MusikBerlin,and under Alte Harmonique, Akademie für LePoème Musiciens duLouvre, Lyriques, IlFondamento, Les Akadêmia,LesTalensAgrémens, Bande, Ausonia,Les La Petite music ensembles,including been earlyby invited prestigious Since 2004he has Royaumont. and at de laVoix the Centre de Ambronay of Academy Baroque at the notably masterclasses, his traininginvarious and The Hague;he completed Brussels of Conservatories and ancient harp at the Royal harpsichord lute, singing, studied Nicolas Achten Label Renaissance - Baroque harp harpsichord, historical – Nicolas Achten www.nicolasachten.be [email protected] — Wallonie, Virgin,Challenge Ricercar, Alpha,Musiqueen lute, lute, the European Union Baroque UnionBaroque the European bass,joining the historical performing of understanding her broaden classes to master time, she took At the same inCanada. the for Arts Centre Essen (Germany) and the Banff Brussels, modern bassinGhent, Elise Christiaens studied Label -Romanticism Baroque double bass Elise Christiaens – www.thomasbaete.be [email protected] — Brussels and Leuven. Thomas teaches in the light. to music unknown 17thcentury Publics brings Transports ClubMediéval, and hisproject he founded the ensemble polyphony, 14thcentury for Japan. Exploringhispassion the U.S.A., Canada, Georgiaand Peru, Colombia, as Morocco, countries, aswell 20 European over himto activities brought Based inBelgium,hismusical accompany hissinging. uses to medieval fiddles,which he also the violadagamba and the are Hisinstruments early music. teachesand directs researches, Thomas Baeté performs, inBrussels. Conservatory Royal and at the with PietStryckers Antwerp and violadagamba of at Conservatoire the Royal Thomas Baeté studiedviolin Label -Baroque Ages Middle viola dagamba, fiddle Thomas Baeté – Musica Ficta, Ramée Musica Ficta, Harmonia Mundi, Passacaille Ricercar, MusiqueenWallonie, Etcetera Records, Alpha, Records, Etcetera

FolliArt). ensembles (BachPlus, B’Rock, international and orchestras Today, inseveral Eliseplays withIctus. modern repertoire (Jurgen Debruyn)aswell Ponseele) and Zefiro Torna (Marcel Suzuki) IlGardellino Collegium Japan (Masaaki with ensemblessuch asBach early musictogether very from ranging her inmany directions, activitiesmusical havetaken her musician and asoloist, asan orchestral eras. Active theof classical and music to Baroque from extending range repertoire of awide Elise hasexplored Brugge, ensemble AnimaEterna well aswithJosvan Immerseel’s Bande as LaPetite orchestra with SigiswaldKuijken and his than 10-year partnership more a violone her Through own. she hasmade the 8-foot passionanddeal of devotion, in2000.Withagreat Orchestra At the 17she ageof chooses the orchestras. soloist withseveral as perform to the opportunity music competitions and has violinandseveral chamber in part period, she alsotakes Van deVondel. Duringthis chamber musicwithFlorent Mechelen withFrans Vos and Conservatorium the Stedelijk Ann Cnop studiedviolinat Label Renaissance - Romanticism Ann Cnop – www.folliart.be [email protected] [email protected] — Accent, ExyLyre Accent, (Baroque) violin (Baroque)

77 instrumentalists string instruments 78 made laureate of the of Scottish made laureate Axion Classics) in1989,and was (now Het Gemeentekrediet organised by Muziekwedstrijd prize winner inthe Nationale Hewasfirst Dirk DeHertogh. he studied with Bornem where at the musicacademy in government medal guitar for a Jurgen Debruynreceived Label century -21st Ages Middle theorbo, (early) guitar Jurgen Debruyn– www.anncnop.com [email protected] — Pavillon deMusique. her ensemble,Le own started She also Ghent. of University at the aPhDinArts obtained 2019,she a4. InSeptember Quatuor theof stringquartet violin andDevos isthe first induowithLuc Biesen, plays and the Alden of Bach Academy Foscari Concerto orchestra the of German concertmaster Since 2013,Ann is Gardellino. and Il Köln, LesAgrémens Royal Concert Galante, Bande, IlFondamento, Europa ensembles such asLaPetite withrenowned and recordings inconcerts also participates Santos.She and LuisOtavio with Sigiswaldand Sara Kuijken violin specializeinBaroque to Brussels of the Conservatory at in2004,she enrolls degree violin her master After obtaining singing withDinaGrossberger. Kawagutiand violin withElisa study Lemmens inLeuvento campus LUCA School Arts of Records, WarnerRecords, Classics Homerecords, Etcetera Etcetera Homerecords, lute, lute, NTGent/Johan Simons. Augustijnen with and theatre B/Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Koen Cdela dance withLesballets ensemble,modernSeewald Joris Experience, the Sahava musicwiththejazz-world Chris inother genres: inprojects part Hehasalsotaken Allessandrini. Jean Tubéry orRinaldo asPaul Goodwin, conductors Vocale Vox Gent, Luminisand Huelgas Ensemble,Collegium with ensemblessuch as and worked and cdrecordings, many early musicprojects to Hehascontributed recordings. and CD original productions its prizesfor several awarded Thefestivals. ensemblewas invarious international perform to with whom he wasinvited music ensembleZefiro Torna the of early director the artistic Savall. JurgenDebruynis Jordi DavidRusselland among others classes, with master several thishe took Nextto music. inchamber degree a master’s he alsoobtained Leuven, where campusLemmens in Arts of at the LUCA School Malfeyt withPhilippe and lute Smits withRaphaella classical guitar 1994.Hestudied festival guitar Conservatory inAntwerp and Conservatory modern violinat the Royal Annelies Decock studied Label -Baroque Renaissance violin (Baroque) Annelies Decock – www.zefirotorna.be [email protected] — Accent, Alpha,Ramée Accent, Passacaille, Challenge Records, sound oldand worlds of modern the explore to violin inorder violinand theromantic modern violin,classical- the Baroque born. Today plays GuidodeNeve was phrasing and much more sound, inmusic, research of A newdimension instruments. onhistorical perform to started 2004, GuidodeNeve In as asoloistwithorchestra. inchamber musicand concerts regular age he wasperforming the 11.From ageof that early Brusselsat of Conservatory as apupilat the Royal wasaccepted Guido deNeve Label -Romanticism Baroque violin (Baroque) – Guido deNeve www.anneliesdecock.weebly.com — violin. Renaissance and vielle, viola,violad’amore instrument include collectionto she hasexpanded her music, early of be at home inallareas LesAbbagliati.the group To Torna and the plays violinwith Publics and Zefiro Transports Apotheosis, BachPlus, Consort, Ricercar temporis, with anocte worksregularly She currently ensembles. top in numerous much sought-after musician 2007 and hassince become a She graduated in student. mostprize for deserving the IngeborgKöberle awarded she was in Brussels,where at Conservatory the Royal violin Columbia, then baroque British of at the University violin modern and baroque Bricoleur, Klara Etcetera Records, Pavane,Le Records, Etcetera

[email protected] — Antwerp. of Conservatoire the Royal from head the of violindepartement and than 25years, more for hasbeenaviolinteacher Neve Franck de andDe Boeck.Guido van Maldere, Lekeu, Litta, among many manuscripts of inthe discovery resulted Allhisresearch instruments. onromantic style romantic playingin a stringquartet founded Quatuor Romantique, In2019,GuidodeNeve sonata. Franck’s César of second violin and recording was the discovery highlight violin onthe romantic A approach. groundbreaking its and performance outstanding its waspraisedfor recording This (Frank Agsteribbe). Bach withharpsichord Sonatas the of complete recording example for the are research this of Results instruments. and concerts by among by and concerts CDrecordings productions, intheatre participate to invited he isregularly Genard, and JohannesPawlowski collaborations withMauro and the U.S. Inaddition to and inRussia, China Europe throughout has performed He early musicand lute. in postgraduate degree Floris DeRycker holds a Label -Baroque Ages Middle vihuela cetera, guitar, theorbo, cittern, guitar, Renaissance Baroque Floris DeRycker – Phaedra, Glossa Music Phaedra, Glossa Ramée, Etcetera Records, Records, Etcetera Ramée, lute, lute,

