Cello
bachelor of master in de Kunsten

Cello

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For whom?

  • You want to pursue your passion for playing cello and dream of a professional music career.
  • You want to further develop your artistic expertise with the help of internationally renowned professors.
  • You have the necessary knowledge and skills to pass the admission test.

Your future

With your degree in Cello, you can become a freelance musician or play in an orchestra/ensemble. You can also continue studying and become an artist-teacher or perhaps an artistic researcher? This study programme is the preparation for a brilliant future both on and off stage.

Orchestra / Ensemble

Making music in a group format is important for your development and therefore compulsory during your studies. As a cello player, you can join the string orchestra, symphonic orchestra or the contemporary ensemble among others.

Seminar & Masterclasses

Renowned guest professors from Belgium and abroad are invited to pass on their knowledge to you. In recent years, we welcomed Maria Kliegel, Morten Zeuthen, Daniel Müller-Schott & Gary Hoffman among other.

Brussels

You will have the chance to study in a metropolis with both large concert halls as well as small jazz clubs, the ideal starting point for a professional music career. Your campuses are surrounded by beautiful cathedrals, trending coffee bars and green parks to unwind in.

Most of KCB's professors are great professionals with deep musical knowledge and high expectations of the achievements of their students. The school has also offered me the opportunity to play a great deal of chamber music and to be part of several orchestral projects, which allowed me to grow as a musician and to develop strong profesional connections.

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Pau Valls
Student cello

High-quality education

Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB - Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts) strives for high-quality education and continuously develops its programmes to meet (inter)national quality standards. EhB is fully committed to fostering a culture of quality and uses its own quality management system as the foundation for high-quality education.

Various tools are used to strengthen and safeguard the educational quality of this programme:

The "Opleiding in Cijfers" (Education in Numbers) website of the Flemish government provides information about the profile of this programme, such as who follows the programme, how long it takes students to graduate, and more.

Read more about quality assurance at EhB.

After your study

Professional music career

With a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Music from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, you can choose many professional directions. Who knows, you might end up:

  • in a (inter)nationally renowned orchestra or ensemble
  • in the arts education field
  • in the social artistic field
  • at cultural institutions or governments as advisor or policy maker
Pastorale (f Tom De Beuckelaer)

Further studies

Abbreviated bachelor's degree

After your bachelor, you can move on to a master's degree and even an additional master's degree in another instrument, through a abbreviated bachelor's degree. Postgraduates are also among the possibilities.

 
Verkorte Educatieve Master Muziek

Merk je tijdens je studie dat lesgeven iets voor jou is? Aan het KCB kan je ook een Verkorte Educatieve master Muziek volgen. Zo kan je meteen aan de slag als kunstenaar-leraar.

 

Artistic researcher

Interested in a career as an artistic researcher? KCB organises various events around research and also offers you the opportunity to do a PhD in collaboration with the Brussels Arts Platform and the VUB (university).

Your subjects

Education never stands still, just like the world around us. 
We consistently update our curriculum tables to ensure that our offer is always up to date and in line with new developments. 
You can find the most up-to-date version of your subjects here.
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More information about your subjects can also be found on EhB's website.

Alumni in focus

Benjamin Glorieux

Benjamin Glorieux

Benjamin moves through various areas of music: from authentic old to experimental new. He is a cellist, composer and conductor. Benjamin is often invited by festivals or concert halls for a unique in situ creation around a certain theme. Thus he created works for Concertgebouw Brugge ('Erbarme'), Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk ('Bach Onder Stroom'), B-Classic Tongeren ('Goldbergs Ghosts'), Ars Musica ('Scheolmlyoo'), and others. Benjamin is a laureate of the Belgian Vocation Foundation and was Best Young Promise of De Klara's.

Stéphanie Huang

Stéphanie is laureate of the International Music Competition Queen Elisabeth of Belgium 2022. She also gives recitals and has already appeared as a guest chamber musician at several national and international festivals (Festival des Midis-Minimes-Belgium, Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival-Japan,... In October 2020, she was awarded the Bourse d'Excellence Patrick Petit. Stéphanie Huang plays in the major concert repertoire (Haydn, Dvorák, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, ...), with various orchestras (Chamber Philharmonic of Flanders, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto /Casa da Música ...).

More info about Stéphanie.

Stéphanie Huang

Your professors

In order to develop your talents to the fullest you need a teacher that is capable to help and motivate you in the right way. Our teaching staff is world renowned and have years and years of experience both as performers but also as pedagogues. 

Do you have any specific questions before you register for the admission tests? Would you like to meet your teacher before you take the big step? Below is a list of all teachers with contact information.

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Olsi Leka

Olsi Leka

Professor Cello & department responsible for low strings

Olsi regularly plays in recital with pianists such as Daniel Blumenthal, Piet Kuijken, François-René Duchable, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, Peter Caelen and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden... He is regularly invited to master classes, workshops and cello internships in many countries in Europe as well as in China... He initiated several individual projects, including CD recordings for various record companies. His latest album "The cello in Madness", produced by the Belgian label Phaedra, collects a number of unknown works for cello and piano as well as highly virtuosic pieces such as the sonata in Re for violin by Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764).

Olsi plays an extraordinary 1830s cello by renowned Italian violin maker Raffaele Gagliano, made available to him by the Eric Feldbusch Foundation. This instrument was gifted by Queen Elisabeth of Belgium to Eric Feldbusch in 1960 on the occasion of the founding of the piano trio 'Queen Elisabeth'.

