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Blokfluit KCB (f Reda Izo)
bachelor of master in de Kunsten

Recorder

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For whom?

  • You want to pursue your passion for playing the recorder and dream of a professional music career.
  • You want to further develop your artistic expertise with the help of internationally renowned professors.
  • You have the necessary knowledge and skills to pass the admission test.

Your future

With your degree in Recorder, you can become a freelance musician or play in an orchestra/ensemble. You can also continue studying and become an artist-teacher or perhaps an artistic researcher? This study programme is the preparation for a brilliant future both on and off stage.

Orchestra / Ensemble

Making music in a group format is important for your development and therefore compulsory during your studies. As a recorder player, you can join the HIPP orchestra.

Seminar & Masterclasses

Renowned guest professors from Belgium and abroad are invited to pass on their knowledge to you. 

Brussels

You will get the chance to study in a metropolis with both large concert halls as well as small jazz clubs, the ideal starting point for a professional music career. Your campuses are surrounded by beautiful cathedrals, trending coffee bars and green parks to unwind in.

The KCB focuses on the broad artistic formation of each individual. The lessons are based on direct interaction between teacher and student due to the small amount of students in each class. The great number of orchestral productions each year allows us to gain experience on the stage and learn the ins and outs of the greatest pieces is in music history.

Joachim
Joachim
Student Music

High-quality education

Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB - Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts) strives for high-quality education and continuously develops its programmes to meet (inter)national quality standards. EhB is fully committed to fostering a culture of quality and uses its own quality management system as the foundation for high-quality education.

Various tools are used to strengthen and safeguard the educational quality of this programme:

The "Opleiding in Cijfers" (Education in Numbers) website of the Flemish government provides information about the profile of this programme, such as who follows the programme, how long it takes students to graduate, and more.

Read more about quality assurance at EhB.

After your study

Professional music career

With a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Music from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, you can choose many professional directions. Who knows, you might end up:

  • in a (inter)nationally renowned orchestra or ensemble
  • in the arts education field
  • in the social artistic field
  • at cultural institutions or governments as advisor or policy maker
Blokfluit (f Marc Lamote)

Further studies

Abbreviated bachelor's degree

After your bachelor, you can move on to a master's degree and even an additional master's degree in another instrument, through a abbreviated bachelor's degree. Postgraduates are also among the possibilities.

 

Verkorte Educatieve Master Muziek (only in Dutch)

Merk je tijdens je studie dat lesgeven iets voor jou is? Aan het KCB kan je ook een Verkorte Educatieve master Muziek volgen. Zo kan je meteen aan de slag als kunstenaar-leraar.

 

Artistic researcher

Interested in a career as an artistic researcher? KCB organises various events around research and also offers you the opportunity to do a PhD in collaboration with the Brussels Arts Platform and the VUB (university).

Your subjects

Education never stands still, just like the world around us. 
We consistently update our curriculum tables to ensure that our offer is always up to date and in line with new developments. 
You can find the most up-to-date version of your subjects here.
Your subjects @ KCB

More information about your subjects can also be found on EhB's website.

Your professors

In order to develop your talents to the fullest you need a teacher that is capable to help and motivate you in the right way. Our teaching staff is world renowned and have years and years of experience both as performers but also as pedagogues.

Do you have any specific questions before you register for the admission tests? Would you like to meet your teacher before you take the big step? Below is a list of all teachers with contact information.

Docenten
Peter Van Heyghen professor KCB

Peter Van Heyghen

Professor Recorder, PhD student in the Arts

Trained as a recorder player and singer, Peter Van Heyghen developed himself into an internationally renowned specialist on the Performance Practice of 16th, 17th and 18th century music. He performs as a soloist and with his chamber music ensembles More Maiorum and Mezzaluna. In addition, he is also very active as a conductor and teacher. He works on a regular basis with the Belgian Baroque Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble Il Gardellino and holds teaching positions at the Royal Flemish conservatoire of Brussels (KCB) and The Hague and at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. Furthermore, he is regularly invited worldwide as a guest conductor, to lead masterclasses and workshops, and to present lectures and papers.

For the moment, Peter Van Heyghen is also working on a PhD in the Arts, with the title The Performance of Early Seventeenth-Century Italian Recorder Music. 

Contact Peter:

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Tomma Wessel

Tomma Wessel

Professor Recorder and PhD student in the Arts

Recorder player Tomma Wessel focuses on performing early and contemporary music. She has been a guest at important venues and festivals. Her intensive collaborations with composers led to the creation of dozens of new compositions by Luc Brewaeys, Alvin Curran, Moritz Eggert, Helmut Oehring, Frederik Neyrinck, Frank Nuyts, Stefan Prins, Frederic Rzewski, Matthew Shlomowitz, Annelies Van Parijs, Christian Wolff and many others. 
Tomma Wessel is co-founder of Apsara. As a member of The Letter Piece Company she regularly worked with dancer Shila Anaraki and composer Matthew Shlomowitz. She has performed with orchestras and ensembles such as Ex Tempore, Ictus, Musica Antiqua Köln, Champ d'Action, Prometheus-Ensemble, Spectra, and Het Vlaams Symfonieorkest. 

In addition to her work at the KCB, she teaches contemporary recorder music at the CRB, as well as recorder and chamber music at the Kunstacademie De Poel in Ghent. After her studies at the Orpheus Institute Ghent/University of Leiden, she is now continuing her phd on contemporary recorder playing techniques at the VUB/KCB. 

https://apsara.be, https://zeder.org 
 

Contact Tomma Wessel:

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Project in the spotlight

 

Digital New Year's Concert | HIPP

In the year 2021, KCB performed their New Year's concert digitally for the first time! In the concert << Das alte Jahr ist nun vergahn >> our HIPP department performed music by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). A wonderful project that still resonates. 

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Your campus

Campus Regentschapsstraat & Kleine Zavel

Our campuses are located in the vibrant Sablon district right in the heart of Brussels. The Conservatoire's stately main building on the Regentschapsstraat with its magnificent Concert Hall is one of Brussel's landmarks. Around the corner is our campus on Kleine Zavel where you can attend classes and study in the best conditions. Moreover, you can use our premises to study during the week and at weekends.

How can I access the campuses?

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Regent KCB

Renovation of the main building

After years of negotiations, we are proud to announce that the plans for the renovation of our impressive main building on Regentschapsstraat have been approved. More info on this can be found here.

Go abroad

During your studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, you will come in contact with the world: after all, you study in Brussels, Europe's most cosmopolitan capital. KCB offers guest lectures by international professionals or by a professor from a foreign partner school, international projects,... we will train you to become a professional ready for tomorrow's increasingly international world.

Do you want to spend some time abroad yourself? You can! Studying for a semester (or academic year) at a partner university or doing an internship abroad, mais oui, of course! Find out more about internationalisation.

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Visit us!

Info Moments

We organise several info moments during the second semester, such as (online) info days and open class moments.

Concerts

We welcome you to our many concerts, masterclasses and research days. Also come and listen to a caleidoscoop concert by our BA1 and BA2 students or our public exams. That way you can see what you would learn as a future KCB student. Every academic year, there are numerous productions in which our students perform. Subscribe to our newsletter and stay informed.

INFO & TICKETS

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Enrolment & Admission Tests

To start your studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium, you must pass an artistic admission test. For information on the entrance exams - such as dates, the programmes to prepare, the enrolment conditions/fees and the module to enrol - click on the button below.

ADMISSION TESTS

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Any question?

For more information on this programme you can contact the student administration via secretariaat.kcb@ehb.be.