CAMERISTICA
FESTIVAL
 

(Belgium, 1982), graduated with a Master’s degree in Music, specialising in clarinet, from the Ghent Conservatory.

She began her clarinet studies at the Izegem Academy with Guido Debel and continued her studies with Peter Valck at 'Stedelijke Kunstacademie Waregem'.

In 2000, she started her Master’s degree in Music at the Ghent Conservatory, where she studied with Eddy Van Oosthuyse, David Van Maele and Frank Coryn. She also studied bass clarinet with Mark Kerckhof.

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Anke has performed as a clarinettist with various orchestras and ensembles, including the Bevers Harmonieorkest, Waregems Clarinet Choir, The International Clarinets and Golden Symphonic Orchestra. She has also performed with the Ciurlionis String Quartet. Her concert engagements have taken her across the Benelux, France, Spain, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

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She attended masterclasses with, among others, Don Oehler, Robert Spring, Marie Picard, Robert Walzel, Howard Klug and Freddy Arteel. In 2006, she obtained both her Master’s degree in Clarinet and her teaching qualification.

For 15 years, she worked as a teacher at various academies of arts in Flanders, where she taught a range of subjects, including clarinet, chamber music, orchestra, music theory, music culture and music history.

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At the age of 18, she began studying viola and received lessons for many years from Paul De Meyer in Waregem.

She is currently no longer professionally active as a teacher, but works as an educational planner at Howest University of Applied Sciences.

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She devotes all her remaining free time to music. She has resumed her viola studies and is a member of several ensembles, including Trio Ankali (clarinet, viola and piano) and the chamber orchestra De GeVoelige Snaar. She also performs on a project basis with various musical formations.

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She is a co-founder of the non-profit organisation Cameristica.