The Summer Music Academy FORTE is established on the initiative of Nataliya Chepurenko (director of Brussels International Music Academy) and supported by influential personalities in the world of music.


Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden

Zohrab Tadevosyan

Aleksey Semenenko

Nataliya Chepurenko

Daniel Blumenthal

Yannik Van de Velde

Valeriy Sokolov

Oleksiy Shadrin

Steven Caeyers

Sergio Agreda De Ro

Ana Santisteban

Jing Han

Isabelle Bialek

Tine Janssens

Magdalena Płociennik

Bárbara Ferraz

Ludmila Harbuza

Karel De Wilde

David Baltush

Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
PIANO
Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.
On age of sixteen : third prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition for piano in 1964. Studied at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. He has been a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Symphony Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Orchester de la Radio-Télévision Luxembourgeoise, the Residentie Orkest in The Hague, I Fiamminghi and the Franz Liszt Orchestra in Budapest.
Frequently performed in chamber music formation with musicians such as José Van Dam, Augustin Dumay, Miriam Fried, Silvia Marcovici, Gérard Caussé, Michaela Martin, Walter Boeykens, Frans Helmerson, the quartet Ysaÿe, the quartet Melos and the quartet Enesco.
His recordings are numerous.
Vanden Eynden was often a jury member in international competitions, primarily on the jury of the International Queen Elisabeth Competition. He was also artistic advisor for some festivals such as in Stavelot.
He built a solid career as an international soloist. At the same time he was a professor at the Royal Music Academy in Brussels and at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. He was also artistic director of the Center européen de maîtrise pianistique Eduardo Del Pueyo.

Zohrab Tadevosyan
VIOLIN
Zohrab Tadevosyan is an Armenian-born Spanish violinist and pedagogue. He began to study violin at the age of 6 with his first teacher, Levon Zoryan. From the age of 13, he studied under the tutelage of his uncle, Professor Eduard Tadevosyan, who was, in turn, a disciple of the great virtuoso violinist of the 20th century Leonid Kogan. After achieving a remarkable career, in 2002 Zohrab Tadevosyan moved to Madrid and studied at the Reina Sofía School of Music with Zakhar Bron until 2003. Since 2003 he serves as an assistant concertmaster of the Orchestra of Teatro Real in Madrid.
Zohrab Tadevosyan is considered an important figure on the international musical-pedagogical scene, he is primarily focused on violin pedagogy. Zohrab Tadevosyan is regularly invited at the most important European festivals and masterclasses, he also shares the masterclasses with his musical mentor Prof. Ana Chumachenco, he is a guest artist at the Santander Music Festival.
Since 2016 he is invited professor at the summer course in Nagold (Germany), Malta Classical Music Academy, Academia Internacional de Musica de Cagliari, Chieti Classica, Swiss International Music Academy. In addition, he teaches in Japan and is regularly invited to give masterclasses.
As a Jury member he is being invited to the most important violin international competitions among them; International Luis Spohr Violin Competition 2019 in Weimar, Aram Khachaturian International Violin competition in 2020, Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in 2021.
From 2010-2020 he has served as Professor at the Reina Sofa School of Music in Madrid along with his musical mentor, legendary Prof. Ana Chumachenco.

Aleksey Semenenko
VIOLIN
Professor of Violin of the Essen Folkwang University of Arts.
Won prizes in both the Queen Elisabeth and Boris Goldstein violin competitions. The BBC New Generation Artists scheme and Young Concert Artists in New York brought him to the attention of audiences across Europe and the US.
He has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Snape Maltings, the Kennedy Center and Alice Tully Hall, and performed concertos with orchestras including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Seattle Symphony, Orchestra of St Luke’s, National Orchestra of Belgium, Ulster Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Recent highlights include invitations at the Hay, Cheltenham and Edinburgh festivals and performances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Philharmonic.
Began his violin studies at the Stolyarsky School, completed his studies with Zakhar Bron and Harald Schoneweg at Cologne’s Hochschule für Musik.

