FESTIVAL MOZART
Waterloo International Chamber Music Festival
Waterloo / Belgium - Nagakute / Japan

Andrew Hardy, born in Baltimore, Maryland, began his solo career at 15, performing Max Bruch's G minor Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated with high distinction, winning first prizes in both Concerto and Recital competitions. His mentors included John Merrill, Berl Senofsky, Leon Fleisher, and Dorothy Delay. In 1983, he won the "Isaac Stern Special Prize" sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Hardy served as Co-Concertmaster and Soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (1985-1987) and later as Concertmaster and Soloist with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra in Essen and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra in Heilbronn. He has recorded extensively, earning international acclaim for his CDs, including Brahms's complete sonatas and Russian concertos with the Russian Symphony Orchestra.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Hardy has performed across Europe, Russia, and the U.S., collaborating with renowned artists like Abdel Rahman El Bacha and Marie Hallynck. Since 2016, he has been the Artistic Director of the "ARTS’ifices" festival. Hardy plays on a 1783 Josef Guadagnini violin and an instrument crafted by his father in 2008.

Pianist Henri Bonamy entered the prestigious “Déclic” Program in 2006, created by Radio France to promote new talents, and has meanwhile established himself on today’s concert platform. Henri Bonami is prize winner in numerous International piano competitions including Geneva, Japan and Alessandro Casagrande in Italy. He obtained post-graduate Meisterklassenpodium in both conducting and piano in Munich Hochschule and subsequently conducting the Münchner Symphoniker, the Saradshvili Orchestra in Tbilissi with Elisso Virsaladze as soloist. Regularly invited in International Music festivals, he has played in important concert halls all over Europe and has also appeared with major orchestras under the direction of conductors such as Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Andrey Boreyko etc. Amongst his chamber music partners are Julia Fischer, Marina Chiche, Wen-Sinn Yang.

Marie Hallynck is a distinguished cellist, celebrated as both a soloist and chamber musician. She has graced prestigious venues like Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Vienna's Musikverein, and London's Wigmore Hall, and has performed with renowned orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de Belgique. Hallynck co-founded the Kheops Ensemble in 2006, collaborating with esteemed musicians on a varied discography that spans from Beethoven to contemporary works.

Her training includes mentorship under Félicien Doyen, Reine Flachot, Janos Starker, and Natalia Gutman. Hallynck has won numerous accolades, including prizes from the Eurovision classical music tournament and the Tromp competition, and she was named ‘Rising Star’ by the Association of European Concert Halls in 2001. Her recordings for labels like Harmonia Mundi and Warner Classics have received critical acclaim. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, she has premiered works by composers like Peter Swinnen and Dirk Brossé.

Since the age of 19, Hallynck has been teaching at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and serves on juries for prestigious international competitions. She plays a late 19th-century Italian cello attributed to Chiocchi.

David Lively, a French-American pianist, is celebrated for his remarkable achievements in international competitions, including the Concours International Long-Thibaud, the Queen Elisabeth Competition, and the Tchaikovsky Competition, where he won the Special Prize for Contemporary Music. He has performed with renowned orchestras under conductors like Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Colin Davis, and Michael Tilson Thomas. His discography features rare and challenging works, including the complete recording of Furtwängler’s Sinfonisches Konzert and Joseph Marx's concertos.

In January 2024, Lively performed Busoni’s Concerto for Piano Orchestra and Male Choir in Paris to commemorate the composer's centenary, earning rave reviews. A strong advocate for contemporary music, Lively has premiered and recorded works by composers like Philippe Boesmans and William Blank, with the latter's concerto Reflecting Black written specifically for him.

Lively, a passionate interpreter of early 20th-century French music, teaches at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris and has recorded the complete Nocturnes by Gabriel Fauré. His upcoming projects include a new recording of Bach's Art of Fugue. He is also a founding member of ADAP, an association of artists advocating for peace.

The career of pianist Dalia Ouziel has brought her to perform throughout Europe, the USA, Canada, Israel, Africa and Brazil mainly as a chamber musician, but also as soloist., performing with most important orchestras in Belgium, as well as for national radios and televisions, all which eflects in her discography of nearly 30 CD's and LP's both as soloist, chamber music and recitals. As a chamber musician, she performed nearly 50 years with violinist Jerrold Rubenstein, as well as a member for nearly 20 years of the Trio à Clavier de Belgique, then of the Guarneri Ensemble, and since 1977 in duo with Orit Ouziel, appearing in International festivals with musicians such as Alexander Dmitriev, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Robert Levin, Mihaela Martin, Frans Helmerson, Olivier Charlier, Matt Haïmovitz, Massimo Quarta, Alexander Rudin, Roland Pôntinen, Robert Cohen, Gil Sharon, Truls Mork, Hagai Shaham, Eugène Fodor, Philippe Hirshhorn, Vadim Repin, the Sharon Quartet and the Amati Ensemble etc.

