Stephan Vermeersch

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Stephan Vermeersch
Birth name Stephan Vermeersch
Born Flag of Belgium Belgium
Origin Flag of Belgium Knokke-Heist
Genre(s) Classical
Occupation(s) Clarinetist
Instrument(s) Clarinet, Saxophone
Associated acts Duo Phoenix, Rajhans Orchestra, Ebony-kwartet
Website Official website

Stephan Vermeersch, is a Belgian performing and teaching musician in the disciplines of clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone. As soloist he performs contemporary music and was invited to perform at contemporary festivals in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, U.K, USA, Canada, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia, Egypt, Lithuania and Japan. He has done many first performances and several pieces are dedicated to him. He also works with electronics and improvisation.

He is soloist with the Rajhans Orchestra performing India-inspired music in India, Pakistan, USA, UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Sweden, Egypt, Italy, Germany, Russia and Mongolia.

For 14 years he was member of the contemporary clarinet quartet Ebony-kwartet with performances in the Benelux, Sweden, Ukraine, Mongolia and Lithuania

In 2007 he started Duo Phoenix with soprano Françoise Vanhecke with 20th & 21st century repertoire from composers worldwide. They have performed in Italy, Ukraine, Lithuania and Belgium.


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Studied clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone and chamber music at the Lemmensinstituut, Leuven, Belgium and the Royal Conservatory, Gent, Belgium

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