Andrey Lebedev

Andrey Lebedev

Born in Moscow and raised in Australia, Andrey is an exceptional guitarist.  His extensive solo repertoire includes important works from the late twentieth century, and he has given the world premieres of major compositions by Peter Sculthorpe and Brett Dean, and under the auspices of the Julian Bream Trust, both Leo Brouwer and Sir Harrison Birtwistle.

Andrey completed postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music studying under Michael Lewin. During his studies he worked with guitarist Julian Bream to present an evening solo recital at St Johns Smith Square, and with guitarist John Williams on an evening concert of Australian chamber music with guitar in the Duke’s Hall. He was awarded an MA with distinction and Advanced Diploma, graduating with a Regency Award for notable achievement, the Academy’s David Russell Guitar Prize, and Recital Diploma. He gained his BMus degree with first class honours at the Australian National University in 2012 under Timothy Kain, in which year he became the only Australian to win first prize in the Adelaide International Guitar Competition, the first classical guitarist to receive the Australian National Fine Music ‘Young Performer of the Year’ Award, and the only classical guitarist to gain a Sydney Eisteddfod Instrumental Scholarship. After enrolling at the Academy in September 2013 he won first prize and the special Bach Prize in the 25th Gisborne International Music Competition open to all instrumentalists.

https://citymusicfoundation.org/our-artists/andrey-lebedev

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Antoine Préat

Antoine Préat

Born in Paris in 1997, Antoine Préat began learning the piano at the age of nine and made his debut a year later at the Salle Gaveau. After graduating with honours from the École normale de musique de Paris-Alfred-Cortot, where he studied with Ludmila Berlinskaya and Guigla Katsarava, Antoine Préat furthered his studies at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Tatiana Sarkissova and Christopher Elton, graduating with a Master of Arts DipRAM – the highest distinction offered by the institution – and the Bach Prize. Antoine was also fascinated by early music, and studied both harpsichord and fortepiano under the guidance of Carole Cerasi, and fortepiano with Andreas Staier and Tobias Koch in Poland.

Throughout his career, Antoine Préat has been fortunate to receive additional guidance from Philippe Cassard, Cédric Pescia, Boris Berman, Pascal Rogé, Alberta Alexandrescu, Robert Levin, Jerome Lowenthal, Richard Goode, Imogen Cooper and Stephen Hough. Antoine has been invited to perform in prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall or the St John’s Smith Square in London, the Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot and Petit Palais in Paris, or Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, as well as festivals such as the Nohant Festival Chopin, Lisztomanias (Châteauroux), Chopin à Bagatelle, Nuits du Piano (Paris), IMS Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove and Encuentro de Santander. He has appeared on BBC Radio 3, France Musique, Scala Radio and Musiq3.

https://www.antoinepreat.com
https://citymusicfoundation.org/our-artists/antoine-preat

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Thibaut De Bondt

Thibaut De Bondt

Thibaut De Bondt

Thibaut De Bondt is a student at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (brass department).

His interest in music started early: at 6 years old he started his journey at the school for Music and Drama in Willebroek (Belgium). He used to play the cornet before switching over to baritone, the instrument that ultimately stole his heart.

He is currently working towards an Educational Master with a view to sharing his passion with others. He embraced teaching with as much love as he has for his instrument and is currently part of the staff at schools for Music and Drama in Willebroek, Brasschaat and Mortsel.

He joined Brassband Willebroek and made his way to the first baritone seat.

In 2022 he participated in the Gran Premio Povoletto where he secured second place and in 2023 he could proudly start calling himself the first place winner of the European Soloist Competition.

https://www.besson.com/artist/thibaut-de-bondt
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12. Knackered

A rather typical after work tune (the same chord sequence repeated 9 times!), but the instrumentation reflects the successive moods: Knackered in the sofa (dragging string quartet) A glimpse of recovery (add piano) Regaining energy (flute) Seeing the funny side of it (baritone) Remembering the drag ….. (violin) Calming down …. Reaching relaxation (guitars) Not forgetting the drag …. (Violin) Ultimate piece and joy

14. Lament

Not lamenting the death of a real person; Tim needed something for a film wherein the cast launched into a humming chorus after a character was shot; I sent him a rough draft, but Tim developed something better, so I could reclaim (and play with) my tune.