79 instrumentalists string instruments 80 Devaere is a teacher of harp, isateacher of Devaere Hannelore artists. female in interest her ever-growing deepen which she wasableto an ensemblein light day: of the harp) saw and baroque violadagamba (vocals, Merci 2015, LesBellesDames Sans and WorldBaroque In Music. she oncombining focuses inwhich the ensembleCuerdas Brussels. In2010she founded InstrumentMusical Museum in withthewas alsoassociated she Inthiscapacity century). and organology (16thand 17th iniconography specialisation is amusicologistwith activities,musical Hannelore and Italy. her Inaddition to Spain of repertoire Baroque and mainly onthe Renaissance Andrew focusing Lawrence-King, under MusikBremen alte für harp at thehistorical Akademie studied Devaere Hannelore Label Renaissance - Baroque – Devaere Hannelore www.rdvm.org [email protected] — Campus inLeuven. Lemmens School Arts of Wilrijkand LUCA Academie at the SLAC/Conservatorium, worldwide.Heteaches stages onthe largest he performs del viejoMundo withwhich behind the ensembleRatas Heisthe drivingforce NTGent. Flemish Opera,het Paleisand Flamenca, FroeFroe, the Ensemble, the former Capilla graindelavoix, Sollazzo others Homerecords Ricercar, Records, Etcetera Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche harp Renaissance -21th century Renaissance double bass Tom – Devaere www.hanneloredevaere.net [email protected] — in June 2008. CD The Fellowship wasreleased solo on periodharp. Herfirst solorecordings also released she has Cappella Mediterranea, and LesAgrémens B’Rock, Hesperion XXI,Oltremontano, such asZefiro abroad Torna, home and ensembles from a continuo accompanist with as CDrecordings numerous Toulouse. Inaddition to Berlinand Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels, of Conservatories includingabroad, the Royal harp inthe Netherlands and classes onthe historical master diverse She alsoconducts academies Tielt of and Knokke. at the history music and art member of the Flanders member the of Flanders 1990 until 2008he wasa and Vaclav Neumann. From Abbado, Vladimir Ashkenazy, such asClaudio conductors which he playedwithfamous MahlerYouthGustav Orchestra, and the Europe aUnited of the YouthOrchestra, Orchestra Union Youththe European musician he wasmember of an orchestra As Charleroi. Instrumentcompetition at the of National laureate In1991he was Howest. HOGENT& school arts of Conservatory KASK &Royal Tom studiedat the Devaere Label Pentatone Mundi, Sony, Grammophon, Deutsche Zig-Zag Territoires, Harmonia violone, violone, him right from the beginning him right from unconventional took approach and musicality overwhelming personality, cello. Hisstrong on bothmodern and Baroque asan authority is nowregarded on the international scene and swiftly made anamefor himself ied inAntwerp and Detmold. He Dieltiens stud- The cellistRoel Label -Romanticism Baroque cello (Baroque) Dieltiens– Roel www.b-rock.org www.tomdevaere.com — de Bruxelles. Royal bass at the Conservatoire Tom teaches double Devaere the B’rock Storme Orchestra. Tomas Bisschop and Hendrik withFranktogether Agsteribbe, In2005heAfrica. founded and South States the United Colombia, Peru, Bolivia,Mexico, countries, Japan, China,Russia, allthe European himto took These orchestras Gardellino. and Il Barokksolistene Norsk (2000-2013), Barockorchester Japan (2000),the Freiburger played withthe Bach Collegium Brugge.Hehasalso Eterna member Anima of was aregular 1996until 2013he and from Bandehe played withLaPetite scene. From 1993until 2007 active inthe early music very SOLISTI. Tom isalso Devaere and afixed of I member playerwithSPECTRA regular 1994 until he 2003.Now isa he was principal playerfrom where Symphony Orchestra Mundi, Accent Etcetera Records, Harmonia Records, Etcetera

Paladins. Zefiro Torna, and Les Consort, Ricercar Flamenca, Currende, ensembles such asCapilla playedwithspecialised often He in Belgiumand abroad. CD and radio recordings inmany concerts, participating since Liam Fennelly hasbeen and Wieland Kuijken. Ever Gillespie, Marianne Muller, with Thomas Binkley, Wendy classes studies.Hetook musical his resume he decidedto the end the of eighties that Itwasonlytowards universities. at several earning degrees Asia, theof Middle Eastand Central the languages and literatures For he studied years some ten early music. wayto roundabout ina returned and viola training, completing aclassical violin in achildren’s choir and after singer asaprofessional years Liam Fennelly, aftersome Label -Baroque Ages Middle Liam Fennelly – www.roeldieltiens.be [email protected] — (violin). (piano) and Daniel Sepec Staier formation withAndreas intrio 2010 he hasappeared Ensemble Explorations. Since and the founderof celebrated tion asachamber musician - gained international recogni Moscow, Tokyo). Hehasalso Berlin, London, York, New (Paris, centres concert great allthe world’s to hiscareer of [email protected] — Zig-Zag Territoires Eufoda,Ricercar, Naxos, fiddle,

81 instrumentalists string instruments 82 he became the successor of deParis, in2009 Conservatoire Violin teacher at the Baroque and Chile.Since 1999,he isthe Helsinki, TaipeiNice, Bremen, in asked asaguestconductor François Fernandez isoften than a100 recordings. more discography encompasses His Praetorius. with musicby du Disque»inFrance 1994, «LaNouvelleAcadémie from wonthe prize Consort Ricercar conductor. Under hisbaton, Moreover, asa he appears internet livebroadcast. through international by public, heard Bach, of were and Partitas withthe Sonatas most notably da spalla.Hissolorecitals, viola dagamba and violoncello piccolo, viola,violad’amore, a violinistbutalsoonviolino Notonlyas chamber music. to Fernandez himself hasdevoted For François the last20years, Florissants. ‘81 and LesArts Melante La Chapelle Royale, the of 18thcentury, Orchestra The asleaderoften orsoloist: the of epoch,orchestras most with the best Baroque time, he worked At the same concertmaster. and became its of 17 heLa Petite entered Bande Kuijken inThe Hague.Atthe age violinwithSigiswald Baroque François Fernandez studiedthe Label Baroque gamba, violoncello daspalla violada violin, violad’amore, piccolo, viola,Baroque violin, violino Baroque François Fernandez — Erato, PanclassicsErato, Denon, classique, Alpha,Accent, naïve HarmoniaMundi,Naxos, Astrée, Flora, Mirare, Ricercar, Flora,Mirare, Ramée, in The Hague and from 1993 in The Hagueand from the Koninklijk Conservatorium violinat Kuijken Baroque taught 1996, Sigiswald From 1971to Bach, of Vivaldi, and recordings Violoncello daspalla:concerts the in practical performance Sigiswald Kuijken reintroduced the period. Classical In2004 which specialisedinmusicof the Kuijken StringQuartet, Bande. In1986he founded LaPetite orchestra Baroque world. In1972,he founded the violin-playing in the Baroque revolution and areal caused amounta great musicians, of by hasbeenadopted technique onthe shoulder. free This rests squeezed under the chin, but the instrument isnot fixed and violinpositionwhere Baroque the old re-introduce decide to to first 1969 he wasthe very and violadagamba. Thus,in onviolin interpretation of andtechniques conventions performance 18th-century specific17th- knowledge of and heown, gained athorough and Brussels.Studyingonhis Bruges of at the conservatories Sigiswald Kuijken studied violin Label -Classicism Baroque violin, violadaspalla Sigiswald Kuijken – FernandezViolons www.youtube.com/c/ www.fernandez-violons.com [email protected] — inNamur. Conservatory in 2018,he joined the Royal Brusseland Conservatorium Sigiswald Kuijken at Koninklijk Challenge Classics, Ricercar,Challenge Classics, Denon Accent, Challenge Records, ChallengeRecords, Accent, Baroque Baroque (Bruges, Paris, Amsterdam, (Bruges, Paris, Amsterdam, internationalfor competitions member asajury participates and inJapan. Heregularly States, inthe United Innsbruck, classes atgiven many master theall over world. Hehasalso from gambists professional he trained years these thirty and The Hague;throughout Brussels of the conservatories 1972until 2003atgamba from as ateacher. violada Hetaught Wieland Kuijken iswellknown ensemble MusiqueNouvelle. musicwiththe in avant-garde interest hisgreat expressed time, he 1972).Atthe same to 1959 Alarius deBruxelles(from music began withL’ Ensemble inearly centuries. Hiscareer seventeenth and eighteenth practices the of performance inthe and became interested playthe violadagamba, to himself hisstudies,heof taught supérieur incello.Inthe course Brussels in1962withadiplôme of Conservatory the Royal from Wieland Kuijken graduated Label -Classicism Baroque viol (violadagamba), cello Wieland Kuijken – www.lapetitebande.be [email protected] — REMA. by Achievement Award’ a‘Lifetime was awarded institutions. In2018,Sigiswald guest teacher at anumberof beenindemand asa years In addition, he many hasfor inBrussels. Conservatorium 2009at theto Koninklijk Accent, Ricercar, Outhere Accent, Passacaille, Eufoda, Passacaille, works and world music. Her works and worldmusic. butalsomodern music, consort and Baroque only Renaissance not perform in2012to Consort formed the Hathor Romina ests, - Combining allher inter musical and SouthAmerica. North Asia, Russia, Europe, throughout hallsand festivals concert prestigious her to brought activities have Her concert andAngeli Genève IlGardellino. as CollegiumVocale Gli Gent, gambist withensemblessuch has workedasafreelance 2008. Since graduation, Romina diploma withdistinction in her Master’s she received where inBrussels Conservatory Royal with PhilippePierlotat the 2006. She continued her studies diploma withdistinction in her soloist and was awarded the Schola CantorumBasiliensis gamba withPaolo Pandolfo at Lischka studiedviolada Romina Label Music, World Music Modern -Baroque, Renaissance viola dagamba Lischka – Romina www.lesvoixhumaines.org — famous. Bach by are suites of the his interpretations cellist, a As viola dagamba repertoire. chamber musicandto the discography devoted important an among hisachievements Hecounts String Quartet. Bande andPetite the Kuijken La the of orchestra brothers, is afounding member, withhis ).He Leipzig, Utrecht, Boston, Paraty Fuga Christophorus, Libera,Coro, Ricercar, Flora,MusicaFicta,