More information about Olsi.

Contact Olsi:

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Stéphanie Huang

Stéphanie Huang

Docent Cello

Laureaat van de Koningin Elisabeth Internationale Muziekwedstrijd 2022 in België waar ze ook de twee publieksprijzen won (de Canvas-Klara prijs en de Musiq3 prijs), Grote Prijs van de Suggia International Cello Competition 2015 in Porto, Eerste Prijs van de Società Umanitaria International Competition 2021 in Milaan, ADAMI Classical Revelation award 2021 in Frankrijk, Stéphanie Huang heeft een succesvolle muziekcarrière opgebouwd en ontwikkeld met haar passie voor muziek en haar gevoel voor perfectionisme voor het publiek.

Opvallende concertoptredens met een uitgebreid repertoire zijn concerti van Haydn, Dvorák, Elgar, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Tsjaikovski... Stéphanie Huang heeft opgetreden met het Nationaal Orkest van België, Brussels Philharmonic, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Lille National Orchestra, Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Musica, Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, onder leiding van dirigenten als M. Sanderling, James Feddeck, Stéphane Denève, C. Izcaray of V. Mardirossian ...

Stéphanie Huang is ook een fervent kamermusicus en heeft samengewerkt met artiesten als Augustin Dumay, Gary Hoffman, Frank Braley, Renaud Capuçon, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Claire Désert, Laurent Korcia ... trad op tijdens vele nationale en internationale festivals (Verbier Festival-Zwitserland, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad-Zwitserland, Musicales d'Evian-Frankrijk, Musique à Deauville-Frankrijk, Kamarikesä Chamber Music Festival Helsinki-Finland, Festival des Midis-Minimes Brussels-België, Festival de la Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth-België, Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo-Monaco, Schiermonnikoog International Chamber Music Festival-Nederland, het Festival Jeunes Talents-Parijs, de Victoria Hall-Genève, het Palais des Beaux-Arts-Brussel-Belgique, Super Cello Beijing-China, Seiji Ozawa Festival in Matsumoto-Japan. ..).

Stéphanie Huang werd geboren in een familie van muzikanten en begon al op zeer jonge leeftijd cello te spelen. Ze won een eerste prijs op de Dexia Music Competition en debuteerde op twaalfjarige leeftijd in het Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussel met de Rococovariaties van Tsjaikovski. Ze behaalde haar bachelordiploma aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussel, haar masterdiploma cello, haar masterdiploma kamermuziek en haar diploma Uitvoerend Artiest aan het Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Parijs met talrijke onderscheidingen (stichtingen Spes, Meyer, Kriegelstein, Safran, laureaat van de Fondation Banque Populaire). Ze is artieste in residentie bij de Muziekkapel Koningin Elisabeth van België.
 

Contacteer Stéphanie:

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Projects in the spotlight

Let's Dance | String Orchestra

The string orchestra has no conductor. Thus, the violin, viola, cello and double bass students learn to listen to each other while playing and to tune in well with each other. The string orchestra is led by double bass professor Koenraad Hofman.

Northern Echoes | Symphonic Orchestra

In the symphonic orchestra of autumn 2022, none other than conductor Bjarte Engeset came to teach our students the beauty of Scandinavian music. They performed Nielsen's Helios Overture, Elgar's Concerto in E minor for cello and orchestra with soloist João Gonçalves and Sibelius' second symphony.

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Your campus

Campus Regentschapsstraat & Kleine Zavel

Our campuses are located in the vibrant Sablon district right in the heart of Brussels. The Conservatoire's stately main building on the Regentschapsstraat with its magnificent Concert Hall is one of Brussel's landmarks. Around the corner is our campus on Kleine Zavel where you can attend classes and study in the best conditions. Moreover, you can use our premises to study during the week and at weekends.

How can I access the campuses?

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Regent KCB

Renovation of the main building

After years of negotiations, we are proud to announce that the plans for the renovation of our impressive main building on Regentschapsstraat have been approved. More info on this can be found here.

Go abroad

During your studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, you will come in contact with the world: after all, you study in Brussels, Europe's most cosmopolitan capital. KCB offers guest lectures by international professionals or by a professor from a foreign partner school, international projects,... we will train you to become a professional ready for tomorrow's increasingly international world.

Do you want to spend some time abroad yourself? You can! Studying for a semester (or academic year) at a partner university or doing an internship abroad, mais oui, of course! Find out more about internationalisation.

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Visit us!

Info Moments

We organise several info moments during the second semester, such as (online) info days and open class moments.

Concerts

We welcome you to our many concerts, masterclasses and research days. Also come and listen to a caleidoscoop concert by our BA1 and BA2 students or our public exams. That way you can see what you would learn as a future KCB student. Every academic year, there are numerous productions in which our students perform. Subscribe to our newsletter and stay informed.

INFO & TICKETS

Nieuwjaarsconcert HIPP

Enrolment & Admission Tests

To start your studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium, you must pass an artistic admission test. For information on the entrance exams - such as dates, the programmes to prepare, the enrolment conditions/fees and the module to enrol - click on the button below.

ADMISSION TESTS

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Any question?

For more information on this programme you can contact the student administration via secretariaat.kcb@ehb.be.