After his percussion studies, Bart followed a marimba specialisation with Robert van sice; and for jazz he received information from Peter Hertmans and Diederik Wissels.
A 30 year experience inside and outside Belgium contains a lot of different styles: symphonic, opera, ancient music, contemporary music, pop, variété and jazz.
Bart shared the scene with Mike Mainieri, Trilok Gurtu, Robert Martin (ex-Frank Zappa) beside Belgian top players like jan Michiels, Inge Spinette, Levente Kende, Gert François, Dreamtime, Brussels Jazz Orchestra... on North Sea Jazz festival, Brosella...
Bart is teacher marimba and vibraphone (classic and jazz) at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. For master classes and as a member of the jury, Bart was invited in Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, South-Corea and Japan.
His compositions for vibraphone and marimba are distributed worldwide by leading publishers like: Hal Leonard, Henri Lemoine. Bart was laureate of the Sabam Contest for Composition for Jazz-themes 2000 and 2002. His own CD’s: ‘Thank You’ (quintet), ‘Profiles’ (duo) and ‘Life Path’ (solo). As sideman Bart can be heard on more then 70 Cd’s and made concert tours through Europa, U.S.A., South-Korea and Japan.
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