Luk Vaes
Orpheus Instituut, GhentLuk Vaes studied piano with, among others, Claude Coppens (Belgium), Aloys Kontarsky (Germany), and Yvar Mikhashoff (US), won first prizes in several international competitions, concertised with musicians such as Uri Caine and Thomas Quasthoff at the most renowned festivals in the EU and United States, and worked with composers including John Cage, George Crumb, Earle Brown, and Mauricio Kagel. His recordings of piano works by Mauricio Kagel (Winter & Winter) won nine international prizes. In 2009 he obtained his doctorate at Leiden University (through the docARTES programme). His thesis on the theory, history, and performance practice of extended piano techniques has since enjoyed widespread usage by practitioners. https://orpheusinstituut.be/research/researchers/luk-vaes
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