Guide to Early Music and Baroque in Flanders 6. Artists/Soloists........................................................................................................................................ 1

6.1. Conductors ....................................................................................................................................... 1 6.2. Vocalists ........................................................................................................................................... 4

6.2.1. Soprano ................................................................................................................................... 4 6.2.2. Mezzo-soprano/Alto ............................................................................................................. 7 6.2.3. Altus .......................................................................................................................................... 7 6.2.4. Countertenor............................................................................................................................ 8 6.2.5. Tenor......................................................................................................................................... 9 6.2.6. Baritone..................................................................................................................................10 6.2.7. Bass .........................................................................................................................................11

6.3. Instrumentalists ..............................................................................................................................12 6.3.1. Stringed instruments .............................................................................................................12 6.3.2. Wind Instruments ..................................................................................................................16 6.3.3. Keyboards .............................................................................................................................23 6.3.4. Folk Instruments .....................................................................................................................26

6. Artists/Soloists

6.1. Conductors

Paul Dombrecht info@ilfondamento.be www.ilfondamento.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Passacaille, Fugatto, Opus 111, Accent, Vanguard Classics, harmonia mundi, Fuga Libera, Seon, … Paul Dombrecht is one of the most renowned oboists in Europe. He has earned this reputation not only for his teaching and his solo work on the modern oboe, but equally for being a great authority on the study of period instruments and the interpretation of early music (18th and 19th centuries). He has played with the most important Baroque orchestras and leading musicians, including the brothers Wieland, Sigiswald and Barthold Kuijken, René Jacobs, Jos van Immerseel, Gustav Leonhardt and Frans Brüggen. He immerses himself in the 19th-century repertoire and the original instruments of this period. He formed the Il Fondamento orchestra in 1989 in order to perform early music on period instruments. He has made his most important recordings, as soloist or conductor, for Seon, harmonia mundi, Astrée, Opus 111, Accent, Vanguard Classics (the Passacaille Collection) and Fuga Libera. Paul Dombrecht teaches at the Royal Conservatory Brussels and is regularly invited to lead master classes all over the world.

Philippe Herreweghe info@collegiumvocale.com www.collegiumvocale.com Specialization: Baroque Labels: harmonia mundi France, Virgin, Archiv, …

Philippe Herreweghe was born in Ghent and studied the piano at the Conservatory there before going on to study medicine and psychiatry. While still at medical school he founded the Collegium Vocale Ghent and attracted the attention of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt who subsequently invited him to collaborate in their recordings of the complete Cantatas of Bach. In an endeavour to do adequate justice to a repertory ranging from the Renaissance to modern and contemporary music, Philippe Herreweghe felt the need to create several ensembles with whom he has made nearly sixty recordings for harmonia mundi. In 2000 the Collegium Vocale celebrated 30 years of a career devoted entirely to Bach and his forerunners; together with the Chapelle Royale, this ensemble has frequently collaborated with the Orchestre des Champs Elysées. Philippe Herreweghe has appeared as guest conductor of ensembles like the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Flanders Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. He was the Artistic Director at the Saintes Festival from 1982 to 2002. He was awarded the order of Officier des Arts et Lettres in 1994 and in 2003 he was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. In October of that same year he was knighted by the Belgian King.

René Jacobs Contact: Robina Saidkhanjan, Manager 94, rue La Fayette FR - 75010 Paris T: +33 1 482 240 252 Specialization: Baroque Labels: harmonia mundi René Jacobs was born in 1946 in Ghent. He came to fame as a counter-tenor but in recent years has become renowned as a conductor of Baroque and early Classical opera. His work as a conductor subsequently saw him leading performances of the operas of Monteverdi, Cesti, Cavalli, Gluck and Handel in the foremost venues in Europe and Japan. Since 1997 René Jacobs has been artistic director of the Innsbruck Festival. For many years he has been an enthusiastic advocate of Venetian opera. As principal guest conductor and artistic adviser for Baroque repertoire at the Berlin Staatsoper, René Jacobs has conducted Telemann's Orpheus, Graun's Cleopatrae Cesare, Gassmann's Opera seria and Mozart's Così fan tutte. In 2001 the Académie Charles Cros awarded him its highest distinction, the “Prix in honorem”, for his recording of Keiser's Croesus and for his entire career. The year 2004 was marked by a new series of triumphs in the international press. Finally, as the year 2005 begins, René Jacobs has just been chosen as Artist of the Year by MIDEM, and his recording of Le nozze di Figaro has been distinguished by two MIDEM Classical Awards. A few weeks later the same recording won a Grammy Award in Los Angeles (Best Opera 2005). For many years René Jacobs was a teacher at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and maintains a close relationship with this institution, where he trained many singers who are now internationally known.

Sigiswald Kuijken info@lapetitebande.be www.lapetitebande.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Hyperion, Denon, Accent, Virgin, Ricercar, … Sigiswald Kuijken was born in 1944. He had his first contact with Renaissance music and instruments at the age of seven. Like his brother Wieland, he is self-taught on the viola da gamba and in 1969 he began to re-establish the historical technique of violin playing which consists of not using a chin or a shoulder rest and without holding the instrument with the chin at all. Between 1964 and 1972 he was a member of the Alarius Ensemble of Brussels, where he

explored 17th- and 18th- centuries music and performance practice. In 1972 he formed a Baroque orchestra called 'La Petite Bande' and recorded music by Lully, Rameau, Händel, Gluck, Haydn and Mozart. Sigiswald toured with his brothers Wieland and Barthold but also with Robert Kohnen, Gustav Leonhardt and others in Europe, the USA, Australia and Japan. He also appeared as guest conductor of various other Baroque orchestras, including the Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment, whose debut concert he conducted at the Queen Elisabeth Hall in June 1986. He teaches the Baroque violin at the Royal Conservatory of Den Haag and since 1993 at the Brussels Conservatory. He is also frequently asked to teach at the London Royal College of Music, the University of Salamanca, the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. Sigiswald has recorded most of Bach's major chamber music and solo violin repertoire as well as Corelli, Vivaldi, Muffat, Mozart a.o.

Jos van Immerseel info@animaeterna.be www.animaeterna.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Zig Zag Territoires, Accent, Sony, Channel Classices, Naïve, … Jos van Immerseel, a native of Antwerp, studied piano with Eugène Traey, organ with Flor Peeters, harpsichord with Kenneth Gilbert, singing with Lucie Frateur, and conducting with Daniel Sternefeld. In 1973 he won the first Paris Harpsichord Competition. He is self-taught in the disciplines of organology, rhetoric and the historic piano. He has held teaching positions at the Scola Cantorum in Basel, the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique in Paris and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and teaches master classes in Europe, America and Japan. In 1987 he founded the ‘Anima Eterna’ ensemble. The group, which plays historic instruments, gradually became a symphony orchestra. Jos van Immerseel has appeared as guest conductor with the Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik, the Wiener Akademie and Musica Florea Prague. He also maintains a unique collection of historical keyboard instruments which he plays in concert.

Paul Van Nevel huelgas.ensemble@village.uunet.be www.huelgasensemble.be Specialization: Mediaeval & Renaissance Labels: harmonia mundi, Eufoda, Sony, … Paul Van Nevel studied early music at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, between 1969 and 1971. There, he formed the Huelgas Ensemble in the early 1970s. The name refers to the Spanish Cistercian monastery near Burgos where Van Nevel travelled as a 24-year-old. In a short time, the ensemble has emerged as one of Europe's premiere vocal ensembles dedicated to the performance of music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. When not rehearsing or performing, Paul Van Nevel spends his time in research. He explores archives and libraries in search of unpublished works and forgotten treasures of the Flemish polyphonic tradition, so the Huelgas Ensemble can bring to life long forgotten music. Bringing together everything from Albertus Magnus's study of temperaments to the “memory theatre” of Giulio Camillo and the techniques espoused by orators of the period, the Huelgas Ensemble offers performances that are at once surprising and yet singularly apt. Besides his devotion to research, Paul Van Nevel is a guest professor at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and receives regular invitations to conduct other ensembles such as Collegium Vocale, the Nederlands Kamerkoor and the Choir of the Nederlandse Bach Vereniging.