Guillaume Duby, born in 2002, is currently studying in Mons, Belgium. He is concertmeister of the Young Belgian Strings and the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, and has performed in such prestigious venues as Vienna's Musikverein, Brussels' Palais des Beaux-Arts, the Philharmonie de Paris and the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.

 

He began learning the violin at the age of 5, first studying at the Académie de Mons under Jean Noel Delferière until he was 14. He was then admitted to the Conservatoire Royal de Mons as a “Jeune Talent”, where he studied with Daniel Rubenstein. During this period, he took part in masterclasses with renowned artists such as Ivry Gitlis and the Quatuor Danel. At the age of 17, he made his solo debut with the Pro Juventute Orchestra, performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. This period also marked his entry into the Young Belgian Strings, becoming the youngest musician to join this orchestra. In 2020, Guillaume won the competition organized by Orpheus Classical. 

 
Since 2023, he has been a member of Karavan Vivaldi, an ensemble founded by Lorenzo Gatto. That same year, he took second place in the Chicago Violin Trophy. In 2024, he passed the audition for concertmaster of the Dutch National Youth Orchestra and became a finalist in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Academy. Starting next year, Guillaume Duby will continue his studies under the tutelage of Ilya Grubert at the Amsterdam Conservatory.

Born in Venezuela, Frederik Camacho began studying violin at the age of 5 under Kelly Mendoza in San Cristobal, as part of the famous “El Sistema” program. At just 11, he won the Young Soloist prize at the Venezuelan Music Competition. In 2010, he distinguished himself once again by winning the special violin prize at the “Nuevo Mundo” music festival in Maracaibo. He has also been concertmaster of the Venezuelan National Children's Orchestra, under such renowned conductors as Sir Simon Rattle and Gustavo Dudamel. Frederik Camacho is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Dénéréaz and Max Jost Foundations, the Rotary Club's Young Talent Prize, the Lausanne Conservatory Foundation, and the Boston Institute of Music. In 2016, he was a finalist in the International Yamaha Violin Competition in Switzerland.

In 2015, he was admitted to the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne in Virginie Robilliard's violin class. In 2020, he continues his violin studies at the Conservatoire Royal de Mons under the tutelage of Daniel Rubenstein. In 2024, he also obtained a Master's degree in viola in Marc Sabbah's class. Frederik Camacho plays on a 1907 violin by Charles Resouche, once owned by the great violinist Tibor Varga, as well as on a viola made by Alberto Menchen in 2022. He performs regularly with the Orchestre National de Belgique, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie. In chamber music, he has shared the stage with such renowned musicians as Daniel Rubenstein, David Cohen, Marc Sabbah, Virginie Robilliard, Wibert Aerts, Simona Bonfiglioli, Harold Hirtz and Jérôme Fruchart.

A Laureate of numerous international competitions, cellist Maja Bogdanovic studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Michel Strauss, chamber music under Itamar Golan and Pierre-Laurent Aimard, then in Berlin with Jens-Peter Maintz. She has performed chamber music at many prestigious concert venues and as soloist with the Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic. Maja Bogdanović's has collaborated a good deal with Krzysztof Penderecki, in particular, and was one of the few performers – alongside such prominent musicians as Anna-Sofia Mutter, Yuri Bashmet and Lorin Maazel – invited to appear at Penderecki's 80th birthday celebrations in Warsaw. She has recorded for several labels and plays a cello built by Frenchman Frank Ravatin.

Violinist Daniel Rubenstein performed as a chamber musician, in recitals or as a soloist, across Europe, Turkey, Israel, South Korea, Japan etc. 1st Prize Winner of several national music competitions, he gave his first concert as a soloist at the age of 15 with the National Orchestra of Belgium, and performed since then more than 200 chamber music works with nearly 100 International artists. He is also the 1st violinist fo the Ensemble Mendelssohn, and violist of Estampes. He also created nearly 30 new works by renowned composers, some dedicated to him. His discography includes 12 CD's which received excellent critics from the International press (Gramophone, Crescendo, Klassik Heute, Fanfare). Graduated with Honors from the Royal Brussels Conservatory (Belgium) and the Indiana University (USA) in 3 instruments (violin, viola & piano), Daniel Rubenstein is violin and viola professor at the Royal Conservatory of Mons (Belgium), Associate Professor in chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Daniel Rowland, born in London and raised in the Netherlands, studied violin with renowned teachers including Davina van Wely, Viktor Liberman, and Igor Oistrakh. He also trained with Herman Krebbers, Ruggiero Ricci, and Ivry Gitlis. Rowland has won several prestigious awards, such as the Brahms Prize and the Oskar Back Competition, making his debut at the Concertgebouw in 1992 with Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. This launched his international career as a soloist and chamber musician.