83 instrumentalists string instruments 84 He hasbeen aguestat such HuelgasEnsemble. B’Rock, Berlin, Collegium Vocale Gent, Musik Alte Akademie für Brugge, Oltremontano, Eterna Capriccio Stravagante, Anima with small. Hehasperformed player inensembleslarge and and asacontinuo performances music-theatre solorecitals, for Wimismuch indemand work. com­ often the Baroque, to Ages the Middle the periodfrom spans Hisrepertoire ground. stamping hisfavourite are the 16thand 17th centuries music, vocal hispassionfor of ­ inter subtleandfor expressive land. Since he looking isalways Cantorum BasiliensisinSwitzer­ Hopkinson Smithat the Schola Wim Maeseele studiedunder under PhilippeMalfeyt, and lute Smits under Raphaella in guitar Following courses Master histwin Label century 21st -Baroque, Ages Middle Wim Maeseele – www.rominalischka.eu [email protected] — theSoloist of year 2018. - the KLARAAward has received BOZAR.She of Artist Portrayed is season 2019-2020,Romina classical 2015.For CDof the the best Klara prizefor awarded deVisée was Colombe &Robert -Marin Marais, Sainte En Suite rating Diapason. The by CD star de Machy 5 the top received debut CDPiècesdevioleSieur Lauda, Ramée Klara, PavanaRecords, Raumklang, bined with contemporary bined withcontemporary pretations, and because pretations, Etcetera Records, Eufoda, Records, Etcetera lute, theorbo lute,

music genres: his aim is to lift lift his aimisto music genres: inother is alsointerested PhilippeMalfeyt Renaissance. the in lesserknown worksfrom ‘Romanesque’, which specialises ensemble vocal-instrumental Torna). In1989he founded the Zefiro Currende, Enflorese, (Il Fondamento, LaRoza Rans, larger ensembles numerous Katelijne Van Laethem) and in Michel Gillain,DidierFrançois, PatrickDevaere, Beuckels, induo(Hannelore a soloist, as regularly he hasappeared MusicinLondon.of Since then College The Royal diploma from lute the performing obtained In1983he onhisown. lute of began the study Philippe Malfeyt Brussels, of Conservatory Royal at the After studyingguitar Label Music World -Baroque, Renaissance guitar,Baroque ud, cittern – Philippe Malfeyt [email protected] — Belgium and abroad. inearly musicin gives courses in Luxemburgand regularly ata guestconductor CantoLX VocalDa Cantar Ensemble,was the of founder and conductor Heisthe Hogeschool Ghent. atand teaches the lute at the BrugesConservatoire headsclass aflourishinglute Festivalfees Wim SouthAfrica, MAFestival,Barcelona, Woord ­ Laus Polyphoniae, Ambronay, as well-known musicfestivals Words Music& HomeRecords, Records, Sony, Eufoda,Pavane,Etcetera 111, Vanguard, GaillyProductions, Ricercar, Opus Erato, Aulos, lute, lute, competition for ensembles with competition for won second prize in the same and she soloists, in Brugesfor Antiquacompetition Musica a finalistinthe international The Hague.In2003she was in at the Conservatory Swarts Linden and Lucia under Jaap ter practice performance historical her diplomain She obtained Amsterdam. of Conservatory Campus inLeuvenand at the Lemmens School Arts of modern celloat the LUCA studied Marian Minnen first century -21st Baroque cello (Baroque) Marian Minnen – www.musicidea.be +32 475890721 Inge Depraetere Musica Idea, [email protected] +32 478900162 — CDrecordings. one hundred about to hascontributed Malfeyt Philippe texts. troubadour ensemble basedonoldOccitan thewriting newmusicfor same ispresently melodies. Malfeyt and hasarranged Sephardic which he composed new music –for stringquartet the Alfama and Enflorese ensemble LaRoza the by –performed programme withthe EXILIO mainly tours Currently, PhilippeMalfeyt tradition. jazz the European towards trio Sheng leans more and the and improvisations, each other innewcompositions with confronted China) are Belgium, (Morocco, cultures musical Luthomania, three isolation. trio Thusinthe lute historical its outof the lute management Isbin inthe Meander Ensemble. player Gilbert composer-lute musicand doessowith lute rary concentrates alotoncontempo- Today young. too died far he who unfortunately Buisseret Marianne long time withlutenist a int Wilde.Healsoplayedfor in 1979,entitled DieNachtegael an LP and they recorded Rans he formed aduowithPaul years Bruges.For of vatoire afew quite ensemble playingat the Conser ­ and lute Until he taught recently countries. in various European early musiccourses numerous in part and took in Amsterdam also studiedwithAnthony Bailes withMichael Schaeffer.lute He studythe Cologne inGermany to went to he regularly Paul Rans Togetherin Flanders. with pioneers is alsoone the of lute inBrussels,buthe Conservatory chamber musicat the Royal and studied classical guitar Misschaert playerLieven Lute Label century -21st Baroque – Misschaert Lieven [email protected] — Turnhout musicacademy. and she teaches atRegalis, the Tempore Montis and Academia Ex suchorchestras asCurrende, has playedwithensemblesand Piceno. She her ensembleRossi in Brussels. He is the director in Brussels. Heisthe director da gamba withWieland Kuijken Philippe Pierlot studiedthe viola Label Baroque Philippe Pierlot Mirare, Flora Mirare, Mirare, Flora Mirare, lute lute

85 instrumentalists string instruments 86 instruments. Besides stage- instruments. and historical string guitars in her uniqueway on eight- world­ plays Smits Raphaella Label century -21st Baroque guitar (historical) – Smits Raphaella [email protected] — Spa). hometown theof Viola inhis daGamba duringWeeksmasterclasses and (Brussels Conservatory teacher and is an appreciated in the HesperionXXIprograms, Savall playingunderfond of Jordi Philippe Pierlotisparticularly orinstrumentalist, a director hisactivities as Passion. Nextto Marais, and alsoBach’s StMark other Marin venues),Séméléof and EdinburghFestival among Berlin, the Melbourne Festival, York, the Hebbel-Theater in Brussels, Lincoln inNew Center delaMonnaie in the Théâtre out the worldbeginning with ­ d’Ulisse(giventhrough Ritorno operas, including Monteverdi’s Il anumberof and directed revived works. Hehasedited, Haydn composed nearly 150 sympathetic which stringsfor violadagambaof withmetal aspecialkind play the baryton, to performers is one the of few him,and he to been dedicated which anumberof have consort, violadagamba soloand for works includes contemporary also Hisrepertoire repertoire. the seventeenth-century work to most his of 1995, and devotes since Consort theof Ricercar AV Eufoda Records, Poketino Records, Records, Academix Soundset Recordings, Accent, Accent, SoundsetRecordings, wide wide contests. contests. Granada and PalmadeMallorca had included prizesinthe years career, which the over previous asuccessful of the progress confirmed Spain. That victory competition inBenicasim, international guitar the famous Franciscode Guitarra Tarrega’’, Internacional of the XX Certamen prize to winthe first woman first wasthe Smits In 1986Raphaella the of eight-stringcate guitar. advo- and became apersuasive recitals she wasgivingher first inSpain.Atthat Segovia’’ time playing at the Andrès Catedra JoséTomàsto her perfect to and Brussels.She alsowent Antwerp of Conservatories Royal studied classical musicat the America and inJapan. Raphaella and South inNorth Europe, inWestmaster-classes and East gives in Leuven,she regularly campusLemmens School Arts of her chairaddition at to the LUCA In and chamber music. guitar both as an inspiringteacher for isinternationally praised Smits Raphaella musiclovers. refined to asindispensable being listed manythem of 21 recordings, hasmade Smits work Raphaella Competition in 1983. At the Competition in1983.At the prize inthe AllJapan Music TerakadoRyo wonthe third Label Renaissance - Classicism violin (Baroque) TerakadoRyo – [email protected] Dan McDaniel(USA), www.rsmits.com [email protected] — Passacaille Ricercar, Accent, BIS,Denon, Ricercar, Accent, management of Brussels. Simultaneously Brussels. Simultaneously of music at the court century on17th with adissertation musicology at the KULeuven in hasadegree Piet Stryckers Label Traditional music -Baroque, Renaissance (viola dagamba), cello – Piet Stryckers [email protected] — activities inKorea. concert inSeouland doing University inYonsei teaching He isregulary Toho school Gakuen music. of inBrusselsand Conservatory The Royal Conservatory, he teachesat the Hague Royal works.Currently other orchestra besides Haydn and Mozart Gluck, Purcell, Rameau, Monteverdi, by Operas Heconducts a soloist. Poland, France and Australiaas Italy, to frequently also invited Besidesthat orchestras. he is withabove-mentioned Mozart Bach, by Vivaldi, concertos plays Collegium Japan. Heregularly Bach of he is the concertmaster Collegium Vocale Presently Gent, LaChapelle Royale, Florissants, Bande, LesArts La Petite and Japan asaconcertmaster: inEurope orchestras Baroque 1987, he has playedwithmany asoloistdiploma.Since received Sigiswald Kuijken. In1989,he in The Hagueunder guidance of violin at Conservatory the Royal studythe Baroque he came to In1985, Philharmonic Orchestra. The of Tokyoconcertmaster asa heGakuen, wasinvited time when graduating Toho Harmonia Mundi, SonyClassica Musique enWallonie, Accent, Ricercar, Eufoda,Alpha, fiddle, viol fiddle, viol mid-17th century. the Southern Netherlands from the of composers music by (1762-1831), and onLatin church Jean Suremont Antwerp, Pierre composer from a 19th-century onthe andfocusing life worksof aresearcher,As he iscurrently music. and Baroque Renaissance of an editor withAlamire, ated and cooper- Flanders, of history onthe music published articles Hehas analysis. musical taught he where Antwerp 42years, for of Conservatoire theof Royal member wasastaff Stryckers time composing and arranging. and CDs.Healsospends some and made some 100records countries in many European Capilla Flamenca. 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93 instrumentalists wind instruments 94 Gent, Il Gardellino and Les IlGardellino Gent, Fondamento, CollegiumVocale bles such Bande, Il asLaPetite withensem - plays regularly bassoon. Alain DeRijckere and Classical teaches Baroque he also Brussels,where of 1997 at Conservatory the Royal Monsand of in Conservatory ing chamber musicat the Royal chestra. In 1986 he began- teach symphony or- and television bassoon inthe Belgian radio tion. In1980he wasnamed first Communal national competi- prizeinthe Crédit He wonfirst Brussels. of Conservatory Royal Dinant of the and Academy the bassoon and chamber musicat studied Alain DeRijckere Label -Classicism Baroque bassoon (Baroque) – Alain DeRijckere www.patrickdenecker.be [email protected] — graindelavoix. and the Dunedin Consort, such Temprana, asMusica ensembles at home and abroad he is much indemand with Capilla Flamenca. Inaddition and wasalsoamember of the ensemble, of Mezzaluna the permanentbelongs to core the 19thcentury. He through the 17th unknown worksfrom continuously onthe lookoutfor aspects, inallits recorder the of repertoire extensive the he applied himselfto player recorder ensemble. As Caccia, in2011the RedHerring he founded the ensembleLa End the of year 1990 music. Accent, Eufoda Accent,

