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Charles Lesaffre

Charles Lesaffre was born in 1949 in Loos (a suburb of Lille) in French Flanders.

He studied trumpet, harmony, counterpoint and organ at the Conservatory of Lille. Afterwards he continued his studies at the prestigious National Music Conservatory of Paris, where he obtained various diplomas (trumpet, solfège, harmony). He also studied musicology at the University of the Sorbonne.

His compositions have great pedagogical and didactic value. Witness to this are the many imposed works selected by the Confédération Musicale de France (CMF). His works are played all over the world.

Arie Vonk

Arie Vonk was born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands on March 8, 1953. He studied at the Conservatory of Utrecht with Herm van der Heijden for music pedagogy and with Kees van Houten for organ. After the organ improvisation course with Bert Matter at the Conservatory of Arnhem he obtained his diploma for chamber music. He also studied electronic organ with Guus Jansen and keyboard with Ton Langhorst and Rob van der Sande. He started his career in the seventies as a music teacher at the Guido de Bres school in Amersfoort, where he was already active as an organist since 1969. Since 1982 he is teacher organ and keyboard at "Het Musiater" in Zevenaar. He is also one of the regular players of the "Naber organ" in the Koepelkerk in Arnhem.

Iwan Michailov

Iwan Michailov  was born in Lovech, Bulgaria. He's living in The Netherlands since 1979. He followed the Music Gymnasium in Bulgaria for french horn and accordion. Afterwards he studied at the Conservatory of Sofia majoring in French Horn and he graduated with honours. After that he played for 7 years in a Symphony Orchestra as a french horn player and was conductor of 2 wind orchestras and sang in an opera choir. In the Netherlands he studied at 2 conservatories: in Enschede for electronic organ and in Tilburg for keyboard. His heart lies in composing light music for record companies and for Dutch and Bulgarian artists. In 2000 he won the National Song Festival in Bulgaria which resulted in a CD. He has taught at 2 music schools in the subjects keyboard, electronic organ and French Horn. He writes many music books for a.o. accordion, keyboard, violin, trumpet, flute and clarinet.

Mario Balestra

Mario Balestra was born in Castelfidardo, Italy. As a young boy he worked with his father Claudio and his uncle Goffredo in their accordion factory. After completing harmony and counterpoint with Adamo Volpi, Mr. Balestra received a virtuoso degree in accordion from the Lanaro Music Academy in Rome. At the age of 20 he soloed with the Barzizza Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Piero Rizzi.

In 1964, Mr. Balestra moved to the US where he began working as a technician in New Jersey for the Guild Guitar Marker, an importer of accordions. He continued his modal harmony studies applied to jazz with Tony Zano of the Boston Conservatory and accomplished additional harmony studies with Lee Evans of the Columbia University School of Music and jazz accordion with Al Astone.

Mario Balestra has been a teacher and noteworthy accordion freelancer in the US for over thirty years, backing a great variety of artists like Maurice Chevalier, Joan Crawford, Carlo Bergonzi, Frank Sinatra Jr., Julius La Rosa, Vic Damone, Nino Rossano, The Scintilles, Tony and Geney Stevens, Stanley Broad, Bobby Vinton, Pat Jovine and Sy Wayne. Additionally he has performed with musicians like Al Di Miola, Tony Zano, Sally Man, Lou Shuster, Jerry Cat, Mike Panebianco, Steve White, Bobby Wina, Phil Garr, Carl Moscowitz, Jack Began, Eddie Monteiro, Charles Nunzio, Al Haughen and many others.

As a member of many noteworthy ensembles, Marion Balestra has worked with the Al Altiere Quintet, Tony Stevens Trio, Steve Della Quartet, Al Silver Orchestra, The Duke Quintet, The Nobleman, Hal Darnell Quintet, John Koening Big Band, Romeo Olilvieri Orchestra Italiana, Angelo Muto Quartet, Tony Oriolo Duo, Harty and Eddie Flatté Trio, Marty Sloane Orchestra, Joe Petrone Sestett, Peter August Quintet, Big Band at Concorde Resort and Hotel, and several high fashion shows at the Plaza, Saint Regis and Waldorf Astoria Hotels in New York.