6.2. Vocalists

6.2.1. Soprano

Anne Cambier & I Justiniani Contact: Mieke Bailleul, manager Oude Keerbergse Baan 20 BE - 2820 Rijmenam T: +32 15 52 06 69 management@annecambier.be www.annecambier.be Specialization: Baroque (opera, song, oratorio) Labels: Bloomline, Klara, Signum Sound Productions, Alpha, MMP, … Anne Cambier chose to train singing at the Royal Music Conservatory of Ghent (Belgium) with Zeger Vandersteene and Paule Daloze. She further developed her abilities with Noëlle Barker at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London where, in 1992, she was awarded her Post-Diploma Vocal Training and her Certificate in Techniques of Teaching. At the same time she followed masterclasses with Suzanne Danco, Hugues Quenod, Thomas Hampson, Geoffrey Parsons, Thomas Hemsley, Graham Johnson, Paul Hamburger and others. During her stay in England, she already performed a number of roles with various British opera companies and in the same period participated in creative productions by Les Arts Florissants conducted by William Christie. Back in Belgium, her career flourished thanks to the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1996. She was invited to perform with most of the Belgian orchestras and worked with conductors such as C. Hogwood, A. Pappano, R. Goebel, G. Llewellyn, P. Ellis, P. Goodwin, P. Peire, P. Dombrecht, G. Octors and D. Brossé. In 1997 Anne Cambier made her debut at the National Opera in Brussels. This brought high critical acclaim and as a result, a variety of roles have been offered. Her acclaimed recitals are staged with Belgian pianists such as Jan Vermeulen, Jozef De Beenhouwer, Levente Kende and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden. Anne Cambier performs regularly with Baroque orchestras such as La Petite Bande, Il Fondamento, The Academy of Ancient Music, Musica Antiqua Köln, Les Agrémens and more recently with I Justiniani, the Baroque ensemble she founded in 2002.

Hilde Coppé Voormuide 43 BE - 9000 Gent T: +32 9 223 24 04 F: +32 9 223 24 04 Specialization: Baroque Labels: Naxos, … The Flemish soprano Hilde Coppé graduated from the Royal Conservatories of Ghent and Brussels, where she studied with Lydia Lesage and Dina Grossberger. She also specialised in operatic performance, Ronny Lauwers being one of her teachers. She continued her training at the Conservatory of Tilburg, where she was awarded the performance diploma magna cum laude. She took master classes with Jessica Cash in London, and further perfected her professional skills with teachers such as Jos Van Immerseel, Noëlle Barker, Vera Rosza and Sarah Walker. Since 1995, she has been coached by the voice pedagogue Tuan Sieuw Loh. Hilde Coppé regularly performs as a soloist with choirs and ensembles in performances of the Passions and oratorios by composers such as Bach, Mendelssohn, Telemann, Fauré, Gounod, Mozart, Haydn, Handel, Schubert and others. She has worked together with conductors such as

Grant Llewellyn, Eric Lederhandler, Laslo Heltay, Alexander Rahbari, Patrick Peire, Koen Kessels, Johan Duijck, Etienne Siebens, Ludo Claesen, and David Angus.

Greta De Reyghere Maria Hendrikastraat 67 BE - 1050 Brussel T: +32 2 640 65 62 F: +32 2 640 65 62 Specialization: Baroque Labels: Passacaille, Eufoda, Virgin, Pavane, Forlane, Opus 111, EMI, … The soprano Greta De Reyghere began her musical studies with her mother, herself a professional singer. She obtained higher diplomas in concert singing, opera singing and art song at the Conservatory of Brussels. She improved her singing by studying with Alfred Deller and Erik Werba. Greta De Reyghere's career led her to appear in most European countries and Canada, and at the major international festivals, where she sang with the most famous Baroques ensembles, such as La Petite Bande, La Chapelle Royale, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ricercar Consort, … under the direction of de Gustav Leonhardt, Sigiswald Kuyken, Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, ... She also sang under the direction of Pierre Bartholomée, Pierre Cao, Robert King, Laszlo Heltay... She appeared in recitals of Lieder with Guy Penson, Jean-Claude Van den Eynden and Luc Devos. Greta De Reyghere's discography includes about fifty recordings, from the music of the Baroque to the music of the 20th century. Currently she teaches at the Royal Conservatory of Liège.

Bernadette Degelin Sijsjeslaan 15 BE - 3078 Everberg T: +32 2 759 55 93 bernadette.degelin@pandora.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Warner, Elektra, Koch Schwann Bernadette Degelin studied at the Conservatory of Brussels with Louis Devos. Her repertoire includes both early music and contemporary works. She performed at the most important festivals with conductors such as Frühbeck the Burgos, Roberto Benzi, David Atherton, Prof.Paul Sacher, Kenneth Montgomery, Kurt Redel, Henry Lewis, Avi Ostrowsky, Mendi Rodan, Jean-Marie Auberson, Günther Neuhold, Georges Octors, Pierre Cao, Pierre Bartholomée, Alexander Rahbari, Ed Spanjaard, Manuel Galduf, Jean-Paul Salanne. She recorded about twenty CD’s. Some of these releases gained international prizes (Prix Mondial de Montreux, Grand Prix du Disque, Grand Prix the l'Académie Frenchwoman and l'Orfée d'Or). Bernadette Degelin teaches at the Conservatory of Antwerp.

Cécile Kempenaers Apoldaer Straße 23 D -12249 Berlin T: +49 30 810 590 12 F: +49 30 810 591 68 cecile.k@mac.com Specialization: Renaissance & Baroque Labels: Eufoda, Harmonia Mundi, ZigZag Territoires, Sony, … Cécile Kempenaers studied singing with Mireille Capelle at the Ghent Conservatory (KMC) in Belgium, and at the Brabant Conservatory in Tilburg (The Netherlands) she attended lessons

‘Vocal ensemble singing’ with Rebecca Stewart. Presently she is completing her studies with Margreet Honig (Amsterdam) and Ingrid Voermans (The Hague). For several years she has been singing with Collegium Vocale Ghent (Philippe Herreweghe) in which she has also distinguished herself as a soloist - both in concerts and recordings, including “Magnificat” (J.S.Bach), “Musikalische Exequien” and “Schwanengesang” (H.Schütz), and many others. With Françoise Lasserre as conductor (Akademia, France), she recorded several works by Schütz. Cécile Kempenaers is also member of the Huelgas Ensemble as well as the ensemble Zefiro Torna.

Anne Mertens & La Gran Duca Di Toscane Contact: Anne Mertens Avenue Jules Gathy 11 BE - 1390 Bossut-Gottechain T: +32 10 81 68 62 F: +32 10 81 68 62 info@annemertens.be www.annemertens.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Eufoda Anne Mertens studied singing with Liane Jespers and harpsichord with Jos Van Immerseel at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. She took classes with Noelle Barker and Montserrat Figueras, as well as touring a great deal with Paul Van Nevel (Huelgas Ensemble) and Philippe Herreweghe (Collegium Vocale) during a period of 10 years. As a soloïst, she worked with Il Fondamento, Ricercar Ensemble e.o., performing the most diverse music from early Renaissance to avant-garde. Although her most profound interest is in early Italian Baroque, she also likes to sing recitals with her sister Catherine, who is a pianist, and the later repertoire in oratorio like Haendel, Bach and Mendelssohn.

Els Van Laethem Brugstraat 6 BE - 2060 Antwerpen Els.van.laethem@telenet.be T: +32 498 53 21 64 Specialization: Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque Labels: Eufoda, Globe, Klara, Ricercar The soprano Els Van Laethem obtained her masters in singing at the Lemmensinstituut with Lieve Vanhaverbeke. Later she specialized with Dina Grossberger. Soon it became apparent that she preferred to sing early music. Els Van Laethem is a member of the Huelgas Ensemble conducted by Paul Van Nevel and she collaborated with the Collegium Vocale conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. In 1996 she set up the ensemble for early music Zefiro Torna together with Jurgen de Bruyn. As a freelance singer Els Van Laethem performs cantatas and oratorios. Besides her interest for early music she also likes alternative practices like music theatre and preforming in theatre productions. You can hear Els Van Laethem on a cd with music by the Huelgas Ensemble, Camerata Trajectina, Zefiro Torna, Wim Mertens (Jardin Clos), …

Katelijne Van Laethem Grote Markt 2A BE - 2260 Westerlo T: +32 14 54 09 78 katelijne.van.laethem@pandora.be Specialization: Mediaeval & Renaissance

Labels: Accent, Sony, Ricercar, … The soprano Katelijne Van Laethem gained the higher diploma in singing at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, and also studied privately with the teachers Margreet Honig and Diane Forlano. During her studies she came in contact with Paul Van Nevel, with whom she co-operated for sixteen years as a singer in his Huelgas Ensemble. In the meantime Katelijne Van Laethem has appeared with many other ensembles and orchestras, mostly specialised in early music. But she is also interested in performing contemporary music. So she can be heard with the Oxalys Ensemble in Lieder of Shostakovich. She has formed a highly esteemed duo with Jan Vermeulen with whom she interprets Lieder of Mozart, Haydn, Schubert and recently the late romantic repertoire of Schumann and Brahms.