Nataliya Chepurenko
PIANO
Founding director, piano, chamber music teacher at the “Music Academy FORTE” (www.musicacademy.be ). Founding director, piano, chamber music teacher and tutor professor of piano at Tchaikovsky music school in Brussels (www.e-m-t.be). Founder, artistic director, president and jury member of International Competition for young pianists “Merci, Maestro!” (www.mercimaestro.be).
President of WPTA Belgium (World Piano Teachers association), member of EPTA, jury member of several Piano International competitions and ballet pianist.
Jury member at many International piano competitions.
Also working for a number of leading companies as a pianist: Pasodos Dance Company (Palma Dance Center, Mallorca); Astana Ballet (Kazakhstan); L’Hivernal de la dance (Liege, Belgium), etc.
For a number of years has performed as a main pianist at the Royal Ballet of Flanders (Antwerp, Belgium); Brussels International Ballet School (Brussels, Belgium); Royal Ballet school in Antwerp; Rosas, P.A.R.T.S. et Yantra in Brussels; Studio Bejart (Brussels, Belgium); piano accompanist at a High school of music (Kiev, Ukraine).
Received Diplomas with distinction in Piano/Accompaniment/Chamber music/Psycho-pedagogy from three conservatories: National Conservatory Tchaikovsky (Kiev, Ukraine), Royal Conservatory of Liége (Belgique), Royal Conservatoire of Brussels (Belgium).

Daniel Blumenthal
PIANO
Professor of piano performance at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Brussels, as well as the Thy Masterclass for chamber music in Denmark. Is a member of the Piano Quintet of the Monnaie in Brussels.
His abundant discography extends to over 80 CD’s. Appears regularly in recital with internationally recognized artists such as Barry Tuckwell, Pierre Amoyal, José van Dam and Marie-Nicole Lemieux.
Between 1981 and 1983 won many prizes in international competitions: Sydney and Leeds in 1981, Geneva and Busoni in 1982 and the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium in 1983.
American pianist, born in Germany, began his musical studies in Paris at the age of 5. Studied at American University in Washington, D.C., the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School where he earned his doctorate. Then went on to study with Benjamin Kaplan in London.

Yannik Van de Velde
PIANO
Professor of piano performance Conservatory of Luxembourg and the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt. International soloist. Is among the summit of the musical scene in Belgium and across Europe.
Mr. Van de Velde is a prizewinner in many international competitions: he was finalist of the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, Italy (2015), “Prix d’Argent” and Public Prize in the Piano Campus Competition in Paris, and first prize in the Nany Phillepart Foundation Competition.
Performed across the world in famous venues such as the Philharmonie of Berlin, the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Lincoln Center in New York, Center of Fine Arts and studio 4 of Flagey in Brussels, Casa da Musica in Porto, Palacio de Festivales in Santander, …
Studied with Klaus Hellwig, Elisso Virsaladze, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, and Jan Michiels. Has been strongly influenced by great personalities such as Arie Vardi, Menahem Pressler, Paul Badura-Skoda, Hung-Kuan Chen, Evgeny Koroliov, Rudolf Buchbinder, Brigitte Engerer, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Robert McDonald, and Jerome Lowenthal.

