In February 2018, Rik Ghesquière was nominated as the conductor of the Brussels Young Philharmonic, BOENK! The project is under supervision of the new organisation of youth orchestra’s in Flanders and hosted/coached by the Brussels Philharmonic.
Rik was performing the First Liszt Piano Concerto with the phenomenal Canadian virtuoso, David Jalbert. It was a great project at the Brooklyn Theatre in Pretoria, South Africa!
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Klaus Sticken, Pianist aus Hannover und Professor an der Musik- und Kunstuniversität der Stadt Wien, erhielt seine Ausbildung durch Vladimir Krainev, Vitaly Margu- lis, György Sebök und Alfred Brendel. Konzertreisen führten ihn in viele europäische Länder und nach Fernost auf Podien wie die Hamburger Laeiszhalle, das Berliner Konzerthaus, die Stuttgarter Liederhalle, die Tonhalle Zürich, die […]
Travelling to Thailand Rik Ghesquière conducted the Bangkok Symphonic Orchestra in February 2016 in a Mozart and Haydn program. The famous Thai soloist Siripong Tiptan was chosen to perform the Mozart violin concerto n°3 and in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto the Thai public had a chance to admire Flemish trumpet player Benny Wiame. The apotheosis of the concert was the much appreciated […]
Samen met componist, Piet Swerts en klarinettist Eddy Vanoosthuyse realiseerde Rik Ghesquière een prachtig project i.s.m. het Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen. “ Moeder zonder meer “ begint als een gedicht. Als de vrouw zwanger wordt en het woord vlees wordt. En eenmaal vlees geworden, begint het woord te dansen. ‘Moeder zonder meer’ is geen voorstelling […]
Andrei Kavalinski is one of the best known and most successful trumpet players of his generation. He combines technical skills and musical versatility with a unique, personal interpretation. Together Kavalinski and Rik performed trumpet concertos by Haydn, Arutunian, Marinus De Jong and Elias Gistelinck. Andrei is currently the principal trumpet player of the National Orchestra […]