As a live musician I play windinstruments and percussion.
I started playing recorder and flute. Feeling limited in the genres I could play with those instruments, I quickly added others. First came percussion with objects like pots and pans and a self invented waterflute. Later came saxophone, clarinet, chimes, lots of other percussion, … Many groups I played with had a strong connection with theater. The genres I like to explore (and more so what happens between them) are world music (especially African music), blues, folk, pop, filmmusic … I accompagnied African dance lessons with sax and percussion for some years
I SEE MUSIC AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE SO I DON’T LIKE BEING LOCKED IN ONE GENRE.
Besides groups, I make compositions for animation film, short movies, theater, … I am always curious about what happens when music blends with other media. As a composer, I want to explore many different emotional landscapes. A recent purchase, the fingerboard continuum, is a great instrument to do that. It’s a versatile and expressive electronic instrument.
I am part of projects that brings live music outside the frame of a stage.
As a musician for VZW musIC I bring live music in hospitals. Recently I did a Try-out around giving solace through words and music in places created for people in grief or who just want to escape the hastily society for a moment. Weekly I play the musical intro to a meditation session.
This is my way to bring live music for people who are in a situation where they can’t go to concerts or don’t like crowds.