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 and 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), (es), (Paysages – études) I and (…en paysage de nuit…) were selected by ISCM Flanders (in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011).

- 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 & 2012, De Singel, 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 resulted in march 2012 in Les Aveugles, a chamber opera after Maurice Maeterlinck. This production was made in collaboration with the Liége/Paris based visual artist Patrick Corrilon.

- Since 2006, I am principal conductor 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.