
FESTIVAL MOZART
Waterloo International Chamber Music Festival
Waterloo / Belgium - Nagakute / Japan
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HISTORY
Nearly 180 concerts & 130 musicians invited since 1995
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Created with the support of Minister Serge Kubla, Mayor of Waterloo, the Festival Mozart is a unique festival inviting an exceptional umber of International musicians staying in residence in Waterloo and performing together at nearly every concerts of the festival.
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The founders of the festival, who were also the Artistic Directors from 1996 till 2009, are pianist Dalia Ouziel, violinist Jerrold Rubenstein and violist Vladimir Mendelssohn.
Since 2009, the Artistic direction has been taken over by Daniel Rubenstein, himself violinist, violist and pianist.
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The festival broaden its activities since 2012 by adding Masterclasses open to young musicians, a Young Artists program which is selecting some young very promising musicians and presenting them to the public in groups where they play together with the musicians of the festival, as well as th addition of exhibitions, catering, successions of concerts, making the Festival Mozart not only a great musical event but also a delightful meting place.
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In 2023, the Festival Mozart, under the name of Waterloo International Chamber Music Festival, gave its first edition in Japan, at the invitation of the Nagakute Cultural Center and Municipality, as well as in Yokohama and Tokyo under the aegis of the Embassy of Belgium.
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Musicians who have participated in the festival since 1995
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listed by First name and by instrument
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PIANO
Abdel-Rahman El Bacha
Alexander Paley —
Arnon Erez
André De Groote
Boris Berezofsky
Brigitte Engerer —
Daniel Blumenthal
Dalia Ouziel
David Lively —
Dominique Cornil —
Eliane Reyes —
Emi Shinzato
Emmanuel Strosser —
Frank Braley —
Henri Bonami
Huseyin Sermet —
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
Jeremy Menuhin —
Johan Schmidt —
Keiko Nagahama
Laura Mikkola —
Laurent Martin —
Marianne Rubenstein —
Muhiddin Dürrüoglu —
Orit Ouziel —
Pascal Sigrist —
Peter Frankl —
Roberte Mamou
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VIOLIN
Alexeï Moshkov —
Alyssa Margulis
Andrew Hardy
Charles Wieder —
Christoph Schickedanz
Constantin Bogdanas —
Daniel Rubenstein
Florin Szigeti —
Gil Sharon —
Gordan Nikolitch
Hagaï Shaham —
Jerrold Rubenstein —
Liviu Prunaru —
Marc Gothoni
Marina Chiche —
Mihaela Martin —
Mirjam Tschopp
Olivier Charlier
Paul Rosenthal —
Peter Zazofsky
Philippe Koch
Prya Mitchell
Raphael Oleg
Saskia Lethiec —
Sylvia Marcovici
Tatiana Samouil —
Véronique Bogaert
Yaïr Benaïm
Yoshiko Araï
Yuzuko Horigome
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VIOLA
Daniel Rubenstein —
Marc Sabbah
Raphaël Aubry —
Roland Glassl —
Ron Ephrat —
Thérèse-Marie Gilissen —
Tony Nys
Vlad Bogdanas
Vladimir Mendelssohn
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CELLO
Alexander Dmitriev —
David Cohen —
Didier Poskin
Dorel Fodoreanu
Franz Helmerson —
Herre-Jan Stegenga
Hillel Zori —
Justus Grimm —
Luc Dewez
Luis Claret
Marc Coppey —
Marie Hallynck —
Maya Bogdanovic
Micha Haran —
Michel Strauss
Mirel Iancovici —
Seppo Kimanen
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DOUBLE BASS
Christian Vanderborght
Dimitar Ivanov —
Gergana Terzlyska —
Koenraad Hofman —
Makoto Higuchi
Micha Haran —
Wolfgang Güttler
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CLARINET
Darko Brlek
Jean-Luc Votano
Michel Lethiec —
Pascal Moraguès
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FLUTE
Marc Grauwels —
Nozomi Kanda —
Philipe Bernold
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BASSOON
Etienne Bouldreaut —
Francis Pollet
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OBOE
Joris Van Den Hauwe
Sylvain Cremers
HORN
Francis Orval
Ivo Haderman —
Jean-Pierre Dassonville
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HARP
Ingrid Procureur —
Susanna Mildonian
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CEMBALO
Malaika Colard
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GLASS-HARMONICA
Thomas Bloch
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VOICE
Clotilde Van Dieren
Dinah Bryan —
Jeanette Thompson —
José Van Dam —
Lena Hoel
Ludovic de San —
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
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ACTOR
Alain Carré
Mareike Schnitker
Pierre Byland
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YOUNG ARTISTS
Adrien Tyberghein double bass
Alyssia Hondekijn harp
Chihiro Yamamoto violin
Clément Holvoet viola
Jean-Samuel Bez violin
Kosta Pavosky —clarinet
Laurent Houque violin
Manon Stassen violin
Marta Costa Soares double bass
Nidhal Jebali violin
Sophie Ackermann violin & viola
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Duo Orit & Dalia Ouziel —
Ensemble Mendelssohn —
Quatuor Danel —
Quatuor Enesco —
Sharon Quartet —
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CHOIR
Chœur Florilège – Jacqueline Detroze —
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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Namur Chamber Orchestra - dir. Ayrton Desimpelaere
Les Solistes de Waterloo - dir. Ulysse Waterlot —
Wallonia Royal Chamber Orchestra – Jean-François Chamberlan —
Waterloo Chamber Orchestra – dir. Ulysse Waterlot —
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Alexandre Debrus cello
Caridad Galindo —piano
Martine Visée piano
—Nadine Delsaux piano—
Nathalie Houtmann —flûte à bec
Ronald Van Spaendonck —clarinette
Tigran Maytesian —violon