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Hilke Bauweraerts | Marieke Van Ransbeeck |
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Hilke BauweraertsHilke grew up in a musical family and was smitten with folk music from an early age. It was inevitable that her roots would lead her to begin practicing music herself. She started on the piano and recorder at the Schilde Academy, which later on was exchanged for the Academy of Arts in Turnhout. She obtained a master’s degree in “music therapy” at the LUCA (campus Lemmens Leuven). Marieke Van RansbeeckMarieke Van Ransbeeck (°94 – Aalst) has roots in the Belgian folk music scene as a musician, music pedagogue and organiser. She began playing the bagpipe at the age of eight in Gooik, Flanders, with her teacher Jean-Pierre Van Hees. Passing through Ethno Flanders as a teenager she understood for certain her calling as a musician. Like Hans Christian Andersen puts it: “Where words fail, music speaks”. From that moment on, it was clear that she wanted to become a musician, share her music with the world, and emotionally carry an audience. |
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Malicorne Buysse | Zjef Van Steenbergen |
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Malicorne BuysseNamed after a legendary folk band and the child of two folk-loving parents, Malicorne grows up breathing the world of traditional folk music. During her classical music education she quickly acquires a taste for the violin. Her teacher Ann Lafaille knows like no one else how to convey passion and musicality in her lessons and subsequently plays a major part in Malicorne’s musical development. She later establishes a substantial interest in the pure Centre-France violin style (in which the bourrée auvergnate take centre stage) due to several folk internships, including those at Jean-François Vrod and Luc Pilartz. Furthermore she starts exploring various musical projects (Chitty Bang Bang, Famuze, Kotjesvolk, Kadril, Zjef Vanuitsel, Les Sauvages), where she always looks to combine improvisations with subtle accompaniments. Malicorne sees folk music as a perfect way to differ from her day-to-day scientific research. Zjef Van SteenbergenZjef Van Steenbergen (1994, Arendonk) began playing the electric bass when he was twelve. After high school, he started his musical studies at the Academy of Arts in Antwerp in 2012, where he was taught by Piet Verbist. The following year he continued these studies at the conservatory in Ghent. Here he was taught by Nicolas Thys, Yannick Peeters, Vincent Pierins and Janos Bruneel, amongst others. He currently plays in various projects covering different genres (jazz, reggae, funk, pop, folk, ect.) |
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Thomas Hoste |
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Thomas HosteEver since the hurdy-gurdy crossed his path, Thomas has been enchanted by the rich tunes of this unique instrument. His love became a passion. Thomas attended intensive workshops and training programmes both nationally (Martina Diessner, Iep Fourier, Hans Quaghebeur…) and internationally (Gregory Jolivet, Gilles Chabenat, Isabelle Pignol, Valentin Clastrier…). |