6.2.2. Mezzo-soprano/Alto

Lucienne Van Deyck J.W.Rozierstraat 40 BE - 2800 Mechelen T: +32 15 41 96 37 Specialization: Baroque Labels: Vox Temporis, Cypres, Ricercar, Naxos, Marco Polo, … The mezzo-soprano and alto Lucienne Van Deyck graduated at the conservatory of Antwerp and at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. Afterwards she continued her training in Paris with Pierre Bernac. She was laureate of the concourse in 's Hertogenbosch and of the International Concourse of the Flanders’ Festival. Lucienne Van Deyck’s repertoire includes, so to speak, all the important works of Western music history, but she specialises in the oratorio. Lucienne Van Deyck is also docent at the conservatory of Antwerp. In 1990 she received the Fuga Prize of the Belgian Composers Union for her efforts to promote Belgian music.

6.2.3. Altus

Steven Dugardin Vinçottestraat 64 BE - 2140 Borgerhout T: +32 3 239 18 48 steve.dugardin@yucom.be www.dugardin.yucom.be Specialization: Renaissance & Baroque Labels: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Musidisc, Teldec, Sony Tangram, Erato, Vanguard As a talented vocalist, Steve Dugardin (°1964) graduated first of class in music theory at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent and, subsequently, in singing at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. It was at the latter that he first met Erik Van Nevel who awakened his interest in Early Music. Passionate about his art, Dugardin is currently furthering his studies under the English male alto, Ashley Stafford. His exceptional voice did not go unnoticed for long and he was soon taking part in productions conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken, Jos Van Immerseel, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Frans Brüggen and Philippe Herreweghe. He is increasingly in demand as a soloist, working with (among others): the Ricercar Consort, the Clemencic Consort, Tragicomedia (Stephen Stubbs), Il Seminario (Gerard Lesne), Les Arts Florissants (William Christie), Il Fondamento (Paul Dombrecht), Huelgas Ensemble (Paul Van Nevel), Choeur de

Chambre de Namur, Currende (Erik Van Nevel), Ex Tempore, La Petite Bande, Musica Antiqua Köln, De Nederlandse Bachvereniging and the Bach-ensemble (Joshua Rifkin). More recently he has sung with I Fiamminghi (Rudolf Werthen) as well as the Flanders Recorder quartet (Vier op een rij). Dugardin is a lecturer in the Herman Teirlinck Studio and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Liège.

6.2.4. Countertenor

Marnix De Cat, countertenor Contact: Conny Paps, Manager J.B. Van Monsstraat 103 BE - 3000 Leuven T: +32 16 60 28 36 F: +32 16 60 28 35 info@capilla.be www.capilla.be Specialization: Polyphony Labels: Eufoda, Musique en Wallonie, Naxos, ORF, Passacaille, Ricercar, Alamire, Fundación Las Edades del Hombre Countertenor Marnix De Cat has been one of the four basic members of the Capilla Flamenca since 1996. He is also a permanent member of the Gesualdo Consort and works regularly with the Huelgas Ensemble, the Ricercar Consort, Collegium Vocale, Currende, Il Fondamento and the BL!NDMAN saxophone quartet. He also performs frequently as a soloist. Marnix De Cat graduated from the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, earning a first prize in organ (under Reitze Smits), harmony and counterpoint. He also studied singing, percussion and fugue, and received first prize in choral conducting. He has also worked as a teacher and was organist for several years at the Church of St Geertrui in Leuven. Together with jazz saxophonist Hugo Boogaerts, he formed the duo OrgaX, a unique combination of organ and saxophones, with an emphasis on improvisation and a mix of styles. He is also active as a composer and regularly collaborates on music projects with young people.

Patrick Van Goethem & Flanders Baroque Consort Contact: Hester Zevenhuizen, manager Zevenhuizen Artists Agency & Early Music Events Agamemnonstraat 59 - 1 NL - 1076 LS Amsterdam T: +31 621 25 45 20 F: +31 206 75 16 80 hester.zevenhuizen@planet.nl Specialization: Baroque Labels: Verany, Bis, MDG, Vox Temporis, Carus, … Belgian countertenor Patrick Van Goethem, is educated in the Baroque field by Paul Esswood, Julia Hamari and Andreas Scholl. He is a frequently requested concertsinger, working as a soloist with many reputable conductors such as Peter Neumann (Collegium Cartusianum, recording Händel’s Belshazzar), Gustav Leonhardt (the Nederlandse Bachvereniging), Hans-Christoph Rademann (Dresdner Hofmusik, CD-recordings with work from Heinichen and Zelenka and Händel’s Dixit Dominus), Reinhard Goebel (Musica Antiqua Köln), Helmuth Rilling (Bach Collegium Stuttgart), Edward Higginbottom (New College Choir Oxford), Pierre Cao (Concerto Köln) and Ebbe Munk (Concerto Copenhagen). In 2004 he recorded Bach’s Himmelfahrts- en Osteroratorium on CD (BIS Label) with the Bach Collegium Japan (Masaaki Suzuki). He has been a guest at important festivals such as the Festival Van Vlaanderen, Oude Muziekfestival

Utrecht, Festival de la Chaise-Dieu, Festliche Tage Alter Musik Knechtsteden, Händelfestspiele Halle, Händelfestspiele Göttingen, Bachfest Leipzig, Alte Musik Festival Dresden, London Bach Festival, Musica Antiqua Bruges. In addition to his career as a concertsinger, Patrick Van Goethem regularly performs with his ensemble The Flanders Baroque Consort, whereby he is accompanied by cembalo, viola da gamba and lute.

6.2.5. Tenor

Jan Caals Contact: Conny Paps, Manager J.B. Van Monsstraat 103 BE - 3000 Leuven T: +32 16 60 28 36 F: +32 16 60 28 35 info@capilla.be www.capilla.be Specialization: Polyphony Labels: Eufoda The tenor Jan Caals has been one of the continuous members of the Capilla Flamenca since 1993. He has also worked regularly with such groups as Flemish Opera, Il Fondamento, the Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Philharmonia Hungarica, the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, le Parlement de Musique... Jan Caals studied at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, where he earned his first prize and higher diploma in solo singing. At present, Jan Caals teaches as the Lemmens Institute and at the Rijksacademie in Alsemberg. His repertoire stretches from polyphony to contemporary music, which he has recorded for numerous CD and radio productions. Among his CD performances is the series of ten CDs around the work of the Flemish Polyphonists. His busy concert schedule takes him throughout Europe and Asia.

Guy De Mey Vermogenstraat 13 bus 8 loft 5 BE - 9100 Sint-Niklaas T: +32 3 776 61 63 guydemey@pi.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Erato, harmonia mundi, Astrée, Assai, … Guy de Mey (°1955) studied singing with Erna Spoorenberg, Sir Peter Pears and Eric Tappy. He can look back over a sensational international career comprising hundreds of concerts and opera productions in Europe as in the USA, Canada, Israel and Japan. He has recorded more than 50 records (up to 1995) with leading conductors (John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Roger Norrington, Michel Corboz, William Christie, Jordi Savall, René Jacobs, etc.), several of whom have been awarded international prizes. Guy de Mey was invited by Erato to take part in the recording of the J.S. Bach’s complete vocal works under the baton of Ton Koopman - the B minor Mass (BWV 232), St. Matthew’s Passion (BWV 244), St. John’s Passion (BWV 245), Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) and the complete cantatas. His performance of the Evangelist was hailed as a revelation by the international press. Highlights of his operatic performances are Mozart’s Magic Flute and Monteverdi’s Orfeo under Roger Norrington at the London Proms, Alban Berg’s Lulu and Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov at the Brussels Opera, Lully’s Athys at the Paris and New York Operas, Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at the Nantes Opera, and a tour through Japan with the Purcell Quartett as Nerone in Monteverdi’s Poppea.

Guy de Mey is a regular guest soloist at all the leading festivals, including his yearly participation in the Festival of Old Music in Innsbruck. He also teaches at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp.

Jan Van Elsacker Den Blommaert 5 BE - 2540 Hove T: +32 3 455 48 80 F: +32 3 455 48 80 Specialization: Polyphony Labels: Vox Temporis, Harmonia Mundi, Eufoda, Accent, EMI, L’oiseau-lyre, …. The Flemish tenor Jan van Elsacker studied at the Koninklijk Vlaams Muziekconservatorium in Antwerp, and received the first prize for singing and for piano with Liane Jespers and Frederic Gevers respectively. Later followed lessons with Dina Grossberger and the attendance of several master-classes with Noëlle Barker. From 1987 to 1991 Jan van Elsacker sang in several concerts with Collegium Vocale Gent and La Chapelle Royale (Philippe Herreweghe), La Petite Bande (Gustav Leonhardt, Sigiswald Kuijken), Anima Eterna (Jos van Immerseel) and the Vlaams Radiokoor (Vic Nees). With the Currende Consort (Erik Van Nevel) he made recordings for both radio and TV (among other things the series 'Flemish polyphony' of Eufoda) and CD recordings. In 1996 he won the International Soloist Competition 'Musica Antiqua Bruges' and he was selected for ''Erna Spoorenberg Vocalisten Presentatie”. In 1997 he performed a recital of Schubert’s Lieder with Jos van Immerseel, and was invited by Radio Bremen to sing Lieder by Haydn and Schubert, with Claire Chevallier. In 1998, he sang cantatas of J.S. Bach with Musica Antiqua Köln directed by Reinhard Goebel at the Early Music Festival of Bruges. He has taken part in concerts with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging, I Fiamminghi, Capella Musicae Graz, Currende, Ex Tempore, Ricercar Consort, Le Parlement de Musique, Rheinische Kantorei, La Fenice, Il Gardellino, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense and other renowned ensembles.