A passionate chamber musician, Rowland has performed with artists like Ivry Gitlis, Heinz Holliger, and Elvis Costello. He frequently appears at top chamber music festivals worldwide, including Kuhmo, Stellenbosch, and Rio de Janeiro. He forms a highly praised duo with pianist Natacha Kudritskaya, and with cellist Maja Bogdanovic, with whom he recorded "Pas de deux," featuring five world premieres.

In 2005, Rowland founded the Stift International Music Festival in the Netherlands. Since 2007, he has been the first violinist of the renowned Brodsky String Quartet. Rowland teaches at the Royal College of Music in London and is a guest professor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama. He plays a 1776 Lorenzo Storioni violin.

Ulrich Eichenauer, viola, has been principal viola of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra for several years and is a member of the faculty of the Detmold Musikhochschule, where he previously studied with Anneke Fleiner and Nobuko Imai, among others. During his studies, Ulrich Eichenauer took masterclasses with Paul Tortelier, Serge Collot, Emanuel Hurwitz, William Pleeth and the Melos Quartet.
He now has a very busy schedule as a soloist and chamber musician. He was a guest artist at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, where he played with artists such as Paul Tortelier, Siegfried Palm, Bruno Canino and members of the Guarneri Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio. Since then, he has toured extensively with the ‘Musiciens de Marlboro’ in the United States and Europe. Mr Eichenauer performs at numerous international festivals in Europe and the United States, and has appeared as soloist with various German symphony orchestras and as a member of the Mendelssohn Quartet (New York).
As a soloist, he gave the world premiere of the rediscovered Viola Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. Ulrich Eichenauer is on the faculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has recorded for the Sony Classical, BIS and Dresdner Compact Disc labels, among others. His latest CD features works for solo viola by Max Reger and Paul Hindemith.

Muhiddin Dürrüoğlu is a versatile pianist, composer, and teacher with a distinguished career. He began his musical education at the Ankara State Conservatory, studying piano and composition under Ilhan Baran, before continuing his training in Belgium and the United States with esteemed teachers like Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden and Edward Auer.

Dürrüoğlu has won numerous national and international competitions, including the European Piano Competition, the Nany Philippart Competition, and the Belgian Vocation Foundation Award. His performances have taken him across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

A passionate chamber musician, he founded the Kheops Ensemble in 2006, collaborating with artists such as Ronald Van Spaendonck and Marie Hallynck. He also serves as a Professor at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels and frequently gives masterclasses in Turkey, Belgium, and the United States.

Dürrüoğlu’s recordings include the 2019 album *Fugitives* with the Kheops Ensemble, featuring his own compositions. His rich artistic journey continues to influence and inspire the world of classical music.

Classical flutist and performer of traditional Japanese music, Nozomi Kanda is a versatile musician specializing in chamber music and recitals, with a marked expertise in contemporary interpretation. A graduate in traditional Japanese music, she also masters the shinobue, a Japanese flute that she incorporates into contemporary works.

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She has performed at prestigious festivals and venues in Belgium as well as in France, Norway, Luxembourg, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Tunisia, and Japan, collaborated with renowned artists such as Marc Grauwels, Kohei Nishikawa, Pascal Moragues, Francis Orval, Tatiana Samouïl, Werner Bärtschi, and Alexander Dmitriev.​

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She has commissioned and premiered several works by renowned composers, including Nicolas Bacri, David Loeb, and Jan Freidlin, with some premieres being world or Asian firsts. Her work has been praised in the international press, and she was invited as a commentator on Musiq’3 during the Ars Musica Festival 2018 in Brussels. 

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An active pedagogue, Nozomi Kanda regularly teaches courses, seminars, and workshops in Belgium, France, Norway, and Japan. This year, she will inaugurate the first shinobue class in France, at the Conservatoire du Kremlin-Bicêtre in Paris.

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Studied with Akane Takahashi, Yasukazu Uemura, and Yukihiko Nishizawa at Ferris University in Yokohama, and later by Marc Grauwels in Belgium, Nozomi Kanda further studied under the guidance of Vincent Lucas and Vincent Cortvrint. 

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She was trained the shinobue by Kohei Nishikawa, a leading figure in contemporary Japanese music, and Rio Tosha, a specialist in traditional music.