Valeriy Sokolov
VIOLIN
Valeriy Sokolov was born in Kharkiv.
He was awarded the Study Grant Prize at the International Pablo Sarasate Competition in Pamplona, Spain in 1999 which provided him with a scholarship to study with Natalia Boyarskaya at the Yehudi Menuhin School, England.
In September 2005, Sokolov took part in the George Enescu Festival and won the Grand Prix with a performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto; he also won Best Performance for Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3 as well as the Enescu Foundation Prize.
In 2006 and 2007, he performed with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Douglas Boyd, the Bournemouth Symphony and Yan Pascal Tortelier as well as with Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur under Howard Griffiths. Elsewhere, he performed with the Bremen Philharmonicand Stefan Blunier, and the Basel Symphony Orchestra with Rumon Gamba. Sokolov made his US orchestral debut in summer 2007, performing at Aspen Music Festival and Grand Teton Music Festival, and, upon special invitation of David Zinman, at the Blossom Festival with the Cleveland Orchestra.
In February 2008, he gave the US premiere of Boris Tishchenko’s Concerto for Piano and Violin at Carnegie Hall, New York and at the Library of Congress, Washington. Sokolov returned to the Aspen festival in August 2008 to perform Bartók's Violin Concerto No 2 with Peter Oundjian.
Upon Lawrence Foster’s personal invitation, Sokolov recorded Enescu's Violin Sonata No 3, complementing Mr. Foster's recording of Enescu's Octet in a transcription for symphony orchestra, released on CD at the beginning of 2009 on the EMI/Virgin label.
In recent seasons he has appeared with the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, and made debuts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Orchestre National de France and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Conductors with whom he has worked include David Zinman, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Ivor Bolton and Ludovic Morlot. He has appeared in recital at the Wigmore Hall, the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.
In March 2017 he is scheduled to perform the Bartók Violin Concerto No 2 with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under Juraj Valčuha.

Oleksiy Shadrin
CELLO
Cellist Aleksey Shadrin was born into a family of musicians in Ukraine. He won the first prize of the 4th M. Lysenko International Music Competition in 2012. In 2018, he has been awarded the 3d Prize at the Prague Spring competition.
Following his early successes in numerous competitions, including the National Ukrainian Competition for Strings in Lvov/Lemberg and the 8th National Ukrainian Competition “New Names” in Kiev, he became in 2004 a scholar of the International Foundation of violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov.
In 2005, Oleksiy Shadrin was a finalist in the 3rd David Popper International Competition in Hungary, and in 2008, he won the 2nd prize at The International Competition in Minsk. Following his competition successes, he has performed in major concert halls of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Holland and Portugal.
Oleksiy Shadrin has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, the National Opéra national de Montpellier, and the Sudwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz.
In 2016, he made his debut appearance at the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 2017, he appeared as a soloist with the NDR Radiophilharmonie with Andrew Manze in the Grosser Sendesaal in Hannover, and made his debut appearance at the Hamburg Chamber Music Festival.
Oleksiy Shadrin received his Bachelor and Master of Musical Arts at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover with Prof. Leonid Gorokhov.
He is currently studying with Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy.
Since September 2020, he’s an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, studying with Gary Hoffman.

Steven Caeyers
CELLO
Professor of violoncello at the Kunsthumaniora in Brussels and at the Municipal Conservatory of Leuven. Cellist with 'Le Concert Olympique' and a Professional cellist with the Ensor string quartet, soloist at the “Beethoven academy”.
Won a First Prize for cello and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels.
As a soloist at the “Beethoven academy” he performed throughout Europe with well-known soloists and conductors and provided radio, TV and CD recordings with this ensemble.
At the Royal Conservatory of Music in Antwerp, he obtained the Higher Chamber music diploma. Studied at the Kunsthumaniora (Brussels), went to the Brabant Conservatory in Tilburg (NL) for a solo diploma with Prof. G. Schiffer.

Sergio Agreda De Ro
CHAMBER MUSIC | VIOLA
Sergio Agreda De Ro is a VIOLA and CHAMBER MUSIC teacher in the LUCA School of Arts campus Lemmens In Leuven organized for higher education candidates. Teacher CHAMBERMUSIC, INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE and conductor of the STRING ORCHESTRA at the music academy of Aalst and Schaarbeek. Teacher A.M.C. (general music culture) at the music academy of Schaerbeek. Teacher of Music Aesthetics and Music History at the Kunsthumaniora Music Department of the Kunsthumaniora in Brussels.
He is a MUSIC teacher, conductor of instrumental ensembles and chorus conductor of the youth choir and the Berchmans Collegium Vocale of the Sint-Jan Berchmans College in Brussels (Jesuit college).
Over the years Sergio Agreda De Ro gained a lot of orchestral experience in orchestras, including an orchestra internship with “I Fiammingi” conducted by Rudolf Werthen and with other orchestras conducted by Muhai Tang, Robert Groslot, Michel Tilkin and Geert Soenen.
Currently he is 1st viola player and member of the board of the professional orchestra Speranza Symphonic conductet by Piet Lamiroy.
Sergio Agreda De Ro is a CHORAL CONDUCTOR and DIRECTOR of the Youth Choir and the Berchmans Collegium Vocale of the Sint-Jan Berchmans College in Brussels. I regularly perform with these choirs at international choral festivals throughout Europe. DIRECTOR of the choir and orchestra of Sint-Job in Aalst. Coach and répétiteur of the University Symphony Orchestra of Ghent.