Ludwig Van Gijsegem Specialization: divers Labels: Eufoda, Erato, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, Sony, … The Flemish tenor, Ludwig van Gijsegem, enlisted at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Ghent, where he studied music theory, recorder and chamber music. After his graduation in Brussels, Ludwig van Gijsegem continued studying privately with Professor Rudolf Bautz in Aachen, Germany. He followed masterclasses in Lied Interpretation with Hans Hotter at the Musikhochschule In Vienna and courses of perfection for lute songs with Marius van Altena and Anthony Bailes. Ludwig Van Gijsegem became a well-known name in the concert field. He has done extensive touring in Mexico and China and has performed in most European countries, as well as Israel and Columbia. He is the artistic director of the ensemble La Gioia and he also directs choirs. In 2002 the Dutch press called him the best ‘Evangelist’ for the Passions of Bach.

6.2.6. Baritone

Lieven Termont Contact: Conny Paps, Manager J.B. Van Monsstraat 103 BE - 3000 Leuven T: +32 16 60 28 36 F: +32 16 60 28 35

info@capilla.be www.capilla.be Specialization: Polyphony Labels: Eufoda The baritone Lieven Termont has been one of the basic members of the Capilla Flamenca, since 1993, and is also a member of the Huelgas Ensemble. He has performed as a soloist with numerous Belgian and Dutch ensembles. He has also participated in a great many recordings for radio, television and CD in Europe and the United States under distinguished conductors. Lieven Termont graduated from the Lemmens Institute in Leuven with a diploma in singing and a first prize in chamber music and was a prize-winner in the Erna Spoorenberg Vocalisten Presentatie in 1996 in the Netherlands. Currently, he teaches singing at the Civic Music School in Leuven. Although, at this point in time, his interest lies mainly in Renaissance and the Baroque repertoire, his performances from the Romantic and Contemporary literature are also highly prized.

Jan Van der Crabben Contact: Conny Paps, Manager J.B. Van Monsstraat 103 BE - 3000 Leuven T: +32 16 60 28 36 F: +32 16 60 28 35 info@capilla.be www.capilla.be Specialization: Polyphony & Baroque Labels: Erato, Eufoda, Vox Temporis, Naxos, Signum et l’Oiseau Lyre The baritone, Jan van der Crabben, first studied piano with Aquiles delle Vigne at the Etterbeek Academy, and then transferred to the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, where his teachers included Louis Devos. He completed his studies there in 1989, graduating with a first prize and the highest distinction. In 1990 he continued private tuition with Vera Rosza in London. That year he also won prizes for the best Interpretation of a French Song and for Contemporary Music at the Concours International d'Oratorio et de Lied in Clermont-Ferrand. Jan van der Crabben is active as a soloist both in Belgium and abroad. The conductors with whom he has worked are, among others, Andrew Lawrence-King, Patrick Peire, Alexander Rahbari and Pierre Bartholomée. He has also appeared at numerous festivals, including the Festival de Chambord and the Flanders Festival and has attended master-classes with Elio Bataglia, Bernard Knuysen and Margaret Honig. His principal interests remain the oratorio and the German song. He has made several recordings of works by Mozart, Bach, Händel, Fiocco, De Fesch, Schubert and Heinrich von Herzogenberg. In 1996 he was a semi-finalist in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.

6.2.7. Bass

Dirk Snellings Contact: Conny Paps, Manager J.B. Van Monsstraat 103 BE - 3000 Leuven T: +32 16 60 28 36 F: +32 16 60 28 35 info@capilla.be www.capilla.be Specialization: Polyphony & Baroque

Labels: Eufoda, Musique en Wallonie, Naxos, ORF, Passacaille, Ricercar, Alamire, Fundación Las Edades del Hombre Besides being one of the founders and the artistic director of the ensemble, Dirk Snellings is the bass of the quartet that lies at the heart of the Capilla Flamenca. He holds a masters degree in musicology and graduated with a First prize in voice from the Antwerp Conservatory. His repertoire stretches from the Renaissance to contemporary works, with an emphasis on Polyphony and Baroque music. It is precisely in this field of tension between old and new that he has identified an exciting challenge: to look for the specific vocal technique appropriate to each stylistic period, so that each genre can be performed in ideal circumstances. This exploration of old and seemingly lost vocal techniques has led him to a closer consideration of the roots of the early vocal arts. As a soloist, Dirk Snellings has enjoyed a rich performing career, including many radio and television appearances and CD recordings. He has worked with such ensembles as Il Fondamento, La Petite Bande, Le Parlement de Musique, Ex Tempore... He is currently a voice teacher and also lectures in early music history at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven (Belgium).

6.3. Instrumentalists

6.3.1. Stringed Instruments

Thomas Baeté: fiddle Specialization: Mediaeval & Renaissance Labels: Pavane, Eufoda The violinist Thomas Baeté was coached by Vegard Nilsen at the conservatory of Antwerp. Initially he was autodidact in playing the viola da gamba. Later on he joined the classes of Wieland Kuijken at the conservatory of Brussels. Meanwhile he sang with Ayala Sicron in Antwerp. He attended masterclasses with Jordi Savall, Paolo Pandolfo and Alison Crum, Rinaldo Alessandri and Sigiswald Kuijken. Thomas Baeté is a member of the ensembles La Folata (mediaeval music) and La Roza Enflorense (sephardic repertoire). As guest he played with the Capilla Flamenca, Zefiro Torna, Currende Conserto and Mala Punica (Pedro Memelsdorff).

Jurgen De Bruyn: lute, theorbo, baroque guitar Babelomstraat 5 BE - 3320 Meldert T: +32 16 26 00 43 F: +32 16 26 00 43 M: +32 496706014 www.zefirotorna.be Specializatie: Mediaeval & Renaissance Labels: Eufoda, Klara, Ricercar, Wildboar Jurgen De Bruyn studied at the LemmensInstituut in Leuven. His coaches were Raphaëlla Smits for guitar, Paul Beelaerts, Roel Dieltiens and Erik Van Nevel for chamber music and Philippe Malfeyt for lute. Meanwhile he attended masterclasses with David Russell, Roberto Aussel, Konrad Ragossnig, Jordi Savall… Jurgen De Bruyn is artistic director of the ensemble Zefiro Torna and a member of Sospiri Ardenti, Trio Corydon and the Jean-Pierre Van Hees Quartet.

He collaborated with prominent ensembles such as Huelgas Ensemble, Collegium Vocale, the Flemish Opera, Il Fondamento, Currende, Capilla Flamenca, Ex Tempore, Prima la Musica, I Fiamminghi, la Cetra d'Orfeo, Egidius Quartet… Meanwhile he also performs in projects with jazz and world artists, dance companies and musical theatre.

Hannelore Devaere: harp Oude Gentweg 132 BE - 8000 Brugge T: +32 50 33 35 22 F: +32 50 33 35 22 hdevaereharp@yahoo.com www.hanneloredevaere.be Specialization: Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque Labels: Archiv, Virgin, Musica Oscura, Ricercar, Vanguard, Eufoda, Astrée, Vivarte, harmonia mundi, … Hannelore Devaere has a Masters in Musicology. She studied harp playing and historical harps at the Akademie für alte Musik in Bremen, Germany with Andrew Lawrence King. Hannelore played with many music ensembles such as the Capilla Flaminca, Huelgas, Romanesque, Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial, Elyma, Daedalus, Rheinische Kantorei, Balthasar Neuman Ensemble, Salzburger Hofmusik, the Gabrieli Consort, Musica ad Rhenum, etc. She also worked with many conductors such as Jordi Savall, Gabriel Garrido, John Elliot Gardiner, Thomas Hengelbrock, Hermann Max, Howard Arman, Philipp Picket, Paul Mc Creesh, Paul Van Nevel, etc. With her own ensemble, ‘Lady Clifton’s Spirit’, she performed in Bruges, Kortrijk, Geneva, Rothenburg, Amsterdam, Vlissingen, Antwerp and Utrecht. Hannelore teaches the harp in Knokke, Tielt and Ghent, and historical harp playing in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Brussels). She has a long experience in teaching early music harp courses. As a musicologist Hannelore gave many lectures at symposiums all over the world.