force of the of labelPassacaille. force he isthe ownerand the driving Paris and Brussels.Since 2004 of teaches at the conservatories He traversos. and 19th-century 18th- of himself buildsreplicas Jan DeWinne instruments, inperiod interest passionate the all over world. his Drivenby 1988, withwhich he hastoured in the ensembleIlGardellino Ponseele he founded Marcel Akademie, and soon.With Collegium Vocale Wiener Gent, desChamps Elysées, Orchestre international musicensembles: several with was affiliated 1990 and 2005 Jan DeWinne Antiqua inBruges. Between the musiccompetition Musica of In 1987he became laureate Brussels. of Conservatory Royal Kuijken at the with Barthold classes and took the traverso to Subsequently he switched there. as musicologyat the university aswell HOGENT&Howest arts school of Conservatory & Royal at KASK and musictheory flute Jan DeWinne studiedtransverse Label -Classicism Baroque Jan DeWinne – [email protected] — and bassoon(Fasch). oboe for and overtures (Corelli) grossi a cinque(Vivaldi), concerti concerti of hisrecordings tably international acclaim, most no - havereceived hisrecordings of A number musiciens duLouvre. www.ilgardellino.be [email protected] — Accent, Ricercar Accent, Fuga Libera,Passacaille, traverso Label Renaissance - Baroque oboe, dulcian, shawm Aline Hopchet – www.hetcollectief.be www.oxalys.be [email protected] [email protected] — allure. internationalensembles of bothchamberOxalys, music and withinHetCollectief force Magazine. Toon Fret isadriving orBBCMusic Diapason, Classica international magazines such as lauded without exceptionin which were and recitalalbums, chamber music than thirty more to discography amounts Veronika His Iltchenko. with pianist and givesrecitals America and Asia in Europe, stages the most prestigious on Hehasperformed abroad. atand orchestras home and invarious ensembles heard player, he hasmade himself aflutist and atraverso As Municipal Conservatory. de Liège,andat Leuven’s flute deMusique Royal Conservatoire and chamberflute music at the Graf.Peter-Lukas Heteaches Kuijken, IdaRiberaand Barthold Michel VanGaby Lefebvre, Riet, Paris and Baselwith Maastricht, educationmusical inBrussels, Toon his Fret obtained Label century -21st Baroque Toon Fret – Explicit!, Warner Classics Ricercar, Benelux, EMS,AMGRecords KreaStiOn Davidsfonds Uitgeverij, Uitgeverij Fuga Libera,Passacaille, Musica Ficta, Eufoda, MusicaFicta, flute, traverso flute, recorder, Musical Instruments Museum Instruments Musical the of guidedtours numerous given Thus Aline hasalready adventures. newmusical for inspiration of source grateful beena havealways organisers withthe publicand contacts and work, Archive second part. and the play-alongCDfor alisten Cannamella created (Dutch/French). The ensemble and Publisher by KreaStiOn (English/German) Stuttgart Verlag Cornetto languages by waspublished infour parts method shawmintwo for dulcian and crumhorn. Her in playingthe shawm,pommer, she specialised instruments, doublereed the historical piano. Fascinatedsquare by violin and cornet, flageolet, musiconthe ball and salon –19th-century and virtuosity musicians play–withhumour recorder. Foura 19th-century thepassion for French flageolet, a Pantalons wasbornoutof centuries. HerensembleLes the 16th,17thand 18th from the lesserknown repertoire Cannamella. They interpret founded her ensemble: own deBruxelles).In2004she Royal Ponseele (Conservatoire Marcel oboein2009under Baroque in her master’s and obtained Brussels) of Conservatory with PaulDombrecht (Royal her studies She completed The of Hague). Conservatory oboe under Ku Ebbinge(Royal Verbruggen and baroque under Marion studied recorder Campus inLeuven).She then Lemmens (LUCA School Arts of Spanhove in 1997under Bart inrecorder degree master’s her Aline Hopchet obtained

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and lutenist Bart Bart and lutenist . Recordings have have . Recordings recorder, later published as a book, was publishedlater asabook, which was His dissertation, Brussels). of (Free University at the VUB inArts the Doctorate obtain musician inBelgiumto in 2007he became the first Brussels and The Hague,and of Conservatories the Royal at flute Baroque He taught Bande. and LaPetite Aureum Collegium orchestras Baroque he playedinthe many years Foron originalinstruments. specialize inthe performance 18th centuries helped him to the of 17thand sources of and assiduousstudy makers, recorder and various flute collaborationfrequent with on authentic instruments, Research flute. transverse the Baroque to predominantly the recorder,turned to later early musiche originally and The Hague.For playing Brussels of Conservatories and the Royal Conservatory the modernat the flute Bruges Hestudied Leonhardt. Gustav Kuijken, and the harpsichordist Kuijken and violinistSigiswald cellist and violplayerWieland withhisbrothers, performance pioneering thismanner of known for and particularly instruments music onhistorical playingBaroque known for player,recorder flautist and Kuijken isaBelgian Barthold Label -Romanticism Baroque Kuijken – Barthold www.pandora-2.be [email protected] Sony Classical, Ricercar HarmoniaMundi, Deutsche Arcana, Naxos, Accent, Atma Baroque, AtmaBaroque, Accent, Naxos, traverso throughout Europe and Europe throughout B-Five,she performs consort a member the of recorder . As Coronato Gent and Canto such asB’Rock Vocale, Collegium withensembles has performed the 20thand 21stcentury. She and newcompositions from polyphony from the Renaissance the MiddleAges, musicfrom by bechallenged Katelijne likesto under TommaHowest, Wessel. HOGENT& school Arts of Conservatory KASK &Royal music’at the in contemporary ‘Soloist ManaMa programme From the 2005she followed inBarcelona. de Catalunya Escola SuperiordeMúsica at the Memelsdorff Pedro player and educator recorder also studiedunder renowned 2003she Coen. From 2001to inMusicunder Bart Masters a Köberle Prizeand obtained the prestigious she received Brussels of Conservatory Royal with PaulVan Loey. Atthe Mechelen Conservatorium at the Stedelijk recorder Katelijne Lanneau studied Label century -21st Ages Middle Katelijne Lanneau – www.indybaroque.org [email protected] [email protected] — Orchestra. theof Indianapolis Baroque director the artistic currently sought-after conductor, and is Kuijken isalsoa Earlyof Music. practice intensive than 40years on more Music -Reflections called, isnot the The Notation Coviello Classics, Cavalli CovielloClassics, recorder classes withNicolasAchten, inmaster He participated cembalo under Patrick Ayrton. al Verhelst, and maestro Haas, Fabio Bonizzoni, Kris under Frédérickharpsichord Clark and Patrick Beuckels, under Kate flute Renaissance Theuns and Jan DeWinne, Kuijken, Frankunder Barthold The Hague.Hestudiedtraverso Leuvenand of conservatories Brussels,andof at later the Conservatories both Royal at At the 16he ageof started al cembaloand musicology. harpsichord, maestro traverso, and recorder. Hestudied leader. organ Healsoplays and ensemble harpsichordist player, traverso passionate Beniamino Paganini isa Renaissance - Baroque traverso Beniamino Paganini – www.ilnostromodelsogno.be www.earlymusicandbeyond.be www.b-five.eu [email protected] [email protected] — beyond’. ‘Early Music& department the early music coordinates she at Jette, of the Academy teacher arecorder Bruxelles. As de Royal at the Conservatoire She isaguestlecturer Nuyts. Rütti, Anna Trauffer and Frank Carl Castello, Angélica Neyrinck, Frederikcompositions for . She has created trio Apsara del Sognoand the recorder with the ensemble Ilnostromo She isalsoactive recordings. makesradio and CD regularly