In 1991 Mario Balestra returned to Italy, where he continued to teach privately and to serve as an examination jury member in various competitions and jazz workshops. He continued to perform concerts in Italy and abroad, and for six years Balestra hosted an annual accordion festival at Recoardo Terme. From 2005 to 2010 Mario Balestra played exclusively Polverini accordion, representing them at Frankfurt Fair Germany and Shanghai Fair China. he returned to the U.S. in 2012 and he is still enjoying his accordion “Grand Concerto Balestra” made by his father Claudio and continually writes new books and new songs.

Dominique Vanhaegenberg

photo Vanhaegenberg Dominique2 1Dominique Vanhaegenberg is a famous trombone player but he's also well-known for his arrangements and compositions. His naughty eyes attract and charm public as well as fellow musicians. His musical skills are highly appreciated and respected in Belgium and abroad.
Dominique got inspired when he accompanied his father, who was a euphonium player, to the weekly rehearsals of the local fanfare. Not much later, at the age of nine, his musical education began at the Academy for Music and Word 'Peter Benoit' in Harelbeke : the first year solfeggio, the second year he started with trombone and piano lessons. Later, he added double bass but after one year he had enough of it. One can have too much of the good things. Thirteen years old, he left for Ghent and enrolled in the secondary art school, option music, a combination between general and music courses. In the sixth grade he obtained a first prize solfeggio, with great distinction. He continued his music education by studying at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent, where he won first prizes for trombone (class Michel Tilkin), euphonium and chamber music, he got a higher degree trombone (great distinction) and finally also the didactic certificate for brass instruments.
From 1991 Dominique Vanhaegenberg was first soloist trombone with the 'Nieuw Vlaams Symfonieorkest' (nowadays 'Symfonieorkest van Vlaanderen'), a position that he left in 2000 with the intention to become first soloist/principal trombone with the Flemish Radio Orchestra (former BRTN-Philharmonic Orchestra). He was permanently employed by the orchestra of André Rieu (2009-2010) and Il Novecento (1992 till now). He free-lancet with several orchestras and ensembles in Belgium and abroad (Beethoven Academie, Rotterdam Philharmonic, I Fiamminghi, l' Orchestre de la Monnaie, the Filharmonie, Tabas & Co (Kuifje Musical), Sacco & Vanzetti (Musical Dirk Brossé), etc....
Nowadays Dominique is a freelance musician with Studio 100, Music Hall and 'Symfonieorkest van Vlaanderen' and he presents himself as arranger/composer for different ensembles.
Since 2001 Dominique has been engaged in a considerable part of the arrangements for the 'Night of the Proms' concerts : for the full orchestra, the Electric Band, choir and backing vocals, arrangements for artists such as The Jacksons, Anastacia, Seal, Naturally 7, Angie Stone, Mick Hucknall (Simply Red), Grace Jones, Boy George, Alison Moyet, John Miles, James Blunt, Zucchero, Kim Wilde, Mauranne, OMD, Golden Earring, John Fogerty, Roger Daltrey (The Who), Charleen Spiteri (Texas), Tony Henri, Kid Creole, Roby Lakatos, Midge Ure (Ultravox), Chimène Badi, Ozark Henry, Gunther Verspecht (Stash), Koen Buyse (Zornik), Sioen, Clouseau, Nathalia, Glennis Grace, Jeroen Vanderboom and many others.
In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Dominique wrote arrangements for the 'Symphonique TV-Show' (France 2) ; artists such as Céline Dion, Kim Wilde, Johnny Hallyday, Jimmy Sommerville, Julio Iglesias, Charles Aznavour, Lara Fabian, Pascal Obispo, Anastacia, Gipsy Kings, Garou, Laurent Voulzy, Danny Brillant, Amel Bent, Jenifer, Anggun, I Muvrini, etc...).
In 2004 Dominique took care of the full show "VRT 50 jaar" (Il Novecento + Band) with several famous artists : Ozark Henry, Hooverphonic, Novastar, Stijn Meuris, Sioen, Peter Evrard, Nathalia, Clouseau, Nicole & Hugo, Spring etc...
Since 2008 Dominique Vanhaegenberg wrote many arrangements for all Belgian Royal Military Music Bands (the Belgian Guides, the Navy and the Air Force) for artists such as Sofie, Brahim, Geena Lisa etc...., different medley's : Queen on the Air, Marines-medley, Air force-medley, Beatlemania, etc....), complete parts of their concerts (James Bond music, 40 min.), other arrangements e.g. Rum and Coca-Cola, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Santorini, A Little Smurfs-Fantasy, Dream a little Dream of me,...), the national en international Tattoos of the Navy (2011, 2012), etc.....
In 2008 he composed the tune for 'Stars of Europe' TV show, world-wide broadcasted.
Since 2009 Dominique made arrangements for the Royal Music Band "Johan Willem Friso", Netherlands, for artists such as Glennis Grace, Rafaella, Edsilia Rombley, Four Classics, etc..., also different arrangements such as 'Cry me a River' and themes of 'On The Town' by Leonard Bernstein.
For the Belgian Eurosong contribution of 2010 (Tom Dice – Me and My Guitar) he wrote the string-arrangements.
In 2011 Dominique wrote the arrangements for Jelle Cleymans & concert band, conducted by Dirk Decaluwé.
In 2012 Dominique created :
- arrangements for 'James Bond in Concert', organized by Film Festival Ghent, with the participation of Belgian artists and the Brussels Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Dirk Brossé.
- piano arrangements for Veerle Baetens and her band 'Dallas'
- arrangements for Belgian Brass (concerts and radioprograms)
- arrangements for the full CD 'Mucho Gusto', for Mucho Gusto Salsa Big Band.
- Further arrangements and sampling for CD-recordings, the new CD's from Els De Schepper and Born Crane, etc...
Besides all this Dominique wrote several pieces for music academies, for concert bands and various ensembles, a lot them are published by Golden River Music.

