The International 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.

Team 2024 (more will be announced soon)

Nataliya Chepurenko

Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden

Daniel Blumenthal

Yannik Van de Velde

Tatiana Kozlova

Yurii Kot

Myrto Sifaki

Lihay Bendayan

Valeriy Sokolov

Erik Sluys

Jing Han

Magdalena Płociennik

Ludmila Harbuza

Tony Nys

Romain Garioud

Oleksiy Shadrin

Pierre Fontenelle

Hugues Navez

Ana Santisteban

Philippe Ranallo

Andrij Ilkiv

Carlos Bruneel

Sabine Conzen

Karel De Wilde

Sergio Agreda De Ro

Çağıl Cansu Şanlıdağ

Silviu Valentin Dumitrache

Oksana Stechyshyn

Nataliya Chepurenko
PIANO | Piano Accompaniment | Chamber Music | Piano Ensembles
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).

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.

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.

Tatiana Kozlova
PIANO | Piano Accompaniment | Chamber Music | Piano Ensembles
Tatiana Kozlova is one of a leading pedagogues at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel–Aviv.
Pianist and piano teacher, graduated from the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev, Ukraine (class of Aza Roshina), Mrs. Kozlova constantly teaches around the globe in different master classes, frequently judging at various international competitions and giving lectures about her unique teaching experience.
Mrs. Kozlova is teaching many prize-winning pianists, and her students are well known for a high level professional performances and an interesting repertoire .
Mrs. Kozlova is a co-founder and art director of International Young pianist competition "Scherzo" in Tel-Aviv.

Yurii Kot
PIANO | Piano Accompaniment | Chamber Music | Piano Ensembles

Myrto Sifaki
PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT | Chamber Music | Piano Ensembles

Lihay Bendayan
VIOLIN

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 Philharmonic and 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.

Erik Sluys
VIOLIN
Professor of violin at the Brussels Higher School for Arts. Teaches as an assistant of Philippe Graffin in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Member of the contemporary music ensemble “Musiques Nouvelles".
From 1996 till 2016 he serves as assistant-concertmaster and musical advisor of the Flemish Symphony Orchestra. Gave concerts in nearly all counties of Europe and Asia, halls as “Palais des Beaux Arts” in Brussels, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Salle Pleyel in Paris…
Recorded the 2 violin sonatas by Bela Bartok for UT3 Records and a his CD with the violin sonatas by Babadjanian and Janacek got intenationally high acclaim and was selected “CD of the month” in the prestigious Dutch magazine “Luister”.
Studied at the Royal Music Conservatoire in Brussels. Then in Germany with Prof. Joshua Epstein (Saarbrücken) and Prof. Ch.-A. Linale (Düsseldorf). Masterclasses with Sandor Vegh, Yfrah Neaman, André Gertler and Zachar Bron.

Jing Han
VIOLIN | Chamber Music
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

Magdalena Płociennik
VIOLIN | Chamber Music

Ludmila Harbuza
VIOLIN | Chamber Music
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.

Tony Nys
VIOLA

Romain Garioud
CELLO

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. He was a finalist at the Queen Elisabeth competition in 2022.

