I) Education
- Masters in musicology 2000 : Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Masters in baroque violin 2005 : Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (K.C.B.) with Sigiswald Kuijken
- Academic teacher’s certificate 2006 : K.C.B.
- Masters in singing 2008 : K.C.B. with Lena Lootens
II) Training
- Baroque violin masterclasses with Angel Sampedro, Kees Koelmans, Enrico Gatti, Alda Stuurop, Rachel Podger, Stanley Ritchie and John Holloway.
- Violinist at Jeune Orchestre Atlantique conducted by Ph. Herreweghe, Saintes 2003-2004.
- Violinist at Orchestra Giovanile della Academia Montis Regalis (Mondoví) 2006.
- Stage acting workshops with excerpts from Cosí fan tutte (Ferrando) and Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Pedrillo) with Ronny Lauwers at K.C.B. 2005
- Italian opera seria conducted by Paul Dombrecht with baroque gesture coached by Sigrid t’Hooft at K.C.B. 2006.
- International masterclasses on Lied interpretation, Udo Reinemann and guest teachers, Brussels 2007-2008.
- Schütz masterclasses at Bach Academies Bruges with Peter Kooij, october 2008.
- Various masterclasses with Stephan Salters, Greta Dereyghere, Howard Crook a.o.
Next opera parts :
* NEMORINO (L’Elisir d’Amore - Festival de Beloeil
* SCHOOLMASTER (The Cunning Little Vixen) O.R.W. - Fall 2009
* TAMINO (Zauberflöte) – Opera de Wallonie O.R.W - Winter 2009/201
(ORW : productions for the Youth in Liège and on tour in Belgium and the Netherlands)
III) Recent activities in concert :
- Evangelist in Lukaspassion by Telemann cond. by Michael Scheck, K.C.B. march 2008.
- Evangelist in Johannespassion by Bach, Terpsichore cond. by Xavier Haag, march 2008.
- Tenor solo in Markuspassion by Bach, Chapelle des Minimes, Brussels march 2008.
- Soloist of the Choeur de Chambre de Namur in works by Lully and Dumont cond. by Guy Van Waas, Montréal/Québec september 2008.
- Various Bach cantatas (solo, ensemble) with Oslo Domkor, Chapelle des Minimes Brussel, Collegium de Dunis, Il Gardelino e.a. since 2008.
- Weihnachts-Oratorium by Bach with Brussels Bachkoor cond. by M. Scheck, dec. 2008.
- Tenor solo in Johannespassion by Bach, Audite Nova Antwerpen, foreseen march 2009.
- Evangelist in Matthäuspassion by Bach, Collegium de Dunis, foreseen march 2010.
- Soloist in Die gekreuzigte Liebe by Telemann, Il Fondamento, foreseen march/april 2010
IV) Other professional experience
- Guide and speaker at La Monnaie Opera House 2000-2001
- Guide and researcher at Musical Instruments Museum of Brussels 2001-2007
- Vocal coach at Kunstacademie Knokke 2006-2008
- Violinist in oratorio projects : Laudantes Consort Brussels, Florilegium Leuven, Den Haag Baroque Orchestra, Collegium Ad Mosam, etc.
- Concertmaster in opera projects : Dido & Aeneas by Purcell, Venus & Adonis by Blow, Händel pasticcios.
- Conductor of amateur choirs in Brussels, Antwerp en Brabant-Wallon since 2006.
- Chorister at La Petite Bande, june 2004.
- Ensemble singer and soloist (Compagno di Piacere) at L’Arpeggiata dir. by Christina Pluhar : La Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo by Emilio de Cavalieri (semis-staged), august 2004 (CD-recording at Alpha).
- Soloist at Ausonia (M. Glodeanu and F. Haas) : haute-contre in Lully-Rameau-program 2005 (semi-staged).
- Ensemble singer and soloist at Akadêmia dir. by Françoise Lasserre since 2005 ; CD recording at ZigZag Territoires of La morte d’Orfeo by Stefano Landi, january 2006 (roles : Apolline and Furore, semi-staged).
- Choir and ensemble singer at Chœur de Chambre de Namur since 2005 ; L’Orfeo by Monteverdi (Pastore) dir. by J. Tubéry in 2007 (Warschau, Helsinki, Bilbao, semi-staged).
- Tony in West Side Story (arr. David Reiland) with Concert Band of Libramont (staged), november 2006.
- Tenor solo in Requiem by Mozart with Vox Amicorum Antwerpen, Venice november 2006
- CD recording with self co-founded Ensemble Metamorfosi with music of the era of Monteverdi, Hamburg january 2007.
- Chorister at Collegium Vocale Ghent since february 2007
- Chorister at Anima Eterna since may 2007
- Orpheus-monologues in the era of Claudio, a Seicento program at the MIM of Brussels, 25/10/2007 with Ensemble Metamorfosi
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