Roel Dieltiens: cello Contact: Veerle Van Gorp, Commercial Manager Kantstraat 3 BE - 2500 Lier T: +32 495 67 07 01 veerle.vangorp@skynet.be www.explorations.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Eufoda, harmonia mundi France Roel Dieltiens studied at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, the Musical Chapel Queen Elisabeth and at the Detmold Hochschule für Musik with André Navarra. He plays not only Baroque music but also approaches the romantic repertoire and the contemporary repertoire with the same attention and with stylistic insight. In 1992, he received the distinction of 'musician of the year' by the Festival of Flanders. As a soloist, he performed with conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Pierre Bartholomée, Frans Brüggen, Jan Caeyers, Josep Pons, Peter Maag and more. He also teaches the cello at the Lemmensinstituut (Leuven) and is giving masterclasses all over the world. The recent recordings with his group Exploration, for the label Harmonia Mundi France, have won distinctive praise from critics around the world.

Liam Fennelly: violin, fiddle, viola T: +32 2 512 45 62 liamail@free.fr Specialization: Renaissance & Baroque

Labels: Eufoda, Klara, Ricercar, … Liam studied violin and viola in New York, where he also earned a Masters Degree in Oriental Languages and Litterature. At the Brussels Conservatoire he studied with Wieland Kuijken and graduated in 1995. From this moment on he stayed in Flanders. Liam performed in many concerts and collaborated on CD recordings with many ensembles such as Il Fondamento, Capilla Flamenca, Currende, the Ricercar Consort, Zefiro Torna, Cantus Kölln, the Kölner Kammerorchester, Romanesque, Regalo and Les Talents Lyriques.

Sigiswald Kuijken: violin, fiddle & viola da gamba Contact: Geert Robberechts, Manager Vital Decosterstraat 72 BE - 3000 Leuven T: +32 16 230 830 F: +32 16 227 610 info@lapetitebande.be www.lapetitebande.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Deutsche harmonia mundi (BMG), Accent, Hyperion, Virgin (EMI), Senon, Challenge records (Brilliant Classics) Sigiswald Kuijken (1944) studied violin at the Conservatory of Brussels with Maurice Raskin. He was exposed to early music at a very young age, along with his brother Wieland. Studying on his own, he gained a thorough knowledge of specific 17th- and 18th-century performance techniques and conventions of interpretation. This led to the introduction, in 1969, of a more authentic way of playing the violin, whereby the instrument was no longer held under the chin, but lay freely on the shoulder; this was to have a crucial influence on the approach to the violin repertoire and was consequently adopted by many players starting in the early 1970s. From 1964 to 1972, Sigiswald Kuijken was a member of the Brussels-based Alarius Ensemble (with Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen and Janine Rubinlicht), which performed throughout Europe and in the United States. He subsequently undertook individual chamber music projects with a number of Baroque music specialists, chief among which were his brothers Wieland and Barthold, Gustav Leonhardt and Robert Kohnen, as well as Anner Bylsma, Frans Bruggen and René Jacobs. In 1972, with the encouragement of Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Gustav Leonhardt, he founded the Baroque orchestra ‘La Petite Bande’ which, since then, has given countless concerts and has recorded for a number of labels. In 1986 he founded the Kuijken String Quartet (with François Fernandez, Marleen Thiers and Wieland Kuijken), which specialised in the quartets and quintets (with Ryo Terakado as first violist) of the Classical period. Recordings of quartets and quintets by Mozart and Haydn have appeared on Denon. From 1971 to 1996, Sigiswald Kuijken taught Baroque violin at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague; since 1993 he has taught at the Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium in Brussels. In addition, he has been in demand as a guest teacher at a number of institutions (including the Royal College of Music in London, Salamanca University and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena). Since 1998, Sigiswald Kuijken occasionally conducts ‘modern’ symphonic orchestras in romantic programmes (Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn).

Wieland Kuijken: cello & viola da gamba Contact: Geert Robberechts, Manager Vital Decosterstraat 72 BE - 3000 Leuven T: +32 16 230 830 F: +32 16 227 610 info@lapetitebande.be

www.lapetitebande.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: harmonia mundi, Accent, Astree, Philips, Sony, Naïve, … Wieland Kuijken (1938) is widely regarded as one of the most influential pioneers in the twentieth century revival of the viola da gamba and early cello. He studied cello and piano at the Brussels Conservatory. Meanwhile he and his brother Sigiswald showed an avid interest in earlier music and its instruments. At the age of 18 he began to teach himself the viola da gamba. His musical career started with the Alarius Ensemble (1959-1972). Simultaneously he showed a great interest in avantgarde music. He became internationally recognized as a soloist and as continuo player through the many concerts and recordings he did with his brothers Sigiswald and Barthold, Gustav Leonhardt, Frans Brüggen and Alfred Deller. His recordings of Bach, Marais, and Forqueray have earned critical acclaim and his repertoire encompasses music by composers as late as Mozart and Boccherini. He has taught at the Conservatories of Antwerp, Brussels, and the Hague and he has been a featured performer at festivals of early music such as Flanders Festival, Saintes, and the English Bach Festival. In addition to these activities he regularly gives international master classes.

Wim Maeseele, lute, theorbo wim.maeseele@telenet.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Eufoda, Accent, … Wim Maeseele studied guitar with Raphaella Smits at the Lemmens Instituut. He attended master classes with Benjamin Verdey, Gerald Garcia… Later he chose the early music repertoire, switched over to the lute and went to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis for Hopkinson Smith. As continuo player he collaborated on numerous concerts and CD-recordings in Belgium and abroad and with several ensembles such as Capilla Flamenca, Caryatide, Currende, Ex Tempore, Gran Duca di Toscana, Huelgas ensemble, Il Fondamento and Il Tempo di Warsawa. In 1993, he set up the vocal ensemble "a Cantar".

Philippe Malfeyt: lute, Baroque guitar, oud, … Generaal Jacqueslaan 150 BE - 1050 Brussels T: +32 478 90 01 62 Specialization: Renaissance & Baroque Labels: Ricercar, Erato, Opus 111, Sony, Eufoda, Vanguard, Gailly, Music and Words … After first teaching himself the lute, Philippe Malfeyt obtained a ‘performance’ diploma from London’s Royal College of Music, where he perfected his playing in courses with Hopkinson Smith and Konrad Junghänel. Today the artist appears both as a soloist and continuo player with a number of early music ensembles (Fondamento, Ricercar Consort and Huelgas Ensemble). He is also a founder member of ‘Formation Romanesque’, which received major recognition for its CD recordings. Philippe Malfeyt has proven himself time and again as a well-versed improviser on his instruments and teaches at the Conservatories of Brussels and Ghent.

Bart Roose: lute Contact: Stelito, Tom Lemahieu, boekingen Ardooisesteenweg 381 BE - 8800 Roeselare T: +32 51 24 35 02 info@stelito.be

www.stelito.be Spacialization: Mediaeval & Renaissance Labels: … Bart Roose studied music theory, the guitar, the lute, music pedagogy, chamber music and early music at the Conservatories of Ghent and Antwerp. As a lute player he performs solo and as a member of the ensembles Pandora², De Vento and Lady Clifton’s Spirit, as well as a duo with Marcel Ketels. He can also regularly be found as a guest lute and continuo player with various specialized ensembles. Bart Roose has been a contributor to radio, TV and CD recordings and has performed in Belgium, Germany, France and Switzerland.

6.3.2. Wind Instruments

Wim Becu: trombone Contact: Koenraad Blansaer, Manager Heislagsebaan 166 BE - 2930 Brasschaat T: +32 3 294 34 06 sales@oltremontano.com www.oltremontano.com Specialization: Renaissance and Baroque Labels: Klara, Eufoda, Accent, Virgin, EMI, Erato, … Wim Becu studied trombone at the Conservatories of Antwerp and The Hague. His first musical mentors, Koen Becu and Bruno Boey, introduced him to the hitherto unfamiliar world of ‘early music’. This would later have a profound influence upon his musical development. In 1982 he began to collaborate with the Huelgas Ensemble. Thanks to his inexhaustible enthusiasm for studying and learning to play the many historic ‘trombones’, he is now active in numerous distinguished ensembles and orchestras. His repertoire covers late mediaeval to romantic music. He has made more than 100 CD recordings and participated in numerous concerts with his colleagues from Concerto Palatino. As an educator he enjoys sharing his experience with his students in Antwerp and at the Musikhochschulen of Aachen and Trossingen. He has taught master classes and courses in Belgium, Germany, Spain, the United States and at the CNS de Lyon.

