Jonas De Geyndt - Classical Piano Player

Jonas De Geyndt Resume

Jonas De Geyndt (Belgium, Aalst - 9/10/1984) Musical education Jonas started studying the piano at the age of 9 with Mr. Paul Van Nieuwenborgh and in 1998 he went to the Art Academy of Ghent where he studied piano with Mrs. Dorotea Haers. Since October 2002, at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, he has been a student of Prof. Daniel Blumenthal and his assistents Katia Veekmans and Saori Oya. In 2007 he graduated as a "Master in Music" with great distinction for piano, chamber music (Viviane Spanoghe, Luc Loubry and Thomas Dieltjens), song accompaniment (Inge Spinette) and music literature. At the end of September 2007 he succeeded the entrance examination for a post graduate study in piano at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria). With the support of the Belgian Foundation "Nany Philippart", Jonas had the possibility to study at the "Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg" with Prof. Rolf Plagge. In June 2009 he finished his post graduate study and he obtained the highest score of the Austrian Grading Scale. From 2009 until 2013 he studied at the Academia Pianistica Internazionale "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola, Italy with Prof. Boris Petrushansky and Prof. Leonid Margarius. Jonas received also masterclasses from famous pedagogues like: Juan Jose Perez Torrecillas (Granada, Spain), Rian de Waal (Conservatory of Antwerp), Vitaly Samoshko, Hans Leygraf (Mozarteum, Salzburg), Daniel Pollack and Andreas Staier (Royal Conservatory Brussels), Franco Scala, Riccardo Risaliti and Anna Kravtchenko (Trento, Italy), Vincenzo Balzani (Varallo, Italy) and Michel Dalberto (Imola, Italy). Recitals, concerts and chamber music Jonas gave recitals and concerts in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria and Spain. At the age of 17, Jonas played as a soloist the First concerto of J.S. Bach, BWV 1052 in D minor, with the “Papageno ensemble” (concert leader Otto Derolez) in Ghent, Belgium and also in Granada, Spain with the “Orquesta de cuerda de las XVIII jornadas” with conductor “Santiago de la Riva”. During the “Concours International Andre Dumortier 2005” he collaborated with the chamber orchestra “ Chapelle Musicale de Tournai “ under the directory of “Philippe Gerard“. In 2006 he played in The Municipal Theatre of Leuven the second pianoconcerto of Franz Liszt with the “Royal Music of the Belgian Guides” under the directory of conductor “Francois De Ridder”. In 2008 he played several times at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and in July 2008 he was invited to give a recital during the "Salzburger Klaviersommer 2008" at the "Beethoven-Haus" in Bonn, Germany. Also in 2008 he collaborated with the chamber orchestra "Chapelle Musicale de Tournai" under the directory of "Philippe Gerard". Jonas is also active as a chamber musician. Since 2000 he has worked with several Belgian and foreign musicians: Veronique Craps, flute - Ine Craeghs, oboe - Brecht Ameel, guitar - Jan Huysmans, saxophone - Anouk Sturtewagen, harp. Violinists Mark Derudder (Guildhall School, London), Laci Olah, Sarah Loubry, Hans De Vos, Freek Ruysschaert, Sarah Christian, Mona Verhas and pianists Dorotea Haers, Pieter Dhoore, Helen Becque, Daniel Blumenthal and Silvia Cattaneo. Beginning 2007 he played with tenor Vincent Lesage the complete song cycle “Winterreise” and he was invited by "Fortis Vlaams-Brabant" to play a concert with violinist Mark Derudder in the The Municipal Theatre of Leuven in Belgium. Since 2012, cellist Ilia Laporev and Jonas De Geyndt are active as a duo in projects such as the concert series “Music Recitals by young soloists East Flanders”, in collaboration with the Province of East Flanders in Belgium. In January 2013 they were invited to give a recital at the Residence of the Belgian Ambassador in The Hague, Netherlands. In 2014 they took part at the Ghent Festival in the “Deneys and Denys concerts” in the Royal Academy of Dutch language and literature. Together with pianist Silvia Cattaneo he forms the piano duo JOIA since 2014. They performed in the “Chiesa Sant Angela Merici”, in Milan, Italy and at the “Knight's Hall of the castle of Egmont” in Zottegem, Belgium. In 2015 he collaborated with violinist Mona Verhas in the concert series “Music Recitals by young soloists East Flanders”.

Updated: June 22, 2016