Ana Santisteban
GUITAR
Prize "Andres Segovia". Contest Winner Of Lxvii Curso Música In Compostela, Spain, 2014
Exchange Studies For The Course Lxvii Curso De Música In Compostela, Spain, 2014
Chosen To Participate In The Guitar Symposium At The Royal Conservatory Of Brussels, 2015
3rd Prize At The Internaional Guitar Competition “Ángel Piñero”
Scholarship Given By “Le Bureau International Jeunesse De Bruxelles”
Soloist Of The GUITAR ORCHESTRA OF THE REGION OF MURCIA, SPAIN
Guitar Soloist Of The Youth Orchestra Of Cuenca
CONCERT AS A SOLOIST WITH ORQUESTRA IN PARIS. (September 2015)
Guitar Soloist Of The Silpakorn And Chulalongkorn University Orchestra Of Bankok, Thailand
Tour of concerts and Masterclasses in Mexico
Invited to participate as soloist at the Guitar Festival of “Guitare en Cévennes” France
Invited to participate at the opening concert of the 11th edition of Volterra Project. Italy
Invited to participate at the VIII Andes Guitar Festival. Argentina
Invited to participate at the I International Guitar Festival of Haría. Spain
Invited to participate at the International Guitar Festival of Guitare en Cévennes, France
Invited for a tour of concerts and masterclasses in Brazil.
Guitar teacher at the Artists School of Murcia,m Spain.
Co-director and guitar teacher in "Sante Cecilia Music Academy of Murcia".
Guitar private teacher in Bruxelles
Guitar teacher at the music school NOX, in Bruxelles.
Guitar teacher at the music school Madame Butterfly, Bruxelles.

Jing Han
VIOLIN
Participated in numerous Masterclasses with internationally renowned teachers
Won numerous prizes in national and international competitions
Co-organiser of the “Ysaÿe International Music Competition” and International Music Workshops
Organiser of artistic exchange projects between Belgium and China
Worked as additional violinist in the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra of Liege, Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra and in the orchestra “Il Novecento”
Has more than 10 years of experience in teaching violin in Belgium and China
Appears on stage on a regular basis as a soloist and within various formations, in Belgium and abroad

Isabelle Bialek
FLUTE
Isabelle Bialek is a professor of flute and piccolo class at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
She studied and obtained a first prize in flute at the Koningklijk Muziekconservatorium van Brussel in 1986. At the Royal Conservatory of Mons, she obtained a higher diploma and a First Prize in chamber music. She is a pupil of Baudoin Giaux in Brussels, of Ida Ribera in Paris, of Raymond Guyot and Christel Delaval in Lille.
Present for many years in the various symphonic orchestras in Belgium, she is also regularly performs in chamber music.
Passionate about pedagogy and passing her experience, she teaches at the Koningkliijk Muziekconservatorium van Brussel, at the Royal Conservatory of Mons, at the Royal Conservatory of Liège, at the Higher Conservatory of Maestricht in the Netherlands.
Currently, in addition to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, she teaches at the Grumiaux Conservatory in Charleroi, her hometown, and at the Academy of Montigny-le-Tilleul.

