Brussels Chamber Ensemble
Spring Concert!
The next BCE concert will be held in the
Great Hall of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
on 27 April 2024
Our fourth concert will feature a lovely programme, representing both Flemish and
Walloon composers, encompassing nearly 150 years of Belgian classical
music, featuring Belgium’s prime instrument (the saxophone) and ending
with one of the greatest symphonies ever written:
the monumental Brahms 1st symphony (also nicknamed Beethoven’s 10th):
The full concert programme will be:
Belgian Part
Jan Blockx – Flemish Dances, op. 26
Ruben van Eldik – Espoir (World Premiere)
André Waignein – 2 mouvements pour saxophone et orchestre
——— break ———
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Countdown to our concert
Meet our Board
Clio Zois
Our conductor
Clio started her musical education studying piano and flute under Carmen-Elena Rotaru and Denis-Pierre Gustin.
She obtained her Piano Licentiate Diploma from Trinity College London with distinction and won multiple awards for both instruments.
Clio discovered conducting during a workshop organised by the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and followed multiple conducting masterclasses, amongst others at Julliard School Extension.
Aside from working with the BCE, Clio is currently the Principal Conductor of the Association Philharmonique d’Uccle, Assistant Director to the Brussels Choral Society (Belgium’s largest amateur choir), and also conducts BachWerk chamber choir and ensemble on a rolling basis.
Ina Söderlund
Our concertmaster
Ina has played the violin since she was 5 years old, first for Marja Korpela and then Grazyna Zeranska-Gebert.
She has also played in various
orchestras in her native country Finland (most notably the Tapiola
Youth Symphony Orchestra) and elsewhere (i.a. Orkester Norden and
Orchestra Sinfonica del Festival di Chioggia) and participated in
Masterclasses i.a. in Bled (Slovenia), Chioggia (Italy) and Kuhmo
(Finland).
Despina Kornilaki
Our cello leader
Despina obtained her cello diploma in 2010 with Prof. Dmitry Gudimov before continuing to the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague with cellist Larissa Groeneveld until 2011.
She has played with professional and student orchestras in Greece since the age of 14 and continued playing with Dutch university orchestras during her law studies.
She has been awarded
first and second prizes in various competitions in Greece and took part
in masterclasses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.