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Biography
Stephan Vermeersch, is a Belgian performing and teaching musician in the disciplines of clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone. As soloist he performs contemporary music and was invited to perform at contemporary festivals in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, U.K, US, Canada, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia, Egypt, Lithuania and Japan. He has done many first performances and several pieces are dedicated to him. He also works with electronics and improvisation.
He is soloist with the Rajhans Orchestra performing India-inspired music in India, Pakistan, US, UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Sweden, Egypt, Italy, Germany, Russia and Mongolia.
For 14 years he was member of the contemporary clarinet quartet Ebony-kwartet with performances in the Benelux, Sweden, Ukraine, Mongolia and Lithuania
In 2007 he started Duo Phoenix with soprano Françoise Vanhecke with 20th & 21st century repertoire from composers worldwide. They have performed in Italy, Ukraine, Lithuania and Belgium.
Education
Studied clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone and chamber music at the Lemmensinstituut, Leuven, Belgium and the Ghent Conservatory, Belgium
Repertoire
- Blas Emilio Atehortúa: Trez Piezas
- Svitlana Azarova: Outvoice, outstep and outwalk; Trojaborg
- Valentinas Bagdonas: Groteskas
- Richard Rodney Bennett: Sonatina
- Jorgen Bentzon: Tema med Variationer
- Luciano Berio: Sequenza IXa; Sequenza IXc; Lied
- Lennox Berkely: Three Pieces
- Massimo Botter: Sedna II
- Pierre Boulez: Domaines
- Jane Brockman: Tagore Songs (+ tape) 1 2 3 4
- Adolf Busch: Suite Op.37a
- John Cage: Sonata
- Raoul De Smet: Four Temperaments; Soledad Sonora 1
- Edison Denisow: Sonate
- Violeta Dinescu: Lichtwellen; Reversing Fields; Satya IV
- Franco Donatoni: Clair; Soft
- Victor Ekimovsky: Die Ewige Wiederkunft
- Harald Genzmer: Fantasie; Sonate
- Elias Gistelinck: I Remember Georges; Shouts; 't Daghet
- Julia Gomelskaya: The Hint Only
- Eugene Hartzell: Monologue 13
- Wim Henderickx: Maya
- Erich Hartmann: 12 Miniaturen
- Gordon Jacob: Five Pieces
- André Jolivet: Ascèses
- Rashid Kalimullin: Fantasy 1; Fantasy 2
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Sonata
- Reinhard Karger: Kadenz Tanz
- Levko Kolodub: Ukrain Mosaic
- Ernst Krenek: Monologue
- Jos Kunst: Solo Identity I
- György Kurtág: Damjanick-Emlékkö
- Andre Laporte: Reflections, Sequenza 1; Harry's Wonderland (+ tape)
- Libby Larsen: Dancing Solo
- Ivana Loudova: Aulos
- Michel Lysight: Labyrinthes
- Pierre Max Dubois: Voltage
- John Mayer: Raga Music 1,2,3,4; Sargam
- Willson Osborne: Rhapsody
- HalynaOvcharenko: Two Pieces for Inspired Clarinettist
- Krzysztof Penderecki: Prelude
- Henri Pousseur: Hermes 1; Madrigal 1
- Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint(+ tape): Part 3
- Wolfgang Rihm: Vier Male
- Jean Rivier: Les Trois "S"
- Miklos Rozsa: Sonatina
- Volodymyr Runchak: Homo Ludens
- Jozsef Soproni: Monologue
- Igor Stravinsky: Three Pieces
- Heinrich Sutermeister: Capriccio
- Rudi Tas: Solas
- Henri Tomasi: Sonatina Attique
- Joan Tower: Wings
- Athanasia Tzanou: Anagramma
- Petra Vermote: Erosie
- Erland von Koch: Monolog 3
- Wilfried Westerlinck: Look a Bass Clarinet in my Garden; Talisman
- Isang Yun: Monolog