Tine Janssens
VIOLA
Professor of viola at the Luca School of Arts (Leuven) and the Lemmensinstituut Secundary School of Music. Solo Viola – Principal at the Royal Opera of Wallonia – Liège.
Started her career as SoloViola of the Flemish Symphony Orchestra before becoming Associate Principal of Philharmonie Zuidnederland.
A keen chamber musician, she is founding member of the Prosperus4 string quartet, the Orfeo trio and duo Janssens – Deleux. Former member of Vlaams Sinfonietta, ensemble for contemporary music.
Performed in Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Vienna, Philharmonie Berlin etc.
Graduate from the Lemmensinstituut Leuven, the Conservatory of Amsterdam, Mozarteum Salzburg.

Magdalena Płociennik
VIOLIN

Bárbara Ferraz
FLUTE
Professor of flute at Tchaikovsky Music School (Brussels). Master in Modern and Baroque Flute. Collaborates with La petite Bande, B'Rock Orchestra, L'Arpeggiata... Plays with Die Kölner Akademie and Collegium Vocale Gent Academy.
Has been member of academies such as Ensemble Academy Freiburg (2018), the Ton Koopman Academy (2020) and Collegium Vocale Gent Academy (2020).
Awarded with the first price on” Programa Arte Joven” in 2008 (Castilla y León, Spain), she was member of youth orchestras such as Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (Germany) and Youth Orchestra of Castilla y León (Spain). She has collaborated with Antwerpen Symphony Orchestra and Brussels Philarmonic Orchestra.
Obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2010 in Salamanca Music Conservatory (Spain), followed a postgraduate course in Aragon Music Conservatory and later in Liceo Conservatory of Barcelona. Studied at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, finished her Bachelor’s in Art History at Salamanca’s University (Spain). Passionate about Early Music and ancient instruments she specialized in the baroque flute in Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels where she obtained the Master in Baroque Flute (2019).

Ludmila Harbuza
VIOLIN
Concertmaster of Belgian orchestra La Chapelle Sauvage, has a large repertoire as a first violin in chamber music ensembles, does solo recitals. Was a violin teacher at the Municipal Music School of Minsk and has been teaching violin at the Tchaikovsky Music School in Brussels since 2012.
Violinist in numerous renowned Belgian and European symphonic and chamber orchestras, played different repertoire from old music, opera, musical and theater to contemporary classical works and cross-over projects.
Studied at the Michael Glinka State Musical College and the National Superior Music Academy of Belarus. Then in Royal Conservatory of Ghent and Lemmensinstituut in Leuven obtained her master degree in 2014.

Karel De Wilde
ORCHESTRA | ORGAN
Conductor, teacher of organ, artistic director and main conductor of the orchestra La Chapelle Sauvage, Belgium. Resident conductor of Beauraing Festival of Sacred Music. Artistic director of Cause Classic is Cool and Borluut chamber music festival. One of Belgium's most promising new conductors. Teaches organ, counterpoint, history of music, piano and cembalo at musical academies of Deinze, Eeklo, Kortrijk and in private class.
Did as a large repertoire of symphonies, opera productions, chamber orchestra, cantatas and musical productions, successfully collaborated as conductor, composer or artistic manager with, among others, Podium Nieuw Talent, soloists of the Queen Elisabeth Chapel, Davidsfonds, Pelicano foundation, Festival of Flanders and City of Ghent, as well as a number of belgian and international choirs and soloists.
Several of his compositions were successfully created worldwide. His Magnificat for symphonic orchestra, choir and 8 cors de chasse was successfully performed in Ghent in 2014, his arrangement of the Belgian National Anthem was selected and performed in Brussels by the National Orchestra of Croatia in presence of the European heads of government on the day of their accession to the EU. Karel was a member of a two year-long international tour with more than 50 concerts as solo organist with a crossover production of An Pierlé premiering in Paris, Brussel and Amsterdam.
Studied piano, organ, harpsichord and double bass at a young age, and subsequently organ, music theory and orchestra conducting at the Royal Conservatories of Ghent and Mons.