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He Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart. by most the of oboerepertoire and recorded He performed asasoloist. and invited isoften specialist, known asBaroque Ponseele isinternationally he’s director. Marcel the artistic which in1988,of Gardellino Hortus Hortus Etcetera Records, Editions Records, Etcetera flutes flutes whom he shares the same point the same whom he shares with flutes, of Glatt asa‘taster’ instrument makerAndreas closelycollaborated withthe Over the pastdecade he has Brugge. with AnimaEterna and W. Harp by Flute A.Mozart for the Concerto he recorded In2006, Accent. Blavet) for Montéclair, Boismortier, Kirnberger, Quantz, Hotteterre, (Handel, Sammartini, repertoire theselection of flute arepresentative has recorded he his ensembleLesBuffardins With flute. transverse Baroque He specialisedinplayingthe inBrussels. Conservatory studiesat musical the Royal Frank his Theuns completed Label Baroque Frank Theuns – [email protected] www.toshiyuki-shibata.com — in 2013. 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101 instrumentalists wind instruments 102 Label Renaissance - Classicism (trombone) sackbut Simen Van Mechelen – [email protected] — CD recordings. and onvarious has collaborated Company, and Tiptoe Gardellino Il sembles such asRedHerring, and in chamber musicwithen- at asasoloist home and abroad (now Klara) Prize.She performs 3 and the Radio audience award the and received a laureate petition inBrugesshe became Antiquatigious Musica com- - and ataudience the award pres she thewas awarded Dutch LINK tional competitions: inTilburg at- interna tinguished herself She dis- music. Contemporary and repertoire the Baroque in herself Killegem immersed Campus inLeuven,RuthVan Lemmens LUCA School Arts of atber musicand harpsichord recorder,After studying cham- Label Renaissance - Classicism Ruth Van Killegem– www.ilgardellino.be [email protected] — annually inAntwerp. (IYAP),Presentation organized the International Young Artist’s coach he isresident at context, sicians and ensembles.Inthis mu- moting youngprofessional - and pro fostering to committed Mundi, MusicaFicta Ricercar, Harmonia Passacaille, Mundi, MusicaFicta Ricercar, Harmonia Passacaille, Ramée, Accentus Music, AccentusMusic, Ramée, Ramée, Accentus Music, AccentusMusic, Ramée, recorder recorder 1989. Operasince at the Flanders the for undertitling responsible and isalso 100 recordings Mechelen hasworkedonover in2009.SimenCollectief Van Vocale He founded Scorpio Gent. andJapan, B’Rock Collegium Pygmalion, Bach Collegium Nederlandse Bachvereniging, suchwith orchestras asDe regularly Heplays Orchestra. Stravagante Renaissance Huelgas Ensembleand Capriccio Weser-Renaissance Bremen, L’Arpeggiata, Temprana, Musica (since 1989)and playedwith Palatino Concerto Noirs, He isamember LesCornets of the early Romantic period. to up and trombones cornetts for Ensemble), the typical repertoire and Huelgas Oltremontano LaFenice, Bremen, Renaissance Weser-(with Currende, polyphony Renaissance capella, the alta from repertoire covers studying withWimBecu.He eventually trombone, historical inthe he became interested and the CollegiumVocale Gent, asCurrende with such groups a periodascounter-tenor Antwerp. of After Conservatoire studyat thegoing onto Royal philologybefore romance Simen Van Mechelen studied Brussels. In1993she wasa in at Conservatory the Royal Ann Vanlancker studiedoboe Label Baroque Ann Vanlancker – www.concertopalatino.com [email protected] — Mundi, Etcetera Records Mundi, Etcetera Accent, Ricercard, Harmonia Ricercard, Accent, oboe oboe www.ensembleisabella.com [email protected] +41 767861110 +32 474681475 — music. recorder, vielleand medieval armonico. She alsoteaches Tributo Austria,and L’estro Aquil’AlterA, Officium,Armonico mon ame, LesRiches Heures, delSogno, Moncuer Nostromo Fonte Il LaReverdie, Musica, La ensembles such asIsabella, with concerts has performed inMusicology.her She Masters time she completed At the same Cook. Basiliensis withRandall vielle at the Schola Cantorum Duftschmid in and Trossingen violwithLorenz Renaissance Musik Trossingen. She studied Music at the Hochschule für and Medieval of Renaissance she graduated withaMaster graduating in2009.In2010, campus Lemmens inLeuven, at the LUCA School Arts of Coen Spanhove and Bart Bart continued her studieswith JorisVanof Goethem. She under twelve theof guidance at the age playing the recorder She started as amusicologist. bothasamusician and music, andin Medieval Renaissance Marie Verstraete isan expert Label -Renaissance Ages Middle Marie Verstraete - and IlGardellino. Orchestra, Baroque the Amsterdam Octophoros, La Chapelle Royale, Bande, has playedwithLaPetite AntiquaMusica inBruges.She the of competition laureate Aeolus Aeolus recorder (Baroque) oboe, recorder (Baroque) herself. herself. oboes also buildsBaroque Gloria.Sheensemble Musica is workingonexpanding the with Beniamino Paganini she Trigonale festival. Together at the Austrian in-residence August 2017she wasartist- Bande. AttheLa Petite end of La Chapelle Harmonique and Vocale Gloria, Musica Gent, Collegium temporis, a nocte ensembles such asIlGardellino, with laude. She hasperformed summa cum degree master’s recorder, and inBrusselsher oboeand inBaroque degree Hague shea bachelor’s obtained Ponseele. InThe under Marcel Brussels of Conservatory Royal the 15she ageof studiedat the oboe,and at Baroque started Atthe 14she ageof Alsteens. oboe lessonsunder Korneel with started Nele Vertommen Label Baroque - Nele Vertommen [email protected] — Alpha

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121 research institutions, documentation centres and libraries 122 philosophy. In2020,itacquired aesthetics and (artistic) theory, practice, music performance publications of on library specialized own keeps its 1996. The Orpheus Institute environment for musicians since educational and research arich in Musichasprovided Studies and Research Advanced for The Orpheus Institute GhentInstitute the of Orpheus Library www.huelgasensemble.be [email protected] +32 4681289 B-3000 Leuven Begijnhof16 Groot Huelgas Ensemble of theHuelgasEnsemble Paul Van Nevel,  — appointment. by only bevisited can documentation. The library and accompanying manuscripts centuries, transcriptions of the sixteenth to thirteenth the from facsimiles contains and the HuelgasEnsemble PaulVan of Nevel The library Ensemble the of Huelgas Library www.kbr.be [email protected] [email protected], [email protected], +32 25195311 B-1000 Brussel Kunstberg Muziekafdeling Koninklijke BibliotheekvanBelgië,  Marie Cornaz, — heritage. musical early the of library’s valorisation studyand the disclosure, curator artistic director director artistic about-us/library https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/ [email protected] +32 93304081 B-9000 Gent collection) Meer20A(TonKorte Koopman collection) Meer12(Orpheuslibrary Korte  Dejans, Peter — psychology). philosophyand (art Corver and the Fonds century) Gerard the eighteenth and nineteenth from (musicandHuys literature collections: the Fonds Johan other two special contains Orpheus Institute’s library will bedisclosed digitally. The humanities. The collection methods withinthe digital practice and new develop encourage innovative artistic Libraries’, which aimsto ‘Resounding group research anew subjectof the research extensively. The collectionis Many havebeenannotated musicand culture. Baroque books and on periodicals modern of thousands collected century, Koopman hasalso to fifteenth the nineteenth the withworksfrom library thishistorical addition to unknown until recently. In Handel by including acantata uniqueworks, numerous are and manuscripts prints of practice. Among the thousands and performance context, cultural its music, century seventeenth- and eighteenth- theThe of collectionison focus Ton of the library Koopman. director department under the Royal under the Royal department subsumed in1992 asthe fourth founded in1877 and was Museum inBrussels was The Instruments Musical (MIM) Museum Music Instruments www.alamirefoundation.org [email protected] +32 16328750 B-3001 Heverlee(Leuven) Abdij vanPark1  Demuyt, Bart — STADIUS. ESAT- group the research spaces, incollaboration with acoustic models historical of on research for technology is done usingstate-of-the-art onpolyphony Research experts. the general publicand from visitors is opento The Library Early Music(IDEM). for database ADLandof the Integrated Voices isthe headquarters of institutions. The Library (KBR) and inother international inBrussels Library the Royal Lab (ADL)inthe Vatican Library, Digital made the by Alamire are Countries inhighresolution the Low from manuscripts future’, music imagesof digital the of Inthis‘library library. and adigital sound laboratory a a documentation centre, and plainchant valuedin are Flemishpolyphony techniques. made accessible withthe latest accommodated and sound are imageand digital book, where meeting place contemporary Voices of The isa Library Foundation)(Alamire Voices of Library generaldirector drawings and photos, scores, scores, drawings and photos, paintings, day: the present to the MiddleAges Antwerp, from of the history from items holds 4,000musical City) over (Sound the of van deStad The MuseumVleeshuis|Klank Museum Vleeshuis(Antwerp) www.mim.be [email protected] +32 25450170 B-1000 Brussel Jubelpark10) (mailing address: Hofberg 2 Muziekinstrumentenmuseum general director DePoorter,Alexandra  — that beseenand can heard. periodinstruments collection of an exceptionally rich exhibits The museumitself world music. on 7,000 booksand treatises collection holds approximately in Belgium.The Christian Poché publications onjazz important Pernet Fund holdsRobert The exhibition catalogues. practice and museumand ethnomusicology, performance and traditional, worldmusic, well aspublications onWestern rich collectiononorganology, as a Itcontains growing. steadily rich and still extraordinarily the collectionis 1877; today in instruments musical of beginnings the of museum the back dates to The library modern, worldand music. folk is equalattention early, for Within these activities there education, and entertainment. information,research, scientific restoration, preservation, The MIM’s mission includes and History. Art Museums for