Pierre Fontenelle
CELLO
Pierre Fontenelle, former cello-soloist of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège and Namurois of the Year 2020, is a young rising star of the Belgian classical music scene. 1st Prize of the 2022 Breughel Competition, he also won the Public Prize and the Best Interpretation Prize. In October 2020, he received the 2nd Prize “Van Hecke” at the 1st BCS International Cello Competition and won the First Prize and the Feldbusch Prize at the Concours International Edmond Baert (2019). From 2019 to 2022, he had the pleasure of joining the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège as cello-soloist, becoming the youngest tenured musician of the orchestra. He has also appeared as guest first cellist of the Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, and the Belgian National Orchestra.
Pierre Fontenelle has performed in several prestigious venues and festivals in Belgium and abroad (Chapelle Reine Élisabeth, la Seine Musicale, Taipei National Concert Hall, Shanghaï Oriental Art Center, Festivals de Wallonie…) and has been invited as a soloist by various orchestras (Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Appassionato, Musique Militaire Grand-Ducale, Musique Royale des Guides...). Committed to all the various aspects of being a musician, classical or otherwise, Pierre composes and explores popular and contemporary music with his cello-accordion Duo Kiasma with accordionist Frin Wolter (1st Prize - Accordé’Opale Competition). He collaborates with artists such as Jodie Devos, Gergely Madaras, Christophe Rousset, Philippe Graffin, Jean-Claude Vanden Eyden, Gwendoline Blondeel and Mathieu Herzog.
He initially took up the cello as an autodidact in his hometown of Seattle before studying traditionally at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg, then the IMEP (Namur) with Éric Chardon, before specialising in Soviet music with Han Bin Yoon at the Mons Conservatory. He then continues studying in Paris with Anne Gastinel at the Académie Jaroussky. He currently teaches in Namur at his alma mater, the IMEP.
Pierre performs on a private loan of a 1690 Ruggieri cello, as well as a Nicolas-François Vuillaume cello from 1860, instrument made available by the King Baudouin Foundation thanks to the Léon Courtin-Marcelle Bouché’s Fund's gift and managed by Strings For Talent.
Pierre is founder and artistic director of the Concerts des Dames at the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Vivier (Marche-les-Dames). He’s found great pleasure in reading and writing poetry and appreciates the finer things in life like beautiful socks.

Hugues Navez
GUITAR
HUGUES NAVEZ a fait ses classes au Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles avec Ilse et Nicolas Alfonso, au Conservatoire de Lille en France avec Jean-Philippe Grüneissen ainsi qu’au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris avec Alexandre Lagoya (dont il est le seul élève belge) et Carel Harms.
Lauréat de la Fondation Menuhin, du Prix Européen Émile Noël de l’Union Européenne et du Prix Frères Darches de la Commission du Patrimoine du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, il donne des récitals, des concerts et des master classes en Europe, Asie, Afrique, Amérique latine, USA, Canada, en soliste ou en compagnie de la harpiste Susanna Mildonian, des flûtistes Maxence Larrieu, Marc Grauwels et Denis-Pierre Gustin, du Quatuor à Cordes de la Monnaie, du récitant Charles Kleinberg... et de nombreux orchestres (Orchestre de la Radio Télévision Belge, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre National de Chambre de Toulouse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo…).Il participa au concert de clôture des Fêtes à l’occasion des 60 ans de règne du Roi Baudouin au stade du Heysel, et était l’invité du Pavillon de l’Union Européenne aux expositions universelles de Séville et de Shanghai.Il apparaît régulièrement sur les chaînes de télévision et de radio belges et étrangères (RTBF, Télé-Bruxelles, Arte, TV5…) et a été membre régulier du jury des concours télévisés « Jeunes Solistes » et « Jeunes Musiciens ».En 2012 il fonde le « Brussels International Guitar Festival & Competitions » dont il assure chaque année la présidence et la direction artistique. La 12e édition de cet événement, qui est le plus important festival de guitare en Belgique, se déroulera en novembre 2023.Hugues Navez est également le Président fondateur et le directeur artistique des « Brussels Guitar Concerts », des « Brussels Guitar Master Classes (stage d’été annuel) », de la "Brussels Classical Guitar Society" et de la "Classical Guitar Society of Belgium".Il est régulièrement invité à siéger comme membre du jury de nombreux concours nationaux et internationaux : Bruxelles, Pittaluga (Alessandria - Italie), Klagenfurt (Autriche), Roland Dyens (Paris)...
Il a actuellement 5 CD à son actif et est l’un des rares guitaristes à jouer de la guitare à 10 cordes.Depuis 1999, Hugues Navez est le professeur titulaire de la classe de guitare du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles–École Supérieure des Arts.www.huguesnavez.be | www.conservatoire.be | www.bigfest.be
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.