David Baltush
MUSIC THEORY AND HISTORY
Professor of history of music, music literature, music analysis, counterpoint, ear training, harmony and music theory to very gifted young musicians from all over the world in a very unique school, the Musica Mundi School, working under the umbrella of Cambridge University.
He began his formal musical education at the age of nine, completed studies at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, the Conservatoire Royal de Liège, and the École Normale Alfred Cortot in Paris where he earned diplomas and final certificates in chamber music, counterpoint, fugue, music history, music analysis, orchestral conducting, orchestration, piano, solfeggio and written harmony.
David Baltuch was a professor of piano, music analysis and harmony in the Belgian system of music academies for 15 years, after which he directed the Académie de Farciennes (Belgium) for 23 years.
In 2015 he completed his PhD, dedicated to orchestral conducting, at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Birmingham City University, Birmingham UK).
In 2017 David Baltuch founded the company HearT snc/vof – Musical Productions with Elizabeth L. Anderson. This company promotes their respective artistic, academic and pedagogical activities.
Since 2018 he is the professor of music history and musicianship (analysis, counterpoint, harmony, world music) at the International School Musica Mundi in Waterloo (Belgium).
Previous Years

Team 2022

Team 2022
Class Masters
Our team Music Academy FORTE 2022:
Nataliya Chepurenko (piano)
Artistic Director and Founder of “ Music Academy Forte”, «Merci, Maestro!” , director, Professor of piano&chamber music at the Tchaikovsky Music School (Brussels). National President of WPTA for Belgium.
Tatiana Samouil (violin)
Professor of Violin at the Royal Conservatoire Brussels (Belgium) & Musikene Superior Arts Center in San Sebastián, Spain. International soloist.
Justus Grimm (cello)
Professor of Violoncello & Artistical Director at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp.International soloist.
Zoya Nevgodovska (violin, viola)
Dozent at Musikhochschule Hanns Eisler (Berlin), leads a violin class for gifted young Violinists.
Daniel Blumental (piano)
Professor of Piano at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Brussels,Masterclass for chamber music in Denmark.
Yannick van de Velde (piano)
Professor of Piano performance Conservatory of Luxembourg and the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt. International soloist
Erik Sluys (violin)
Professor of Violin at the Brussels Higher School for Arts and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.International soloist.
Karel de Wilde (organ, orchestra)
Artistic director and main conductor of the orchestra La Chapelle Sauvage (Belgium), the resident conductor of Beauraing Festival of Sacred Music, artistic director of Cause Classic is Cool and Borluut chamber music festival.
Steven Cayers (cello)
Professor of Violoncello at the Kunsthumaniora in Brussels & at the Municipal Conservatory of Leuven.International chamber music soloist.
Benjamin Braude (violin, viola)
Faculty member at the Royal Flemish Conservatory (Antwerpen), artistic director of “Rencontres musicales de Leotoing“ (France), teacher at London Royal College of Music
Alexey Semenenko (violin)
Professor of Violin of the Essen Folkwang University of Arts.International soloist.
Olga Zolotareva (violin)
Professor of Violin in Gent Conservatory (Art School by the High School Consortium Gent
Magdalena Płociennik (violin)
Professor Violin and Chamber Music at several Music Schools (Wrocław). Consultant of the Artistic Education Center (Warsaw).
Co-founder of Lower Silesian Society of F. Chopin in Wrocław.
Liudmila Harbyza (violin)
Concertmaster of Belgian orchestra La Chapelle Sauvage.
David Makhmudov (violin)
Teacher of Violin at the Tchaikovsky School of Music (Brussels), soloist at the Flanders Symphony Orchestra
Barbara Ferraz (flute)
Master in Modern and Baroque Flute. Professor of flute at Tchaikovsky Music School.
Tine Janssens (viola)
Professor of viola at the Luca School of Arts(Leuven) and the Lemmensinstituut Secundary School of Music. Solo Viola – Principal at the Royal Opera
David Baltush
professor of music history and musicianship (analysis, counterpoint, harmony, world music) at the International School Musica Mundi in Waterloo (Belgium).