16. Winds of change

A song composed on a grand piano my wife Jackie gave me for my birthday. We wrote lyrics for it but here is just the instrumental version.

Antoine Préat

Born in Paris in 1997, Antoine Préat began learning the piano at the age of nine and made his debut a year later at the Salle Gaveau. After graduating with honours from the École normale de musique de Paris-Alfred-Cortot, where he studied with Ludmila Berlinskaya and Guigla Katsarava, Antoine Préat furthered his studies at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Tatiana Sarkissova and Christopher Elton, graduating with a Master of Arts DipRAM – the highest distinction offered by the institution – and the Bach Prize. Antoine was also fascinated by early music, and studied both harpsichord and fortepiano under the guidance of Carole Cerasi, and fortepiano with Andreas Staier and Tobias Koch in Poland.

Throughout his career, Antoine Préat has been fortunate to receive additional guidance from Philippe Cassard, Cédric Pescia, Boris Berman, Pascal Rogé, Alberta Alexandrescu, Robert Levin, Jerome Lowenthal, Richard Goode, Imogen Cooper and Stephen Hough. Antoine has been invited to perform in prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall or the St John’s Smith Square in London, the Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot and Petit Palais in Paris, or Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, as well as festivals such as the Nohant Festival Chopin, Lisztomanias (Châteauroux), Chopin à Bagatelle, Nuits du Piano (Paris), IMS Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove and Encuentro de Santander. He has appeared on BBC Radio 3, France Musique, Scala Radio and Musiq3.

Donnacorda (string quartet)

The Donnacorda string quartet saw the light of day in 2008 as a derivative from the Donnacorda string orchestra directed by Eva Vermeeren. The current members (Eva Vermeeren, Katrien De Bièvre, Liesbeth De Lombaert and Hans Van Daele) met in the former chamber orchestra “Beethoven Academie” and play together since 2017.
Collectively the members carry an education from the conservatories of Antwerp, Brussels, and the Leuven based Lemmensinstituut, in addition to renowned international schools such as the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, US), Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Utrecht) and the Koningin Elisabeth Kapel (Brussels).
The quartet mainly covers the classical repertoire, but they do not shy away from contemporary music.

Nadia Bierinckx

Nadia is a classically trained and very experienced flute player. With prizes and degrees from the conservatories of Brussels, Antwerp and Gent, she immerses herself in virtually any music style and delivers flawless lived through performances.
At a very young age she discovered the world of music and early on she was fascinated by recorders. She never lost her passion for them. She has played, and still plays, in many ensembles where she displays her virtuosity in a broad range of genres on the recorder, various types of tin whistles and the guitar.

Nathan Quirynen

Nathan Quirynen is an instrumentalist (violin) from Marche-En-Famenne (Belgium). He is mainly experienced in interdisciplinary projects, chamber music, choral music and symphonic music. He holds degrees from the Leuven based Lemmensinstituut and from the Antwerp Conservatory.

Thibaut De Bondt

Thibaut De Bondt is a student at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (brass department).

His interest in music started early: at 6 years old he started his journey at the school for Music and Drama in Willebroek (Belgium). He used to play the cornet before switching over to baritone, the instrument that ultimately stole his heart.

He is currently working towards an Educational Master with a view to sharing his passion with others. He embraced teaching with as much love as he has for his instrument and is currently part of the staff at schools for Music and Drama in Willebroek, Brasschaat and Mortsel.

He joined Brassband Willebroek and made his way to the first baritone seat.