Luc Bergé: horn Jan Van der Vorstlaan 67 BE - 3040 Loonbeek T: +32 16 47 78 85 F: +32 16 47 78 85 luc_berge@yahoo.com Specialization: divers Labels: Phaedra, …. Luc Berge studied at the Conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels. Besides wining several first prizes, he graduated with a diploma magna cum laude in horn playing with Andre Van Driessche. He then perfected his art with the famous hornist H. Baumann. Luc Berge was horn soloist with the “Opera de Wallonie”, the Nationaal Orkest van België, the Nieuw Belgisch Kamerorkest and I Fiamminghi. The last couple of years he has been specializing in the natural horn and the romantic horn which led him to be a regular guest in the Orchestra des Champs Elysees under the direction of Philippe Herrweghe, Les Musiciens du Louvre under the direction of Mac Mikovski and les Arts Florissants un der the direction of William Christie. Luc Berge is a regular soloist with a.o. Prima La Musica, Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie and the

Beethoven Academie. He has recorded several solo CD’s among which “Chamber Music for Horn” with the Arriaga Quartet and the Mozart’s “Concerti for Wind Instruments” with Prima La Musica, under the direction of Dirk Vermeulen. These, along with Brahms’ and Ligeti’s horn trio’s were highly praised by the international press. He is currently working as a free-lance hornist and plays the modern as well as the old horn. He is the hornist in the Prometheus Ensemble, horn soloist in the Orchestre des Champs Elysees under the direction of Phlippe Herrweghe and also teaches at the Conservatories of Brussels and Leuven.

Patrick Beuckels: traverso Warrenplein 2 BE - 8310 Sint-Kruis Patrick.beuckels@hogent.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Ricercar, harmonia mundi, … Patrick Beuckels has diplomas for both the modern flute and the traverso. In addition he is a musicologist and candidate in law. His teacher, Barthold Kuijken, persuaded him to take up a career in music, which turned out to be as brilliant as it is fruitful. He has collaborated with the ensembles of Philippe Herreweghe, Jordi Savall, Marc Minkowski, Gérard Lesne, Chiara Banchini, Frans Brüggen, Ivan Fischer, Gustav Leonhardt, Sigiswald Kuijken, Jos van Immerseel, Anner Bylsma. We owe him memorable interventions in the cantatas, the passions and the Bach’s B minor Mass and Mozart’s C major mass conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. The international music reviews Diapason, Répertoire and La Traversière have praised his recordings of Handel’s flute sonatas, W.F. Bach’s complete chamber music and some Telemann trio sonatas. He teaches traverso at the Brussels Royal Conservatoire and chamber music at the Ghent Royal Conservatoire.

Bart Coen: recorder Boekenberglei 244 BE - 2100 Deurne T: +32 3 321 50 55 Bart.coen@telenet.be Specialisation: barok Labels: Sony, harmonia mundi, Ricercar, Eufoda, Globe, Accent, … Bart Coen completed his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. Since then he has been active as a soloist, in chamber music groups, and he participates on a regular basis in productions of the early music ensembles directed by (a.o.) Paul Van Nevel, René Jacobs, Jos Van Immerseel, Sigswald Kuijken, Philippe Herreweghe, Sigiswald Kuijken. He performed at concerts in Europe, North- and South-America, Japan and participated on many CD-recordings. Bart Coen is a recorder teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and in Lemmens Instituut Leuven.

Griet Cornelis: baroque oboe Groenstraat 87 BE - 3020 Veltem T: +32 16 48 89 74 Specialization: Baroque

Patrick Denecker: recorder Contact: Brigitte Hermans, Manager Van Schoonbekestraat, 96

BE - 2018 Antwerp T: +32 3 288 89 52 F: +32 3 288 89 52 brigitte.hermans@amarilli.be www.patrickdenecker.be Specialization: Mediaeval, Renaissance and Baroque Labels: Ricercar, Pavane, Eufoda, Naxos Patrick Denecker studied the recorder and early music at the Antwerp Royal Conservatory of Music (Belgium). After completing his studies he attended interpretation courses with international specialists to refine his playing. After being invited by many well-known ensembles and orchestras for early music such as the Ricercar Consort, Collegium Vocale, Capilla Flamenca, Huelgas Ensemble, Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs, he performed all over the world. Meanwhile he formed other ensembles concentrating on early musical literature as Le Nouveau Concert and The Antwerp Recorder Consort. In 1995 he founded the ensemble ‘La Caccia’. This ensemble plays vocal and instrumental music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Although La Caccia’s main repertoire is situated in the field of the alta capella music (i.e. reeds and brass), also bassa capella (soft instruments) and a capella music (purely vocal) are also performed at their concerts. Patrick Denecker made many CD-recordings (a.o. Ricercar) and is regularly invited to teach master classes.

Jan De Winne: traverso Contact: Kris Buyse, manager il Gardellino Lostraat 74 BE - 9000 Gent T: +32 9 220 05 35 F: +32 9 221 60 52 jan.de.winne@ilgardellino.be www.ilgardellino.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Accent, Signum, Klara MMP, Eufoda, Erato, Passacaille Jan De Winne was born in Bruges. After his studies in Bruges he went on to the Conservatory of Ghent and Brussels and to the University of Ghent where he studied Musicology, Art History, flute, chamber music and Baroque flute. He completed his traverso studies with Barthold Kuijken in 1991. He was a finalist at the prestigious international early music competition in Bruges in 1987 and is a member of the Collegium Vocale and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées (Philippe Herreweghe). He also worked with the ensembles of Ton Koopman, Nicolaus Harnoncourt and Paul Dombrecht. His passion for period instruments led him to build Baroque and classical flutes. In 1988, he founded Il Gardellino with Marcel Ponseele. Besides several chamber music programmes with Il Gardellino, he recorded Haydn trio’s, Boismortier concertos, CPE Bach quartets, trios and sonatas for the labels Eufoda, Naxos, Unacorda and Accent. Jan De Winne teaches traverso and chamber music at the Superior National Academy of Music of Lyon (France) and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Koen Dieltiens: recorder Specialization: Renaissance & Baroque Labels : Ars, Vox Temporis, Telarc, Ricercar, … Koen Dieltiens was born in Lier and came into contact with music at a very young age thanks to his musical family. He studied music pedagogy and organ at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven and also studied the recorder. His experiences with Paul van Nevel and Jos Van Immerseel set him in the direction of specializing in early music, with a particular interest in the recorder and

the repertoire of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. During his studies at the Conservatorium in Antwerp, where he earned his Masters Degree in the recorder and chamber music, as well as prizes in music history and harmony, he was the first prize-winner at the international recorder competition in St. Hubert. He frequently appears with ensembles led by René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, Philippe Herreweghe and Paul Dombrecht.

Paul Dombrecht: Baroque oboe Contact: Stelito, Tom Lemahieu Ardooisesteenweg 381 BE - 8800 ROESELARE T: +32 51 24 35 02 info@stelito.be www.stelito.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Passacaille, Accent, … Few Flemish woodwind players are so recognized as Paul Dombrecht, whose name is familiar to all budding oboists. But Paul Dombrecht did not only win his spurs as a teacher and virtuoso on the modern oboe; he particulary owes his distinguished reputation to his being a pioneer of the authentic execution. His lively interest in forgotten, obscure or rarely played scores is most striking. As a conductor and artistic director of the Baroque orchestra and Choir Il Fondamento, the wind ensemble Octophoros and the Paul Dombrecht Consort, he encourages an intuitive and honest musical approach.

Aline Hopchet: recorder, Baroque oboe Specialization: Baroque Labels: Musica Ficta, … Aline Hopchet was trained by Geert Van Gele, Bart Coen, Bart Spanhove at the Lemmens Instituut and by Marion Verbrugesn in The Hague. Later on she discovererd the pleasure of playing double reed instruments so she decided to study Baroque oboe with Ku Ebbinge and Paul Dombrecht. Aline Hopchet plays in the ensembles Clematis, Oboefollia and Orchestre de Chambre Oratorio. She performed on many CD- and radio recordings. She is one of the founding members of Zefiro Torna, but in 2004 she set up a new ensemble called Cannamella.

Marcel Ketels: recorder Contact: Stelito, Tom Lemahieu Adres : Ardooisesteenweg 381 BE - 8800 ROESELARE T: +32 51 24 35 02 info@stelito.be www.stelito.be Specialization: Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque Labels: … Flautist Marcel Ketels studied early music, music theory and instrument interpretation at the Conservatories of Ghent and Brussels, with a.o. Barthold Kuijken, Oswald van Olmen and Johan Huys. He can regularly be seen performing on Belgian and international stages, both as a soloist and in the company of specialized ensembles. He teaches chamber music at the Music Conservatory of Ghent. Marcel Ketels is also the heart and soul of several early music ensembles such as the duo he forms with Guy Pernson, which has built up a solid reputation in Baroque music, and Pandora².

