Stephan Vermeersch, is a Belgian performing and teaching musician in the disciplines of
clarinet,
bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave ...
and
saxophone
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...
.
Education
Vermeersch studied clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone and chamber music at the
Lemmensinstituut in
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. Th ...
and the
Ghent Conservatory
The Royal Conservatory of Ghent ( Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent) is a royally chartered musical institution. It is now a part of the University College Ghent.
History
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.
Career
As a soloist he performs primarily contemporary music;
[Melissa Morales]
"Shared Recital: Stephan Vermeersch and Jacques Merrer"
''Clarinetfest 2014'', Louisiana State University School of Music, 4 August 2014. he has performed many premières and several pieces are dedicated to him. He also works with electronics and improvisation.
He has been director of the
Rajhans Orchestra, a trio performing Indian-inspired music.
For 14 years he was a member of the contemporary clarinet quartet
Ebony-kwartet.
In 2007 he started
Duo Phoenix with soprano
Françoise Vanhecke
Françoise Renilde Irma Vanhecke (born on 19 November 1957 at Kortrijk, Belgium) is a Belgian soprano, an artist, a pianist, a music researcher, music lecturer and a vocal coach. She is known for her role of Ida Heiger in ''Tristesses''. She is ...
with a worldwide 20th- and 21st-century repertoire. They have performed in Italy, Ukraine, Lithuania and Belgium.
Vermeersch has taught in Belgium, the Netherlands,
["International Soloists - Professors: Stephan Vermeersch"]
''Alascala: Clarinetissmo Festival 2020'', retrieved 12 September 2020. and the United States.
[Shawn Copeland and Stephan Vermeersch, "2015 California Clarinet Clinic"]
''The Clarinet'', March 2016
p. 7. he is President of the European Clarinet Association and International Representative Board Director of the International Clarinet Association.
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His own compositions include ''WE for Bass Clarinet and 5 Desk Bells'' (2014).][
]
References
External links
Official website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Belgian classical clarinetists
People from Knokke-Heist
21st-century clarinetists