 

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Hans Aerts

Hans Aerts studied at the Music Academy of Mol clarinet and piano. After obtaining government medals for these two instruments, he studied at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp. There he was taught by Walter Boeykens (clarinet), Marc Verhaegen (harmony) and August Verbesselt (analysis). Afterwards he continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he followed counterpoint and fugue with Rafaël D'Haene. Finally, at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, he studied composition with Piet Swerts.

Several of his works were awarded. He received in 1984 an honorable mention in the Clarinet Choir Composition Contest of the University of Maryland. In 1993, 1995 and 2005 he won the Cantabile Composition with successively the piano works Berceuse triste - Canzonetta (1993), Rondino (1995) and Promenade (2005). In 1999, his song 'Tranen' on a text by Guido Gezelle, for soprano, clarinet in Bb and piano (1998) was selected by the composition contest of the city of Roeselare.


In both 1996 and 1997 Hans Aerts wrote the obligatory works respectively for harp and violin for the National Competition Axion Classics of Dexia Bank. These were the works At the lake or Connemara for harp (1995) and Contemplazione for violin and piano (1996). In 2004 he wrote for the same match Concertino da camera for woodwinds combined with piano: flute, clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone and bassoon. The piano work Sentimental Waltz was nominated in 2003 in the ISME-composition and released on CD.

Currently Hans Aerts active as a composer and as professor of clarinet and chamber music at the Academy of Music, Drama and Dance in Turnhout.

 

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Joos Creteur

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Joos Creteur studied at the Lemmensinstitute at Leuven.

There he obtained a first prize for music theory and graduated Laureate clarinet (Jos Wijnen) chamber-music (Paul Dombrecht, Hans Mannes and Paul Beelaerts) and obtained a first prize written harmony (Paul Steegmans). Later he also obtained his master-degree for the clarinet.

Professionally he's a teacher at the "Stedelijke Kunstacademie" in the city of Waregem. He teaches clarinet and chamber-music and also ensemble-playing.

He was a former member of the ebonyquartet, a clarinet-quartet that played in Belgium and abroad. This quartet was specialized in contemporary music. Even now he takes every chance to play the clarinet on a stage, being it as a soloist, in chambermusic or in a wind-band. Joos is also conductor of the wind-band of Ingooigem and Anzegem. Furthermore, he plays the clarinet in some more bands.

With his compositions, Joos tries to make music that is pleasant to play and to listen to, but is also
rich enough to interest the pupils of the music-schools.

 

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