Barthold Kuijken: traverso & conductor Zwartschaapstraat 38 BE - 1755 Gooik T: +32 54 56 74 28 F: +32 54 56 74 28 barthold.kuijken@pi.be www.bartholdkuijken.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Accent, Arcana, ATMA, BMG-Harmonia Mundi, Opus 111, Sony classical Barthold Kuijken, born in Belgium in 1949, studied the flute at the Conservatories of music in Bruges and Brussels, then continued his studies in The Hague with Frans Vester (flute) and Frans Brüggen (recorder). During this time, he discovered a beautiful old transverse flute, which he taught himself to play. He concentrated more and more on this instument, while at the same time playing a ‘normal’ flute in an ensemble for avant-garde music. He was inspired by the study of old, historical works on performing practice, a practical interest in original instruments in museums and contact with instrument makers. Soon he was working with other Baroque specialists; at first with his brothers Sigiswald (violin) and Wieland(violon/cello), with Robert Kohnen (harpsichord) and also with Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Frans Brüggen (recorder), Lucy van Deal (violin) and the counter-tenor René Jacobs. Barthold Kuijken is flautist in the Baroque orchestra ‘La Petite Bande’ and teaches flute at the Conservatories of music in Brussels and The Hague. Concerts have taken him to most important European cities, to the USA, to Canada, Brasil, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the Soviet Union.

Katelijne Laneau: recorder Bruinstraat 25 BE - 2570 Duffel T: +32 496 53 04 29 katelijnelanneau@hotmail.com Specialization: Mediaeval & Renaissance Labels: … As a young musician, Katelijne Lanneau was consistently showered with prizes, a. o. the Köberle Prize for most promising student at the department of historic instruments at the Conservatory of Brussels. She was tutored by Bart Coen, Pedro Memelsdorf at the Escuela Superior de Catalunya in Barcelona. She also attended master classes with Jordi Savall and Xavier Diaz, specializing in mediaeval and renaissance music. Katelijne is a founding member of La Folata and the recorder quintet B-FIVE.

Marcel Ponseele: oboe Contact: Kris Buyse, manager il Gardellino T: +32 9 220 05 35 F: +32 9 221 60 52 info@ilgardellino.be www.ilgardellino.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Accent, Signum, Klara MMP, Eufoda, Erato, Passacaille Marcel Ponseele was born in 1957 in Kortrijk (Belgium). He studied modern oboe and chamber music at the Conservatories of Bruges, Brussels and Ghent. Afterwards he began to study the Baroque oboe. In 1981 he won a prize at the ‘Musica Antiqua’ competition in Bruges. Around the same time he regularly played with ‘La Petite Bande’, ‘The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra’, the ‘Chapelle Royale’ and he is a founder member of the ‘Orchestra des Champs-Elysées’,

under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe. He also directs the ‘Harmonie des Champs-Elysées’, with which he has given many concerts and made many recordings. He is also the founder and artistic leader of the Baroque ensemble Il Gardellino. He teaches at the National Superior Academy of Music in Paris and he often gives masterclasses in Japan. As well as all these activities, he and his brother Francis build oboes based on 18th century models.

Bart Spanhove: recorder info@flanders-recorder-quartet.be www.flanders-recorder-quartet.be Specialization: divers Labels: Aeolus, Opus 111, harmonia mundi, Deutsche Grammophone, Ricercar, Digi Classicas, Eufoda, Vox Temporis, … Bart Spanhove (°1961) has been docent in the recorder, chamber music and music pedagogy at the Lemmens Instituut in Leuven, since 1984. Additionally, he has performed over 1500 concerts worldwide and recorded 15 CD’s as a performing member of the recorder ensemble Flanders Recorder Quartet “Vier op ’n Rij”. He is also the author of the book “The Finishing Touch of Ensemble Playing” (Alamire, 2000), which was translated into German (“Das Einmaleins des Blockflotenspiels”) and Chinese. As a teacher Bart Spanhove is in high demand and taught various master classes (North- and South America, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium). He started researching the recorder repertoire of the Flemish composer Frans Geysen in 2003.

Frank Theuns: traverso & Les Buffardins Avenue Jules Gathy 11 BE - 1390 Bossut-Gottechain T: +32 10 81 68 62 F: +32 10 81 68 62 theunsmertens@skynet.be Specialization: French Baroque Labels: Accent, … Frank Theuns studied the recorder and modern flute at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He was in Barthold Kuijken’s flute and traverso class when he graduated in 1980. He plays with some of the best Baroque orchestras in the world, including Il Fondamento, Anima Eterna, Les Talens Lyriques, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Les Concert des Nations, La Petite Bande and the Collegium Vocale. In 1989 he formed the ensemble ‘Il Trionfo del Suono’ which is currently performing with Ewald Demeyere (harpsichord) and Martin Bauer (viola da gamba). This ensemble specialises in performing music from the Baroque and classical periods. Frank Theuns teaches traverso at the Lemmens Instituut in Leuven and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He regulary teaches master-classes and lectures in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.

Geert Van Gele: recorder Kattenberg 43 BE - 2140 Borgerhout T: +32 3 236 66 32 F: +32 3 236 66 32 info@quadrivium.net www.quadrivium.net Specialization: Mediaeval & Renaissance Labels: Vox Temporis, harmonia mundi, MIM

After finishing his studies at several Flemish conservatories with honors, Geert Van Gele went on to co-found the world-famous ‘Flanders’ Recorder Quartet’. For ten years he performed with this ensemble in Europe and North- and South America and won several international competitions, including the Musica Antiqua competition in Bruges in 1990. This intensive collaborations resulted in several recordings, such as ‘The Four Seasons’ of Vivaldi, recorded with Marion Verbrugesn for Harmonia Mundi America (a recording which was used in the soundtrack of the major motion picture, ‘The Tin Cup’ with Kevin Costner). An annual appearance as performer and faculty at the prestigious Amherst Early Music Festival in the USA has strengthened his ties within the international early music scene and led to important collaborations with, among others, the scholar and historical harpist Bill Taylor with whom he founded the ‘Quadrivium Ensemble’ for mediaeval music. Geert Van Gele also frequently plays with the historical-keyboard player Guy Penson and the renaissance/Baroque ensemble ‘Sospiri Ardenti’. He is regularly invited to teach master classes. As a soloist, he is admired as much for his Bach interpretations and his performances of early Italian Baroque music as for his mastery of contemporary recorder literature - all of which he has released on CD.

Peter Van Heyghen: recorder De Beuckerstraat 12 BE - 2018 Antwerp T: +32 3 288 93 44 F: +32 3 288 93 44 Specialization: Renaissance & Baroque Labels: Passacaille Peter Van Heyghen studied the recorder, singing, chamber music and music history at the Royal Conservatorium for Music in Ghent. He also studied for a few years in Bologna under Bruce Dickey and took part in many master courses. He performs in Europe and the U.S. as a soloist with his ensemble ‘More Maiorum’ and with the Baroque dancer Sigrid T’Hooft and her ensemble ‘Fontainebleau’. Besides this, Peter Van Heyghen is an active researcher, singer and conductor. Most of his publications deal with historical performance practice and the recorder repertoire. Peter Van Heyghen is a guest conductor of the Baroque orchestra ‘Collegium Marianum’ (Prague) and lectures on the recorder and performance practice at the Royal Conservatorium in Den Haag, and is often invited to Europe and the U.S. to teach master courses.

Ann Vanlancker: oboe Specialization: Baroque Labels: Accent, … Ann Vanlancker studied at the Brussels conservatory. In 1993 she was laureate of the Musica Antiqua concours in Bruges. She plays with La Petite Bande, La Chapelle Royale, Octophoros, Il Gardellino, ..

Simen Van Mechelen: trombone, sackbut Specialization: Renaissance & Baroque Labels: EMI, Accent, harmonia mundi, … Simen Van Mechelen studied philology of romance languages before going on to study at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp. After a while as a counter-tenor with such groups as ‘Currende’ and the ‘Collegium Vocale Ghent’, he gradually became more and more interested in the historical trombone, eventually studying with Wim Becu. He covers repertoire from the alta capella, renaissance polyphony (with Currende, Weser-Renaissance, La Fenice, Oltremontano and the Huelgas ensemble), the typical repertoire for the cornett and trombone

up to the early Romantic period. He has been a member of Concerto Palatino since 1989, and he plays regularly with orchestras such as Anima Aeterna, La Petite Bande and Bach Collegium Japan. Simen Van Mechelen has worked on over 70 CD recordings and is also responsable for the subtitling at the Flanders Opera since 1989.

6.3.3. Keyboards

Ewald Demeyere: harpsichord Steenboklaan 169 BE - 1200 Brussel T: +32 475 98 08 78 F: +32 2 734 91 97 demeyere.baudhuin@skynet.be http://www.geocities.com/ewald_demeyere/homepage Specialization: Baroque (Bach en zonen) Labels: Eufoda, Accent, Klara, … Ewald Demeyere (°1974) studied the harpsichord and musical theory at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp. Since finishing his studies he has been active as a teacher of harmony, counterpoint and fugue at the Conservatory of Antwerp. In 2002 he was appointed Professor of Harpsichord there, taking over from Jos van Immerseel. He has played chamber music with the Kuijken brothers, Paul Dombrecht and Frank Theuns. He is a member of ‘Il Fondamento’ (Paul Dombrecht) and ‘La Petite Bande’ (Sigiswald Kuijken). In July 2004 he was invited, as a special guest, by the Festival Musica Antiqua in Bruges. Ewald Demeyere has performed on many recordings for radio and television. He plays on a superb copy of a harpsichord by Henri Hemsch (Paris, 1756), made by Augusto Bonza (Milano, 2003).