123 music education conservatories 124 Flemish music heritage. SVM Flemish musicheritage. of and valorisation promotion study, thefor conservation, founded in1998, isacentre (SVM), Vlaamse Muziekvzw The Studiecentrum voor Muziek vzw Studiecentrum voorVlaamse www.museumvleeshuis.be [email protected] +32 32926101 B-2000 Antwerpen 38 Vleeshouwersstraat Museum Vleeshuis|Klankvandestad Timothy DePaepe, — beautiful dance organs. the Collection,withits Ghysels shown inthe museum,such as notthe many piecesthat are online, including be browsed museum’s collectioncan entire The and musiccollectors. amateurmusicians carilloneurs, makers, harpsichord players, the city’s trumpet official of the story museum tells The brassinstruments. for and aworkshop bell foundry a of houses reconstructions The basement the of museum onpermanent loan). objects 500music (approximately Antwerp of Conservatoire the Royal as wellfrom the Collection City from are virginals inthe world. Objects and Flemishharpsichords of the second largest collection Museum Vleeshuisishome to many other curiosities.The recorder, aglassharp and nun’s acontrabass trumpet, butalso a clarinets, organs to violins,from to fortepianos from instruments, all musical and above sound recordings curator www.svm.be www.svm.be [email protected] +32 32441820 B-2018 Antwerpen Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 155 Vlaamse Muziekvzw Studiecentrum voor Jan Dewilde, — 1789). Willem Gommaar Kennis (1717- Fiocco(1703-1741)and Hector (1738-1797),Joseph Drymans Boutmy (1697-1779),Christoffel Josse by has published scores and eighteenth centuries and the seventeenth musicfrom to Munich). SVMisalsocommitted Höflich in (at Musikproduktion and publishingCDsand scores studies, and analytical historical publishing biographical, music- catalogues, oeuvre creating opening upmusicarchives, locatingas possibleby and and systematically thoroughly thismusicas explore wishes to coordinator 2.3.1. M 2.3. usic usic education C ons ervatori e s www.kcb.be + 3222134110 B-1000 Brussel 30 Regentschapsstraat head ofHIPPdepartment  Naessens, Bart [email protected] School ofArts Director Kathleen Coessens, — College) Erasmus University Brussel, Conservatorium Koninklijk (School Arts of Brussels Conservatory Royal Earl — www.ap-arts.be [email protected] +32 32441800 B-2018 Antwerpen Desguinlei 25  Inge Simoens, head oftheSchoolArts  DeRuyck, Stefaan — Antwerp Conservatoire Royal AP Hogeschool Antwerpen – Earl — Ewald Demeyere (oratorium) Ewald Demeyere repertoire), /baroque harpsichord Korneel Bernolet(bassocontinuo / Luc Vanvaerenbergh (harpsichord), (organ), PietKuijken (pianoforte), Lambert Colson (cornetto), Guillermo Colson (cornetto), Lambert trumpet), (historical Wijewickrema Woolf Niranjan trombone), (historical bassoon), Adam Javier Zafra(baroque LucBergé (natural horn), (pianoforte), Piet Kuijken &BojanVodenitcharov plucked instruments), (historical XavierDiaz-Latorre (harpsichord), Naessens Maria Gonzalez&Bart oboe),HermanStinders, (baroque Ponseele Marcel Besson (traverso), Frank Theuns &Anna (recorder), Coen doublebass),Bart baroque (violone/ Korneel LeCompte cello), (baroque Alain Gervreau Philippe Pierlot(violadagamba), violin), & JoannaHuszcza(baroque y musicteachers y musicteachers headofclassicalmusic

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125 music education conservatories 126 Earl — www.conservatoire.be [email protected] +32 25110427 B-1000 Brussel 30 Regentschapsstraat Benoit Douchy,  Frédéric  deRoos, — de Bruxelles Royal Conservatoire (harpsichord-accompanist) Van Heyghen(HIP), DominikRiepe Naessens (chamber music),Peter Verdegem (chamber music),Bart Winne (chamber music),Stefaan (chamber music),JanDe Stinders (MedievalPraxis),Herman Perez (accompanists) GanaëlSchneider Romaniuk, SayuriNagoya,AnthonyNaessens, Bart Katayama, Collignon, Ryoko Woltèche (chamber music), Raphaël Baudhuin (chamber music),Bernard Zanzu (bassocontinuo), Vinciane Tomma Wessel Paolo (recorder), (violone),LauraPok (recorder), Munro oboe), BenoîtMernier(organ),James (baroque BenoîtLaurent (recorder), Haas (harpsichord), Nathalie Houtman violin),FrédérickGlodeanu (baroque cello),Mira Douchy (baroque Hervé violin), Benoît Douchy (baroque JanDeWinne(traverso), (recorder), bassoon),Frédéric (baroque deRoos (natural horn),AlaindeRijckere Dassonville Jean-Pierre (pianoforte), Chevallier singing),Claire baroque harp, /baroque (lute Achten y musicteachers head ofdepartment director Nicolas — www.imep.be [email protected] +32 81736437 B-5000 Namur Rue Juppin28 department  Ewald Demeyere,  Guido Jardon, — (IMEP) Royal Musique etdePédagogie Institut supérieurde Earl — www.crlg.be [email protected] +32 42220306 B-4000 Liège Rue Forgeur 14 ForgeurSite  Nathanaël Harcq, — deLiège Royal Conservatoire www.artsaucarre.be [email protected] + 3265347377 B-7000 Mons Rue deNimy7 Royal Conservatoire Arts2 head ofmusicdepartment Michel  Stockhem, — Mons des Arts ARTS2 EcoleSupérieure Earl violin) (organ), StéphaniedeFailly (baroque ArnaudVanBernard, deCauter Gauthier (analysis), Balthazart Fabian/ organimprovisation), Vanmarsenille (bassocontinuo (theory ofearlymusic) (theory (organ), Anne-EmmanuelleCeulemans CindyCastillo (recorder), Deprez cello),Thomas da gamba/baroque Kernoa (viola violin),Ronan (baroque (natural horn), François Fernandez (clavichord), FrancisDemeyere Orval y musicteachers y musicteachers director head ofearlymusic director

Edward Edward Ewald Earl www.luca-arts.be [email protected] + 3224471500 B-3000 Leuven Lemmensberg 3 Campus Lemmens  Thomas DeBaets, — Campus Lemmens, Leuven LUCA School Arts, of Earl www.schoolofartsgent.be +32 92432018 B-9000 Gent Biezekapelstraat 9 Sikkel Campus Grote Kwakkenbos,  Lars — Howest HOGENT& school arts of Conservatory KASK &Royal De Rudder(HIP),JanVermeulen (HIP) FlorisDeRycker (HIP),Alain musette), VanPieterjan Kerckhoven (baroque (organ), CarlVan Eyndhoven(carillon), Smits LucPonetBastiaens, &Reitze Luk Spanhove(recorder), & Bart (instrument building) Verberkmoes, JohanVandermaelen Posson, Yves Senden,Geerten Francis Ponseele, NathalieKorczak, ManuFrederickx, Andreas Daryll, Wout Maeseele (lute), Bosma,Martin /harpsichord, Wim (pianoforte Samoshko &DaanVandewalle Vitaly JohanDuijck, (harpsichord), viola dagamba),OlgaPashchenko cello/ (historical Sergeï Istomin clarinet), Kerckhof (historical Marc Vanoosthuyse, & DannyCorstjens Eddy (natural horn),VincenzoCasale, Billiet&RikVercruysseJeroen Beuckels &MyriamGraulus(traverso), y musicteachers y musicteachers Headofdepartment head ofdepartment Patrick Bart Coen Bart

