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Hannes MINNAAR
°Netherlands, 1984
Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, 2010.
Made his debut 2019 in the famous concert series ‘Meesterpianisten’ in the “Concertgebouw” of Amsterdam
Recorded Beethoven’s complete Piano Concertos as well as all Piano Trios with the Van Baerle Trio.
Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellow 2011 – Winner Edison Prize 2012 and Nederlandse Muziekprijs 2016
Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, 2010.
Made his debut 2019 in the famous concert series ‘Meesterpianisten’ in the “Concertgebouw” of Amsterdam
Recorded Beethoven’s complete Piano Concertos as well as all Piano Trios with the Van Baerle Trio.
Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellow 2011 – Winner Edison Prize 2012 and Nederlandse Muziekprijs 2016
FACULTY
Vitaly
SAMOSHKO
°Ukraine, 1973
1st Prize of the International Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 1999
Soloist with world renowned orchestras like the New Japan Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Belgian National Orchestra, the St.Petersburg State Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Studied with Leonid Margarius at the Charkiv Conservatory & the Accademia Pianistica “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, Italy
Professor Piano at Ghent Conservatory, Belgium and Fontys Hogeschool Tilburg, the Netherlands
1st Prize of the International Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 1999
Soloist with world renowned orchestras like the New Japan Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Belgian National Orchestra, the St.Petersburg State Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Studied with Leonid Margarius at the Charkiv Conservatory & the Accademia Pianistica “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, Italy
Professor Piano at Ghent Conservatory, Belgium and Fontys Hogeschool Tilburg, the Netherlands
FACULTY
Mariangela VACATELLO
°Italy, 1982
Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 2007
Performs as a soloist in prestigious halls in a.o. London, Los Angeles, New York and Shanghai and plays with renowned orchestras in the United States, Italy, Czech Republic and Lithuania
Studied at the conservatory of Milan, the Imola Piano Academy and the Royal Academy of Music in London
Professor piano at the Morlacchi Music Conservatory in Perugia and the International Music Academy in Pinerolo, Italy
Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 2007
Performs as a soloist in prestigious halls in a.o. London, Los Angeles, New York and Shanghai and plays with renowned orchestras in the United States, Italy, Czech Republic and Lithuania
Studied at the conservatory of Milan, the Imola Piano Academy and the Royal Academy of Music in London
Professor piano at the Morlacchi Music Conservatory in Perugia and the International Music Academy in Pinerolo, Italy
FACULTY
Liebrecht VANBECKEVOORT
°Belgium, 1984
Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 2007
Soloist in more than 40 different piano concertos with internationally renowned orchestras
Perfected his piano skills at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, Hochschüle für Musik und Theater in München, Indiana University in Bloomington and New England Conservatory in Boston
Professor Piano at LUCA School of Arts – Campus Lemmens in Leuven, Belgium
Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 2007
Soloist in more than 40 different piano concertos with internationally renowned orchestras
Perfected his piano skills at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, Hochschüle für Musik und Theater in München, Indiana University in Bloomington and New England Conservatory in Boston
Professor Piano at LUCA School of Arts – Campus Lemmens in Leuven, Belgium
