bio

- I was born in Bruges in 1983, and had violin, piano, music theory, composition and many more courses at the Bruges music academy. From 2002 till 2007, I studied composition at the Ghent Conservatory with Frank Nuyts, and attended, among others, lessons of Godfried-Willem Raes (improvisation) and Filip Rathé (analyses and beyond). I had master classes with Peter Eötvös, and I visited different composition courses, such as the Darmstädter Ferienkurse, were I attended seminars of Marco Stroppa, Vykintas Baltakas, Isabel Mundry, Mark Andre and many more. In 2009, I could work with the Neue Vocalsolisten and Bruno Mantovani during Acanthes (Metz, France). Further, I attended conducting lessons/seminars with Ensemble Modern, Johannes Kalitzke and Marco Angius. For the moment, I study conducting with Lucas Vis.

(with Nadar Ensemble in the Bruges Concertgebouw)

- In 2006, my composition for string quartet …Passages… received the first prize during the Ghent Week of Contempory Music. My compositions (…nuit cassée.), (étude scénographique) and (es) were selected by ISCM Flanders (in 2008, 2009 and 2010).

- I had the opportunity to collaborate with both Belgian and international ensembles and soloist, such as the Spectra Ensemble, ARSIS4 (string quartet), the Goeyvaerts string trio, Aton & Armide, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, soloist Jean-Guihen Queyras… during festivals as the TRANSIT festival (Leuven, 2005 & 2008), De Link (Tilburg, 2007), De Bijloke, De Nieuwe Reeks (Leuven), kaaitheater, Ars Musica 2009, Acanthes 2009, ISCM world music days 2009 (Sweden), Concertgebouw Brugge, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Festival Musica Strasbourg 2010…

- Since 2008, I collaborate intensively with LOD, a Ghent based music theatre production house, which will result in 2012 in Les aveugles, a chamber opera after Maurice Maeterlinck. This production is made in collaboration with the Liége based visual artist Patrick Corrilon.

- Since 2006, I am conductor (and co-founder) of the Nadar Ensemble, an ensemble for new music. With Nadar I performed at concert halls as De Bijloke, Flagey, Concertgebouw Brugge, and festivals as Ars Musica (2008 and 2009), Harvest Festival Denmark 2009, Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2010, Festival Musica Strasbourg, TRANSIT Festival…

- Since 2007, I am working as a research assistant at the University College Ghent.

- Here you can find a (more or less) updated bio, for a word file, click here.