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135 record companies 136 www.etcetera-records.com +32 477292758 B-3560 Lummen 58 Larenstraat bvba c/o Quintessence [email protected]  Dirk DeGreef, — Records Etcetera www.cypres-records.com [email protected] +32 25501330 B-1000 Brussel Rue Lebeau39  Cédric Hustinx, — Records Cypres www.outhere-music.com [email protected] +32 23738200 B-1000 Brussel Rue del’épargne29 Music c/o Outhere — Alpha Classics www.outhere-music.com [email protected] +32 23738200 B-1000 Brussel Rue del’épargne29 Music c/o Outhere — Accent Re 2.8. cord cord C ompani director director e s www.outhere-music.com [email protected] +32 23738200 B-1000 Brussel Rue del’épargne29 Music c/o Outhere Jérôme Lejeune, — Fuga Libera www.labelflora.net +32 42534721 B-4000 Liège 19 placedeBronckart Kelys s.p.r.l -FLORA — Flora www.kattenbergrecordings.be [email protected] +32 32366632 B-2140 Borgerhout 43 Kattenberg VanGeert Gele — recordings Kattenberg www.harmoniamundi.com [email protected] B-1000 Brussel Rue Saint-Laurent 36-38 Jolien Nickmans & Amandine Quisenaire — Harmonia Mundi Belgium artistic director artistic klara.be [email protected] — other labels. company, with collaborates the Flemishpublicbroadcast The classical of radio station Klara www.kattenbergrecordings.be [email protected] +32 32366632 B-2140 Borgerhout 51 Kattenberg VanGeert Gele — sound and videorecordings. and making for rehearsals for Thisspace isideal budget. a low 9peopleon upto ensembles of chamber music available to acoustic space that ismade Kattenberg Labisasilent Lab Kattenberg www.passacaille.be www.passacaille.be [email protected] +32 492951505 B-1330 Rixensart Rue del’Augette 44 c/o MusurgiaBVBA Jan DeWinne, — Records Passacaille www.musica-ficta.com [email protected] +32 25130965 B-1000 Brussel Coudenberg 74 àMusique c/o LaBoîte executive producer deWouters d’Oplinter,Bertrand   Mouton, Bernard — Ficta Musica www.pavane.com +32 25130965 B-1000 Brussel Coudenberg 74 àMusique c/o LaBoîte deWouters d’Oplinter Bertrand — Pavane Records director director artistic director artistic

137 instrument makers keyboards 138 www.outhere-music.com [email protected] +32 23738200 B-1000 Brussel Rue del’épargne29 Music c/o Outhere Jérôme Lejeune, — Ricercar www.outhere-music.com [email protected] +32 23738200 B-1000 Brussel Rue del’épargne29 Music c/o Outhere  Philippe Herreweghe, — φ (Phi) artistic director artistic artistic director artistic M 2.9.1. I 2.9. e nstrum a ke rs K e nt yboards

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139 instrument makers string instruments 140 www.janvandenhemel.blogspot.com B-2018 Antwerpen Van Trierstraat — fortepianos and spinets harpsichords, of production and restoration Jan Van DenHemel www.jorispotvlieghe.be [email protected] T:+32 54587216 B-1570 Tollembeek Zeuningenstraat 45 — clavichords, organs Joris Potvlieghe www.pels.be [email protected] +32 475245542 B-2230 Herselt Dorp 73 DeVylder,Bert  — and restoration organ manufacture Pels –D’Hondt [email protected] +32 11313588 B-3850 Kozen-Nieuwerkerken 96 Zwarteindestraat — and restoration organ manufacture Mark Nagels bestuurder M 2.9.2. I 2.9. e nstrum a ke rs e instrum S tring tring nt

nts [email protected] [email protected] +32 475676846 +32 52301217 B-1861 Wolvertem Westrodestraat 16 — instruments plucked early and lutes Dirk DeHertogh www.kristofinstrumenten.be [email protected] +32 36465500 B-2180 Ekeren Seclefstraat 49 Karel — gamba da violas guitars, lutes, viols, cellos, violas, violins, Braekman Kristof [email protected] +32 485764972 B-1210 Brussel 24 Haachtsesteenweg — fiddles hardanger bows, baroque early violas, and violins baroque and classical Wim Baeck www.deneys.com [email protected] +32 92241835 B-9000 Gent Sint Jacobsnieuwstraat 36 — instruments string historical of reproductions violins, Luc Deneys [email protected] +32 54586603 B-1547 Bever 114B Akrenbos — gamba da viola Mich DeBruyn

141 instrument makers traditional instruments 142 www.organologie.be www.organologie.be [email protected] +32 4966301 B-3012 Wilsele Bornestraat 16 — instruments string historical reconstruction of violins and other Wim Raymaekers www.josephmoreau.be [email protected] +32 479500561 B-2830 Blaasveld(Willebroek) 7 Krekelenberg — vedels,... violins, cellos, gamba, da violas Joseph Moreau www.toonlauwers.be [email protected] +32 498056995 B-2880 Hingene(Bornem) 67A Louis DeBaerdemaekerstraat — restoration) and (building lutes guitars, and classical historical Toon Lauwers www.viols.be [email protected] +32 496186004 B-9403 Neigem 73 Brusselseheerweg — harpsichord viol, violin, violoncello, Hemmeryckx Jean-Pierre www.vioolbouwer-gheerardyn.be [email protected] B-8200 BruggeSt-Andries Zandstraat 599 — gamba da violas baroque baroque violins, cellos, Gheerardyn Jean Pierre www.lacorda.be [email protected] +32 478333240 B-2260 Westerlo Tolhuis 5 — Joris Wouters (LaCorda) www.luthier-vandermeersch.eu [email protected] +32 498109592 2300 Turnhout Gemeentestraat 5bus11 — cellos violas, violins, baroque Katrien Vandermeersch M 2.9.3. I 2.9. e nstrum a ke rs e instrum T raditional nt

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www.ilsa.nu [email protected] +32 38808239 B-2850 Boom Beukenlaan 44/1  Johan Hertogs, — and the USA. countries, HongKongEuropean Belgium,other from students itcomprises and nationality; student population varies inage The thisprogramme. of quality the trainingensure restoration andinternships the integrated practicum the hours, mandatory education. The large numberof on full-time itfocuses Newark, and Mirecourt Mittenwald, schools inCremona, partner Likeits inEurope. courses making best violinand guitar oneof the in Boom.Itoffers TechnicalProvincial Schools the of school that ispart ILSA isan instrument building School Antwerp (ILSA) International Lutherie and building plans as well literature with professional is adocumentation centre There training. or further withthe field acquaintance for the opportunity offers and instrument builders, become professional people to instrument CMBtrains making. and richness the of of craft the knowledge promoting as goaldisseminating and with documentation centre (CMB) isatrainingand muziekinstrumentenbouw The Centrum voor (CMB) musicinstruments of the for manufacture Centre verantwoordelijke

145 instrument makers apprenticeships 146 www.schoolofartsgent.be +32 92432018 B-9000 Gent Biezekapelstraat 9 Sikkel Campus Grote Kwakkenbos, Lars — early and newmusic. practice both of performance themakes acontribution to In doingso,the discipline acousticof instruments. limitless sound potential the and explore uniformity towards the tendency counter wishes to programme The and preservation. construction,reconstruction of inview instruments musical of major studiesthe morphology The instrument musical making Howest HOGENT& school arts of Conservatory KASK &Royal www.cmbpuurs.be [email protected] +32 38894933 B-2870 Puurs-Sint-Amands Guido Gezellelaan89 Gozzini, Martina — specific materials. and tonewood of purchase the for as awarehouse/shop generalcoordination headofdepartment conte Part 3 x t

147 about cultural policy 148 A 3.1. bout cultural policy International’. and ‘Wallonia-Brussels Creation’ Artistic for – General Service Agency is the ‘General Culture Wallonia-Brussels Federation, it Youth and Media’. For the Culture, of is the ‘Department it policies.InFlanders its out of the for carrying Agency own its has Culture of Each Ministry Federation Wallonia-Brussels. communities, and the thefor Flemishand German respectively butthree, Culture, of has one Federal Ministry no longer that the country communities. Thismeans the of the competence to belongs policy the culture Since the 1980’s, inBelgium active participation of artists, artists, of active participation The main concern isthe costs. accommodation ortransport travel, allowances for meant: By these contributions are countries: foreign and to from costs transport travel, accommodation and Contributions towards artists. foreign guidance prominent of institutionsorunder the arts work to abroad with (prominent) organisations arts of members or Flemishartists of visits term) meant (long- are By workvisits Work residencies visits: context. embedded inthe Flemish besignificantly to the project for Evidently itisimportant new works,exchanges, etc. commissioning co-productions, activities: international tours, the following to refer can The concept a‘project’ of Projects collaboration: internationalsubsidies for the of most important survey ashort follows subsidies. Here apply can for producers organisers/ Even foreign arts. audiovisual single-screen and exceptliterature arts, alldisciplines thefor of fine that isvalid the for arts decree subsumed under one single subsidieshavebeen Rules for Flanders — Further information: Association). and EFA Festival (European Arts) Performing Contemporary for IETM (International Network are beingsupported currently that organisations Network are have at international fora. and impact they may support and onthe Flemish members for the added valuethey provide depending on subsidisation for These networks shallbeeligible an international culturalpolicy. influencing to contribute (2) to and onthe that basisof sector or topic acertain how around exchange and buildupknow- theseaim of networksis(1)to internationally.recruited The orsector. topic are Members acertain around members thatorganisations unite meantBy these are organisations International network www.vlaanderen.be/cjm [email protected] [email protected] +32 (0)553.69.77 BE -1000BRUSSEL 9 Arenbergstraat Youth andMedia of Culture, Department Flanders. to who havebeeninvited guests foreign alsobegranted to can Exceptionally, an allowance initiativessmall-scale abroad. in Flanders from organisations and mediators critics, curators,

