Welcome to the Classical
Department

Classical Singing / Opera

Does not accept new students as of September 2025.

Acting techniques (opera)

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills strings

Classical viola

Lecturer preparatory class music theory

CLASSICAL ENGLISH HORN, CLASSICAL OBOE

Classical Composition

Vykintas Baltakas (1972) is a musical Scheherazade.

Lecturer Opera Productions

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

Classical guitar

Coordinator Research Supervisor

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

Classical Saxophone

Classical Piano

Does not accept new students as of September 2025.

Classical tuba / Methodology Tuba

Can not accept new students from September 2025, due

Classical Cello

Internationally acclaimed Armenian cellist Aleksandr Chaushyan performs regul

Flute performance - Study Coach Classical

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

Double Bass Classical

Classical Trumpet

Correpetitor Classical Singing Department

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

Organizational Connector Junior and Preparatory Class / Applied Piano

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

Classical Horn / Methodology Horn

Classical Horn

Will Sanders was born in the Netherlands.

Classical guitar

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

Movement technique (opera)

Anouk is responsible for movement lessons at the classical department Conserv

Classical Piano and piano accompaniment

Head of Programme Classical a.i.

Music Theory

School Participation Council / correpetitor

Classical trombone / Methodology

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

Young Talent Class / Piano methodology / Applied piano

Music Theory

Music History and Music Theory (Classical)

Percussion

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

Correpetitor Orchestral Conducting

Flute orchestra excerpts en piccolo

Classical organ / Choral Conducting

Hans Leenders is artistic director of the professional chamber choir Studium

LECTURER BASIC TEACHING SKILLS AND ADVANCED TEACHING and lecturer Performance

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

Correpetitor

Does not accept new students as of September 2025.

Lecturer French - Classical Vocal Department

Classical Music Theory

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

Bassoon

Classical percussion

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

Classical viola

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

Classical Clarinet

Research Supervisor - Classical Project Leader

Classical solo singing / Opera

Classical Singing / Opera

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

Classical Violin

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

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills Trombone

Research Supervisor

Classical Violin

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

Pianist, Chamber Music, Study Coach Classical

Classical Saxophone

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

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

Bachelor and Master Classical Coordinator

Classical project leader and educational support officer

Classical Violin

First prize winner in the 1980 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition YuzukoHorigo

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills Flute

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

Coordinator Opera

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

Classical Oboe

Classical Violin

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

Study Coach Classical

Percussion

Substitute Lecturer Italian - Classical Vocal Department

Classical Clarinet

Does not accept new students as of September 2025.

Classical Organ

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

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

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

Symphony Orchestra Conducting

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

Pianist / Chamber Music / School Participation Council

Wind/Brass Band Conducting

Research Supervisor

Lecturer German - Classical Vocal Department

Correpetitor

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

Classical Piano

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

Classical Cello

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

Classical Piano

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