Philippe Ranallo
TRUMPET
A étudié au Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Liège où il obtient la grande distinction pour les cours supérieurs de trompette, dans la classe de Mr Cox, et de musique de chambre.
Il a débuté sa carrière professionnelle à 19 ans en tant que soliste à la Musique de la Force Navale belge, tout en poursuivant ses études.
En 1991, il intègre l’Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège où il est toujours en poste aujourd’hui.
A cette période, il est très actif également dans le monde des big-bands, de la variété et des studios.
En 1996, il rejoint l’ensemble Ictus, basé à Bruxelles, avec lequel il se spécialise en langage contemporain, se produit régulièrement en soliste et participe à de nombreux festivals (Wien modern, Musica Strasbourg, Ircam, Biennale Venise, Ars Musica…), enregistrements et créations.
Son répertoire comporte plusieurs pièces pour trompette seule et électronique (J.Harvey, L. Vierk, C. Dambrain, Y. Maresz, G. Drouin…)
A l’étranger, il a collaboré avec des ensembles de musique contemporaine comme Avanti ! (Finlande), Icarus (Italie) ou Lucilin (Luxembourg).
En 2012, il crée une pièce pour trompette et ensemble de R. Cendo au festival Musica à Strasbourg et en décembre 2021, il a participé, avec la complicité de Vincent Royer, à la création d’une pièce de Michel Fourgon, pour bugle, alto et électronique lors du festival Loop.
Il intègre l’Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie (IMEP) en 2008 et a été chargé d’enseignement du cours de trompette. Il a assuré le cours de traits d’orchestre quelques années également. De 2010 à 2021, il a été chargé d’enseignement pour le cours de lecture à vue et transposition cuivres dans le même établissement.
Depuis 2021, il est professeur de trompette au Conservatoire royal de musique de Liège et se consacre principalement à l’enseignement en continuant l’orchestre.
Il se consacre depuis quelques années au coaching d’instrumentistes divers qui désirent se préparer aux auditions et concours de recrutement d’orchestre.

Andrij Ilkiv
TRUMPET
Andriy Ilkiv was born in the family of musicians in Ternopil region of Western Ukraine. Music lives inside him from the very first moments. Andriy has been playing guitar, piano, trumpet and drums since his childhood and he has sung a lot as well, as it’s been very common for his native land. He studied playing trumpet in Rivne and Khmelnitsky Musical Colleges. He graduated Kyiv Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music.
Andriy was awarded with many prizes and nominations in a series of national and international trumpet contests and festivals. He got his first YAMAHA`s professional trumpet as a prize on the International Trumpet Contest in 1999, when legendary Timofei Dokshytzer was Head of the Jury.
Nowadays, Andriy Ilkiv is a soloist of the National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine where he has been performing over 20 years. On its glorious stage he plays a lot of concerts together with chamber, symphonic, wind and folk instrument orchestras, playing solo and accompanying organ, piano, singers and different kinds of ensembles as well.
Also, Andriy Ilkiv is a leader and principal trumpet of "KYIV-BRASS" which is one of the most fascinating brass ensembles in Ukraine.
Since 2002 Andriy Ilkiv has been a soloist and a leader of brass section of the world known orchestra Philharmonic of Nations founded by the legendary Leonard Bernstein and his disciple Justus Franz. His trumpet sounded in Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gesteig in Munich, Alta Opera in Frankfurt, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Belgrade Philharmonic and many other stages of Poland, Great Britain, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, France, Spain, China, USA, Belarus, Ukraine etc. Andriy Ilkiv has made numerous records kept in the recorded collection of classical music of the Ukraine National Radio Company.
As a music educator Andriy lkiv conducts master-classes and workshops in Ukraine and abroad. He promotes and manages workshops and concerts of famous trumpeters in Ukraine, such legendary trumpeters as Fred Mills, Otto Sauter were introduced to Ukrainian public and musical students due to Andriy’s efforts.
Andriy Ilkiv regularly provides master-classes on Yamaha trumpets explaining their characteristics and demonstrating his skills using diverse instruments’ possibilities for all genres of music - both playing solo and being a part of an orchestra. Sharing his experience and giving valuable advices to young musicians are always the key focus points of Andriy’s master-class.
For over 10 years he has taught trumpet and given ensemble lessons in the Tchaikovsky National Musical Academy of Ukraine. Now Andriy is professor of Glinka Musical Academy in Dnipro.