In 2022 he participated in the Gran Premio Povoletto where he secured second place and in 2023 he could proudly start calling himself the first place winner of the European Soloist Competition.

Wim Hautekiet

During business hours, Wim is busy with lawyering (or related business roles).
After hours, he creates all sorts of melodies and arrangements, and has done this for ages.

Alex Van Eyck

Alex Van Eyck

Alex Van Eyck is a guitarist and music lover (I believe mainly Jazz and Classical), with whom I’ve had the privilege of sharing a flat whilst we were colleagues in London. We were banking lawyers during the day and played the guitar before and after work. Alex has played in a number of bands and has a solid background as composer and arranger.

Before London, we were actually colleagues in Luxembourg, also as banking lawyers, but at that time one of us had to drive to the other one’s flat, so that was much less convenient.

Currently Alex is retired, and divides his time between France and Belgium. So every year when I drive to the south of France, I make sure he’s in France, so that we can play through the night during a stop-over.

In our London days, we wrote a fair number of instrumental pieces. « Shifty Look » is not necessarily the best, but it sticks…

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Donnacorda (string quartet)

Donnacorda (string quartet)

The Donnacorda string quartet saw the light of day in 2008 as a derivative from  the Donnacorda string orchestra directed by Eva Vermeeren.  The current members (Eva Vermeeren, Katrien De Bièvre, Liesbeth De Lombaert and Hans Van Daele) met in the former chamber orchestra  “Beethoven Academie” and play together since 2017.

Collectively the members carry an education from the conservatories of Antwerp, Brussels, and the Leuven based Lemmensinstituut, in addition to renowned international schools such as the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, US), Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Utrecht) and the Koningin Elisabeth Kapel (Brussels).

The quartet mainly covers the classical repertoire, but they do not shy away from contemporary music.

https://evavermeeren.com/portfolio/donnacorda-strijkkwartet

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Dennis Wijntjens

Dennis Wijntjens

Dennis Wijntjens was born in  1976  in  Geleen,  Netherlands  and grew up in  Maastricht .  He received his first violin lesson from  Paul Aerts  (Belgium) in  Maastricht in  1984 , when he was  8 years old.  From  1989  to  1991  he also received  private lessons  in violin and music theory, in  preparation  for his  conservatory studies

In  1992  he was  admitted  to the  HACO course at the former  Jeanne d’Arc College  in  Maastricht, a  Conservatory  course in collaboration with the  Maastricht Conservatory.  In  June 1994  he received his  high school diploma there .

In  1995  Dennis started the  first year  of the Teaching Musician Violin (classical) course at the  Maastricht Conservatory with main subject teacher  Nilla Pierrou . During his conservatory studies he  played extensively  with various  ensembles and  orchestras, including the  Limburg Baroque Consort, the  Landgraaf Symphony Orchestra,  Musica Mosa  and the  Kerkrade Symphony Orchestra.  In  July 1999,  Dennis successfully obtained his Teaching Musician.

After  graduating,  Dennis played  with various  ensembles  and  orchestras.  In  2000  Dennis was seen  on television in the Cor & Co Orchestra  conducted by pianist  Cor Bakker. Here he accompanied  Lionel Richie,  UB40,  Al Jarreau  from the orchestra, a very nice expérience.

In  2000,  Dennis  performed JS Bach  ‘s violin concerto in A minor  as a soloist  with  Musica Mosa.

Since  2001,  Dennis has played in the  Antwerp Accompaniment Orchestra , which annually  accompanies opera/operetta  associations  WOK Weert, Cantiamo Kerkrade  and  GOV Goes.

Dennis also started  building up  his  own teaching practice , giving  violin lessons  in  Maastricht and the surrounding area.    He did this with so much  enthusiasm,  motivation  and  pleasure that the  dream  of his own professional teaching practice was born !

https://www.vioolpiano.nl/over-ons/biografie-dennis-wijntjens

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