149 about cultural policy 150 Bruxelles Musiques’(WBM). ‘Wallonie- theof musicis field specialisedin The department Region. the Brussels-Capital Commission Community of Federation and the French the Wallonia-Brussels Wallonia,politics managed by international of It isthe tool Wallonia-Brussels. of relations in charge the of international WBI isthe publicadministration International (W.B.I.) Wallonia-Brussels www.creationartistique.cfwb.be [email protected] — CD recordings. of the production supporting by and and performers composers institutions, organisations, the to grants according by It isdone inparticular Wallonia-Brussels Federation. inthe creation contemporary the develop musical and to ensembles and performers, the professional mobility of and develop sustain promote, Music service’s missionisto the &Contemporary Classical Creation, Artistic of Service the of General the control under One the of sectors service music contemporary The and Classical Wallonia-Brussels Federation https://www.wbmusiques.be Wallonia-Brussels Music www.wbi.be [email protected] +32 (0)2.421.82.11 BE -1080Brussels 2, PlaceSainctelette Wallonia-Brussels International — Further information: • • • ways: following Wallonia and Brusselsthe in internationalof events the organisation W.B.I. supports • • • • • ways: the following Wallonia-Brussels Federation in the from professionals sector Belgian music W.B.I. supports tour of foreign artists. foreign of tour financialto a contribution For producers, concert festivals. organization international of inthe frame the of artists of hosting and/or the payment the to Financial support producers; hosting foreign of Financial the contribution to material; new of premieres abroad for support showcase First travels; external prospection markets Financial contribution for performer/group; a of tour promotional a of Financial support expenses; press financialto contribution sound of material: Promotion artists/lecturers; of costs thecontribution travel to payment or Mobility: https://www.ostbelgienlive.be For information onculture: and anofficialwebsite. have theirowninformation service of theGerman-speakingCommunity Both theCouncilandMinistry — Ministers. and three Minister-President a Community. of Thisconsists theof German-speaking the by Government exercised The is executivepower decrees. on votes speaking Community the Parliament the of German- French-speaking Community, andFlemish Community the the of Just likethe Parliaments members. elected exclusively directly of Soitconsists elected. directly German-speaking is Community TheSenate. Parliament the of has aseat inthe federal One them of 25members. of consists speaking Community The Parliament the of German- Parliament and aGovernment. a by isexercised power Community, the legislative In the German-speaking German-speaking area. Liègeand of the the province inthe communes of powers its exercises Community The German-speaking The German-speaking (named Community Ostbelgien)

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wetenschap 65,2011,21–42 tijdschrift voormuziek– belge demusicologie/Belgisch  Library’, Conservatoire andtheBrussels Auguste Gevaert Johan Eeckeloo,  Davidsfonds, AMUZ,2018. hall,  concert asacontemporary marvel (ed.),  Demuyt Bart 2010. Music Centre, of thepast, Antiqua revisited. On thefuture DeVosBart (ed.),  Lannoo, 2007. JosVanEterna. Immerseel, DeKeyzer,Laurens  1994. polyfonie,   Ignace Bossuyt, 2014. Alamire, Neerpelt: van Veldeke enzijnmuziek, (ed.),  Herman Baeten . -music-flanders longread/early flandersartsinstitute.be/ in Flanders’,  Herman Baeten, 2002. Vlaamse Gidsenkring, 1200-1800, Brugge horen.muziken gheerne Muziekin Andriessen, Pieter 1997. La PetiteBande, Authentiek ofFanatiek.25jaar Andriessen(ed.),  Pieter Antwerp: Standaard, Antwerp: Standaard, Leuven:Davidsfonds, Brussels: Flanders Brussels:Flanders https://classics. Peer: Alamire, Alamire, Peer: DeVlaamse ‘François ‘EarlyMusic Musica Bruges:West A baroque Abaroque Dievan Anima Hendrik Revue Revue

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Turnhout: 2009. Brepols, 18th C.), beguinages (MiddleAges-Late Flemish Musical patrimonyfrom Beghinae incantuinstructae. (ed.),  Mannaerts Pieter Campus, 2019. actor incultuur,  Het FestivalvanVlaanderen als Francis  Maes&Katia Segers, 2012,  40 jaar/Thefirstyears,1972-  (eds.), JanVangansbeke Robberechts, Michael Lomax, Geert Antwerp: AMUZ,2020. booklet, augustus 2020. Polyphony Connects.21-30 Laus Polyphoniae2020. 205–219. 64,2010, muziekwetenschap Belgisch tijdschrift voor belge demusicologie/ musique ancienne’, Malou Haine, 1980, 204–219. 34/35, voor muziekwetenschap musicologie /Belgisch tijdschrift Antiqua’,  Musica Cape etle‘miracle’Pro Gagnepain, Bernard 2010, 99–101. 64, voor muziekwetenschap musicologie /Belgisch tijdschrift Ancienne’’, belgede Revue ‘Musicology’   Mark Everist, Tielt: Lannoo, 2012. Tielt: LaPetiteBande.Deeerste (Epitome musical), musical), (Epitome Revue belgede Revue and ‘LaMusique ‘Gevaert, ‘Gevaert, ‘Gevaert etla ‘Gevaert Programme Programme Tielt: Lannoo Tielt: Revue Revue ‘Safford ‘Safford

Kampen: Kok, 2007. Kampen: Kok, van deoudemuziek 1976-2006, tuitje indeaardkorst. Kroniek  Jolande vanderKlis, 2deed., 2009 Kunstenpunt, Brussel: Music inFlanders, ramifications’,  in Flandersanditsinternational practice historical performance  Vandeweerdt, Peter MA Festival, Ligeti. Van MusicaAntiquatot Sofie  Taes, 2011. Borgerhoff &Lamberigts, Ghent: (Concertgebouwcahier), Uitvoeringspraktijk?  Nuchelmans,  Elise Simoens&Jan 48,1999,193-194. Vlaanderen naar eenverloren klankkleur’, Ponseele,  Marcel  Bruxelles, musiques nouvellesenWallonie et  Pirenne, Christophe 214. A Yearbook,  in FlandersandtheNetherlands. andSociety Low Countries.Arts Music intheLowCountries’,The  Peire, Marc 1989, 36-40. en flandre’,   Peire, Marc 131–155. 64,2010, muziekwetenschap Belgisch tijdschrift voor belgedemusicologie/ Revue and thestudyofplainchant’,  Mannaerts, Pieter Liège: Mardaga, 2004 Liège:Mardaga, Hetklavecimbelvan Septentrion 18, Septentrion 1994-1995,210- ‘Performing Early ‘Performing ‘Lamusiquebaroque Bruges,2013 Historische Guide to Early Guideto ‘Opzoek ‘Gevaert ‘Gevaert

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153 further reading 154 Lamberigts, 2020. Lamberigts, 1600),  uit tieneeuwenmuziek(600- voor Bach.Zestigsleutelwerken Abeele,  Van HendrikVanden Opstal, Nicole Liesbet Vereertbruggen, 1975,  verhaal vandepioniers1900- muziek inNederland.Het  Jolande vanderKlis, Kampen: Kok, 1991. Kampen: Kok, Bruges:Borgherhoff & Destiltevandemuziek Oude 155 156 International License — NoDerivatives 4.0 Attribution-NonCommercial- Commons Creative © Thisworkislicensedunder a — 2020 November — 1000 Brussels Institute Arts Flanders Ann Overbergh Publisher — With of thesupport Foundation.The Alamire Belgium and to of Library KBR the Royal Many thanks to — Princen +DeRoy, design translation Dan Frett, finalediting Anneliese Geerts, Aletheia Vanackere, editors Mannaerts, Coninx,Pieter Stef LiezeDepuydt, Demuyt, Bart Institute Arts Flanders This guideispublished by * GUIDE TO GUIDE TO early MUSIC IN Flanders arts InstItute BELGIUM early MUSIC IN B el GIUM is an interface organisation and cOvEr IMaGE expertise centre for the arts from Flanders and Brussels. 16th century chansonnier The organisation caters to ms. IV 1274, fol. 4r both national and international © KBR (Brussels) / professional arts audiences. Alamire Digital Lab (Leuven) The institute is the contact point for foreign art professionals in search of information on visual and performing arts and on music in Flanders. To increase the awareness and visibility of the Flemish arts scene on an international level we stimulate and help develop international collaboration, communication and exchange between artists, art professionals and policy- makers. With this, we are aiming to build sustainable international relations and to encourage and support exchange and cooperation on an international scale.

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