Piet Kuijken: fortepiano, harpsichord Geert Robberechts, Manager Vital Decosterstraat 72 BE - 3000 Leuven T: +32 16 230 830 F: +32 16 227 610 geert.robberechts@telenet.be Specialization: Baroque Labels: Phaedra, Arcana, … Piet Kuiken studied with Jan Vermeulen and Jan Michiels, Arie Van Lysebeth and André De Groote at the Brussels Conservatory. A one season BAEF fellowship at the Indiana University in the U.S. with Menahem Pressler (Beaux-Arts Trio) allowed Piet Kuijken to bring to perfection his skills. Kuijken plays with the likes of Ostrovsky, Dorman, Groslot, Siebens, … with his father Wieland or with ensembles as Prometheus, Ictus, Narziss und Goldmund Piano Trio, …. His repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music. He plays the harpsichord, different styles of pianoforte and modern piano. He is a lecturer at the Brussels conservatory.

Guy Penson: harpsichord Antwerpsesteenweg 294 BE - 9040 Sint-Amandsberg T: +32 9 238 26 86 Specialization: Baroque Labels: …

Keyboardist Guy Penson has secured a solid reputation both at home and abroad. He was a guest at many of Europe’s biggest festivals, as well as in Canada, North- and South America and Japan. He can often be heard playing the harpsichord in recitals, but he also performs with major orchestras. He also specialized in the pianoforte and the tangentenflugel . He has close ties with people like Greta De Reyghere, Guy De Mey, Claude Maury and Johan Huys. He can be heard of hundreds of CD’s, among which a few solo recordings, which were enthusiastically received by the Belgian and international press. Guy Penson performs in duo with, among others, Geert Van Gele.

David Van Bouwel: harpsichord, organ mcbn@pandora.be http://homepage.mac.com/mcician Specialization: Baroque Labels: Bloomline, Passacaillen, Klara, … David van Bouwel obtained a masters degree at the Lemmens Instituut (Leuven, Belgium). His artistic development was greatly influenced by several master classes with prominent organists such as Liuwe Tamminga, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Martin Haselböck on the early organ repertoire. His passion for the basso continuo brought him to several early music ensembles like Il Fondamento, Ex Tempore, Capilla Flamenca, I Justiniani and others, where he would work with conductors such as Florian Heyerick, Paul Dombrecht, René Jacobs and Jean Tubery.

Jos Van Immerseel: pianoforte Contact: Sandra Fol, commercial manager Koolmijnkaai 30 BE - 1080 Brussel T: +32 2 201 08 74 F: +32 2 201 54 18 info@animaeterna.be www.animaeterna.be Specialization: divers Labels: Accent, Channel Classics, Sony, Zig-Zag Territoire, … Jos van Immersel, a native of Antwerp, studied piano with Eugène Traey, organ with Flor Peeters, harpsichord with Kenneth Gilbert, singing with Lucie Frateur and conducting with Daniel Sternefeld. In 1973 he won the first Paris Harpsichord Competition. He is self-taught in the disciplines of organology, rhetoric and the historic piano. He has held teaching positions at the Scola Cantorum in Basel, the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique in Paris and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and teaches master classes across Europe, America and Japan. In 1987 he founded the ‘Anima Eterna’ ensemble. The group, which plays historic instruments, gradually became a symphony orchestra. Jos van Immerseel has appeared as guest conductor with the Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik, the Wiener Akademie and Musica Florea Prague. He also owns an exceptional collection of historic keyboard instruments, which he plays in concert. He and ‘Anima Eterna’ took up residence in Bruges’ new concert hall in 2003. Jos van Immerseel has made over 80 recordings (Accent, Channel Classics, Sony, etc.) on historic instruments. He has been the director of the ‘Anima Eterna Collection’ for Zig-Zag Territoires since 2002.

Paule van Parys: harpsichord Gennepstraat 22 BE - 3545 Zelem T: +32 13 33 30 53 F: +32 13 32 19 87

paulevanparys@geesthuys.net www.geesthuys.net Specialization: Baroque Labels: Pavane Paule Van Parys is one of Belgium´s most versatile harpsichordists. She has performed throughout Europe, in Africa, and North America as well. During more than twenty years, she teached, as a professor, at the Lemmens Institute in Louvain. She also wrote countless articles for magazines and periodicals. A great number of recordings were made for broadcasting and television. Her cd recordings are distributed worldwide. The major drive of Paule Van Parys is the research on woman composers. Sifting the archives of the “Bibliothèque Nationale” in Paris, the British Museum, Florence, she discovered works of many forgotten woman composers, like Marianne Martinez, Belle van Zuylen, Anna Bon di Venezia, Elisabetta de Gambarini, Maria Szymanowska. The material is used for her recordings and lectures. Currently, she plays music for two harpsichords, together with the Swiss harpsichordist Christine Sartoretti.

Joris Verdin: organ Tieene Vincent 20 BE - 1390 Grez-Doiceau T: +32 10 86 69 82 joris.verdin@arts.kuleuven.ac www.jorisverdin.com Specialization: Baroque Labels: Vox Temporis, Cyprés, Eufoda, Klara, Ricercar, Arion, … Joris Verdin studied both organ and musicology. This combination is the reason for his preference of reviving forgotten music at that same time as he creates contemporary compositions. He has recorded several CD’s as a soloist, spanning many eras and styles. After various activities as accompanist, arranger and producer he now focuses on the organ and the harmonium and has become internationally reputed as a specialist. He teaches at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and the University of Leuven. He is a member of the Gothenburg Organ Art Centre (Sweden) and the Académie Internationale d’Orgue de Rouen (France). Joris Verdin directs the yearly harmonium course in Antwerp (Belgium) and publishes recordings and music. He is co-editor of the complete works of César Franck.

Kris Verhelst: harpsichord, organ De Beuckerstraat 12 BE - 2018 Antwerpen T: +32 3 288 93 44 F: +32 3 288 93 44 Specialization: Baroque Labels: Eufoda, Accent, Passacaille, Vanguard, … Kris Verhelst studied organ with Chris Dubois at the Lemmens Instituut in Leuven. Driven by a growing interest in historic instruments she went on to study the harpsichord with Jos Van Immerseel at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp and obtained the Soloist Diploma in 1995. In 1983, Kris Verhelst was awarded first prize as organist in the music concourse for young artists organised by Pro Civitate and became laureate as harpsichordist of the Belgische Stichting Roeping in 1994. As soloist and basso continuo player on both organ and harpsichord Kris Verhelst has built up an international reputation, regularly performing with prominent orchestras such as Anima Eterna, Collegium Vocale and with the chamber music ensembles More Maiorum, Fontainebleau, Oltremontano, La Sfera Armoniosa, and Ricercar

Consort. Her discography includes a solo CD with keyboard music by J.Bull, P.Cornet and P.Philips (Vanguard-Passacaille) and a recording of the Handel’s recorder sonatas in collaboration with recorder player Peter Van Heyghen (Accent). Kris Verhelst is a harpsichord teacher and accompanist at the Lemmens Instituut, Leuven. Furthermore she is regularly invited to teach master classes and to lead workshops, such as the annual keyboard course of the Ruckersgenootschap in Antwerp.

6.3.4. Folk Instruments

Jean-Pierre Van Hees: bagpipe, Baroque musette Waversebaan 154 BE - 3001 Leuven T: +32 476 23 54 38 jeanpierre.vanhees@skynet.be www.jpvanhees.be Specialization: traditional music, Baroque Labels: Glossa, Eufoda, Erato, Ricercar, Philips, Alpha, … As specialist of a less known family of instruments, Jean-Pierre Van Hees has a special place in the musical word. An experience of more than 35 years studies and research permited him to control different instruments like baroque musette, galician gaita, the belgian muchosa, the bagpipes from central France or the polish koziol… A unique achievement wich is giving him an international reputation as concert performer and teacher. Jean Pierre van Hees is one of the very few bagpipe players able to play as easy on a folkmusic stage as in concert halls. Playing musette-solo in universaly wellknown ensembles like Les Arts Florissants, The Orchestra of the Eightteenth Century, teaching bagpipes and musette at the Lemmens institute (music academy), in Leuven, he's completing a round like a pioneer self-taught person and is contributing to give back his place to an instrument with two thousand years of musical tradition.