Carlos Bruneel
FLUTE

Sabine Conzen
VOCAL

Karel De Wilde
ORCHESTRA | CHAMBER MUSIC
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.

Sergio Agreda De Ro
VIOLA | Orchestra Conducting | Chamber Music
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.

Çağıl Cansu Şanlıdağ
PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT
Çağıl Cansu Şanlıdağ est une artiste passionnée à la personnalité pétillante et chaleureuse. Son sens du partage l’a très vite poussé vers le répertoire de chambre et plus particulièrement celui du Lied, à travers lequel elle peut assouvir sa passion pour la littérature et les arts. Sa sonorité riche, à l’image de sa personnalité, se transmet avec émotion.
Jeune talent, elle est acceptée au Conservatoire Dokuz Eylul d’Izmir à l’âge de sept ans. Après avoir étudié avec plusieurs grands maîtres turcs, elle intègre les classes de Dalia Ouziel et Aleksandar Madzar aux Conservatoire royal de Mons et Koniklijk Conservatorium Brussel, avant d’être accepté dans un programme de Postgraduat à l’Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst de Vienne dans la classe de Markus Hadulla.
En qualité de chambriste, Cagil Cansu Sanlidag s'est produite dans de nombreuses salles à travers l'Europe, notamment à Bozar (Bruxelles), au Palazzo Adami Lami (Florence, avec la collaboration de la société des Amici della Musica di Firenze), à la Cité internationale des Arts et à l'Espace Bernanos (Paris) ou encore à la Gesellschaft für Musiktheater (Vienne). Elle est également régulièrement invitée à se produire à l'International North Cyprus Music Festival (Kyrenia). Durant ses années d'activités en Belgique, elle a été accompagnée par l'orchestre belge I Musici Brucellensis.
Elle est également une partenaire musicale du violoniste français Philippe Graffin.

Silviu Valentin Dumitrache
PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT

Oksana Stechyshyn
PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT | Chamber Music | Piano Ensembles
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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).

Team 2023
Class Masters
Our team Music Academy FORTE 2023:
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.
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (piano)
Professor at the Royal Conservotory of Brussels and at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. International soloist.
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.
Yurii Kot (piano & chamber music)
Honoured Artist of Ukraine, a laureate of numerous national and international piano and piano duets competitions.
Zohrab Tadevosyan (violin)
2010-2020 Professor at the Reina Sofia School of Music in Madrid.
Myrto Sifaki (chamber music)
Piano teacher at the Conservatoire des Amis des Arts et Lettres of the city of Serres (Greece). Private piano teacher in Brussels. Accompanist of musicians including opera singers. Teacher of musical theory.
Valeriy Sokolov (violin)
International soloist.
Jing Han (violin, chamber music)
Teacher of violin at the Brussels International Music Academy; Co-organiser of the "Ysaÿe International Music Competition" and International Music Workshops.
Oleksiy Shadrin (cello)
International soloist. Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapelle.
Steven Cayers (cello)
Professor of Violoncello at the Kunsthumaniora in Brussels & at the Municipal Conservatory of Leuven. International chamber music soloist.
Sergio Agreda de Ro (viola, orchestra, chamber music)
Viola player of the Arlon Trio and first viola player in the orchestra Academia della Speranza; Conductor of the STRING ORCHESTRA at the music academy of Aalst and Schaarbeek; Music teacher, conductor of instrumental ensembles and chorus at the Sint Jan Berchmans Collegium.
Isabelle Bialek (flute)
Professor and teacher of flute and piccolo class at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels; Professor at the Conservatory Charleroi.
Barbara Ferraz (flute, chamber music)
Master in Modern and Baroque Flute. Professor of flute at the Brussels International Music Academy.
Magdalena Płociennik (violin, chamber music)
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.