Welcome to the Classical
Department

Classical Piano

Wind/Brass Band Conducting

Correpetitor Junior Classical and Choir

Classical Violin

Boris Belkin began studying the violin at the age of six and made his first p

LECTURER BASIC TEACHING SKILLS AND ADVANCED TEACHING and lecturer Performance

Bart Verhagen (1983) studeerde Docent Muziek en Klassieke Zang aan het Conser

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills Classical Oboe

Marc Schaeferdiek (born 1967) studied the oboe with acclaimed teachers such a

School Participation Council / correpetitor

Organizational Connector Junior and Preparatory Class / Applied Piano

Rik Bastiaens (born 1975) studied Organ with Dorthy de Rooij and Theory of Mu

Music Theory

Research Supervisor

Pianist / Chamber Music / School Participation Council

Classical Organ

Marcel Verheggen (born 1961) has taught Organ at Conservatorium Maastricht si

Classical Composition

Vykintas Baltakas (1972) is a musical Scheherazade.

CLASSICAL ENGLISH HORN, CLASSICAL OBOE

Classical Clarinet

Lecturer Your Art as a Business

Classical Cello

Gustav Rivinius (born 1965) is the first and only German musician to be award

Correpetitor Orchestral Conducting

Classical Piano and piano accompaniment

Lecturer Opera Productions

Dutch baritone Roger Smeets (born 1960) studied at Conservatorium Maastricht,

Correpetitor Classical Singing Department

British pianist Abigail Richards (1979) is a specialist in vocal repertoire,

Flute orchestra excerpts en piccolo

Classical Violin

Piotr Jasiurkowski (born 1987) is a Concert Violinist and Classical Violin te

Classical percussion

Born in the Netherlands, Raymond Curfs studied Percussion and Timpani in Maas

Classical Saxophone

Moving Techniques (opera)

Anouk is responsible for movement lessons at the classical department Conserv

Coordinator Opera

Born in Turin, where he has studied composition, orchestra conducting, piano

Classical Saxophone

Saxophonist and conductor Jean-Pierre Cnoops (born 1969) has been a Saxophone

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills Flute

Heleen van Rosmalen (born 1963) teaches Flute Methodology at Conservatorium M

Coordinator Research Supervisor

Kathinka Poismans works as a lecturer and research coach for master and bache

Classical Violin

First prize winner in the 1980 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition YuzukoHorigo

Research Supervisor

Bachelor and Master Classical Coordinator

Double Bass Classical

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills Trombone

Classical guitar

Roman Krejci (born 1974) began dedicating his life to music and the guitar at

Classical Singing / Opera

After completing her vocal studies at Conservatorium Maastricht, Dutch mezzo-

Classical Cello

Gabriel Schwabe is a laureate of three of the most prestigious cello competit

Classical Violin

Kyoko Yonemoto (born 1984) is widely considered to be one of the most promisi

Lecturer French - Classical Vocal Department

Symphony Orchestra Conducting

Arjan Tien, winner of the first prize “Rotary-Faller” at the competition of t

Classical Horn / Methodology Horn

Acting techniques (opera)

Classical Cello

Internationally acclaimed Armenian cellist Aleksandr Chaushyan performs regul

Coordinator Chamber Music, Classical Booking Agency, Research Supervisor, Moving Concerts Series

Concert pianist Bram de Vree regularly plays recitals in the Low Countries as

Classical Trumpet

Pianist, Chamber Music, Study Coach Classical

Classical Horn

Will Sanders was born in the Netherlands.

Classical viola

Classical Music Theory

David Lodewyckx (1978) is a lecturer of Music Theory and Music History at Con

Percussion

Bassoon

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills strings

Correpetitor

Pianist Constant Notten (born 1958) has worked as a rehearsal pianist at Cons

Music History and Music Theory (Classical)

Classical project leader and educational support officer

Coach opera training

Flute performance - Study Coach Classical

Valerie is since 2006 principal flutist at the ‘Orchestre Philharmonique Roya

Classical viola

Julia Dinerstein was born in Minsk, where she began her music studies.

Classical tuba / Methodology Tuba

The internationally acclaimed performer, teacher, clinician, and adjudicator

Music Theory

Classical Viola / Chamber Music

Marc Tooten (born 1957) teaches Viola in the Classical Music department at Co

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills piano

Levon Leonard (1978), who has a degree in Piano and Composition, teaches Pian

Classical Coordinator Study Coaching, Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills Guitar

Coordinator European Opera Academy, Coordinator Your Art as a Business and Research Supervisor

Substitute Lecturer Italian - Classical Vocal Department

Head of programme classical

Percussion

Classical trombone / Methodology

Bart Claessens (born 1982) started playing the trombone at the age of eleven

Classical Clarinet

Classical Piano

An outstanding soloist as well as a fine chamber musician, Katia Veekmans-Cie

Classical solo singing / Opera

Lecturer German - Classical Vocal Department

Classical guitar

Lecturer preparatory class music theory

Classical Piano

Joop Celis (born 1958) teaches Piano and Chamber Music in the Classical Music

Research Supervisor - Study Coach Classical

Classical Singing / Opera

When German soprano Susanne Schimmack performed in the 1997 Cardiff Singer of

Young Talent Class / Piano methodology / Applied piano

Classical organ / Choral Conducting

Hans Leenders is artistic director of the professional chamber choir Studium

Correpetitor

Robert Weirauch (born 1974) studied piano and composition at Conservatorium M

Classical Oboe

Coordinator Music Theory (Classical) / Lecturer Music Theory / Research Coach (Music in Education)