La Barca Leyden entlehnt ihren Namen von zwei Liedern “La Barca” (“die Schute”) und “Fortuna guida” von 1611 des Komponisten, Stadtmusikers und Organisten der Pieterskerk und der Hooglandse Kerk Cornelis Schuyt (1557-1616) aus Leiden. Zusammen bilden die Lieder einen Segenswunsch und außerdem eine Anspielung auf seinen eigenen Namen: “Möge...
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The Belgian pianist Stephanie Proot (°1987) studied at the ‘Royal Music Conservatory of Antwerp’ with Levente Kende. In addition, she pursued the ‘Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste’ at the ‘Ecole Normale Alfred Cortot’ in Paris with Ramzi Yassa and took further classes at the ‘Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel’ in...
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Studium Chorale has been active as a professional chamber choir since 2005. It is directed by Hans Leenders or specialized guest conductors. The choir was founded in 1972 and has developed into one of the leading chamber choirs in the Netherlands. The singers are from the Netherlands, Flanders,...
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The harmony she produces touches everyone directly…the music is hers as if she were speaking. Everything appears effortless: whether in most virtuoso transitions or moments of the greatest delicacy, she takes the time to make every note speak… Still aged only 23, the Belgian harpist Anneleen...
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Eddy Vanoosthuyse (1959, Kortrijk, Belgium) is the solo clarinetist at the Brussels Philharmonic/Flemish Radio Orchestra and professor clarinet at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. Throughout the years, Vanoosthuyse has built a solid international career, as he is performing worldwide and is scheduled regularly at international festivals....
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Stephan Pas studied clarinet and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague. He continued his studies in Germany at the Musikhochschule Trossingen with Walter Hügler and was privately coached by Alois Springer. He attended masterclasses with Hans Graf (Mozarteum Salzburg), Yuiji Yuasa (Musikhochschule Wien) and Jorma...
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Màtè Szücs was born into a musical family in Debrecen in Hungary in 1978, where he started his violin studies with Zs. Szesztay. He was eleven when he won the Special Prize of the Hungarian Violin Competition for Young Artists and shortly after he won the First Prize...
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Freddy Arteel, one of Europe’s fi nest clarinettists, has performed throughout the world as soloist and chamber musician for more than four decades. Until his retirement in 2000 he served as principal soloist of the renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders, now known as “deFilharmonie”. He also taught...
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Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort was born on September 26, 1984, in Mechelen, Belgium. Liebrecht obtained his master degree for piano with the greatest distinction from the Brussels Royal Conservatory, where he studied with Jan Michiels. Thanks to the support of the Robus Foundation, Fontys, Fulbright and the Belgian American Educational Foundation, Liebrecht...
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Johan Brouwer (1943) studied organ under Wim van Beek and music theory under Frans van Eeden at the Groningen conservatory, then harpsichord at the Amsterdam conservatory. After his soloist exam he took up further studies with Gustav Leonhardt. Johan Brouwer followed masterclasses by Ton Koopman, René Saorgin...
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