Vanoosthuyse het puik ingeskakel by die klassieke stylvertolking van Mozart waarin die larghetto ’n juweel was. Die klarinet het bo die gedempte strykerbegeleiding gesweef met ’n klank wat tot in ’n mens se siel gereik het. … Vanoosthuyse as ’n kunstenaar “van ware internasionale standaard” Elretha Britz Volksblad Bloemfontein, Zuid Afrika/South Africa

Biography

Eddy Vanoosthuyse makes his first radio recording for the public broadcaster’s classical station at the age of 13 after winning an international chamber music competition for young artists.

He studies at the Art-lyceum and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Ghent, the Fontys Music Conservatory of Tilburg (NL) and the Ghent University.

At the age of 20 he becomes a clarinetist soloist at the former orchestra of the Flanders Opera, at the restructuring he is offered by Gerard Mortier the position of solo clarinetist in the new Flanders Opera and Ballet orchestra.  Shortly thereafter, he succeeds Walter Boeykens as the solo clarinetists of the Brussels Philharmonic (then Belgian Radio Orchestra) where he works with conductors as Joel Levi, Leopold Hager, Adam Fischer, Sir Neville Marriner, Paul Strauss, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Michel Tabachnik.  He is selected for the World Philharmonic (Georges Prêtre) and the Symphonicum Europae with whom he performs the “Millenium Concerto of the Nations” honoring Kofi atta Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, in the Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York.

In addition to this orchestral career, Vanoosthuyse built also a solid career, both as a soloist as in chamber music. He performs with more than  ensembles and orchestras in  continents, including the Brussels Philharmonic, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony, Simon Bolivar Orchestra/Caracas, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Sichuan Symphony-China, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra-Japan, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Symphony Orchestra), Chamber Orchestra of the Stanislavsky Theatre Moscow, Beethoven Academy Orchestra/Krakov, Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, … Simon Bolivar Quartet, Beijing Quartet, Chile Quartet, Vilnius Quartet, Ciurlionis Quartet and the Zemlinsky Quartet among lots of others.

On the unique jubilee concert of the 75th anniversary of the legendary concert hall FLAGEY in Brussels (2013), he was given the honor of performing as a soloist with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Michel Tabachnik in “Scaramouche” by Darius Milhaud.

He collaborates with composers such as Olivier Messiaen, John Corigliano, Arthuro Marquez, Nicola Piovani, Heinrich Suttermeister, Hans Zimmer and Scott Mc Allister, among others. Dozens of Belgian and foreign composers dedicate music to him, including Oscar winner Nicola Piovani (Cyber Knife).

Vanoosthuyse performs for radio and television for BRTN/VRT, RTBF, VARA, Radio Suisse Romande, Magyar Radio, Czech Radio, Slovenian Radio, Danish Radio, Lietuvos Radio, Hongarian Radio, Chile radio, Exqui and Classica.

His CD recordings (solo and chamber music) can be found on SONY (Mozart-Weber), DECCA (Brossé), EMI (Zimmer), Naxos (Van der Roost & Strauss), Brilliant Classics (Hindemith), AEON (Corigliano & Carter), Talent (Brossé), Gobelin (Brossé-Wittrok-Baldvinsson), Antarctica (Hoffmeister, Mozart chambermusic & Nashville Concerto/Van Landeghem-Henderickx- Westerlinck-Crepin-De Pillecyn-Laporte-Desimpelaere-Coryn), Et’Cetera (Duijck & Hanssens), Aliud (Navarro, Prayer for Peace/Decancq-Soenen, From Belgium with Love/Brossé-Louel-Van der Roost-Verbesselt)) and Phaedra (Hanssens).

Eddy Vanoosthuyse is the professor at the Royal Conservatory of Music Ghent (KASK & Conservatorium) and the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg (NL) and gives master classes and is the guestprofessorships in Europe, Asia, South Africa, North and South America.  He works at international courses as those at Domaine Forget Quebec/Canada, Qingdao/China, El Sistema-Simon Bolivar/Venezuela, Belgium Clarinet Academy and Clarinets on Stage/Belgium and Loures/Portugal among others.

He receives awards such as the Torenwachtersprijs and the Fuga Prize, for the defense of Flemish and Belgian music. The International Clarinet Association gave him in 2018 a lifetime Achievement award for his entire career and their highest distinction: honorary membership.

Eddy Vanoosthuyse is the artistic director of the International Clarinet Competition Ghent and the artistic coordinator of the Postgraduate Zoé Crampon (in partnership with the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel).

Eddy Vanoosthuyse exclusively plays Buffet Crampon clarinets and mouthpieces and reeds Vandoren. He has a collection at Metropolis Music Publishers/Antwerp and International Music Diffusion/Paris. He is a researcher at Ghent University.

 

.Awards

  • Fuga Trophy from the Union of Belgian Composers
  • Torenwachtersprijs for his international career
  • Honor al Mérito from the city of Lima
  • Lifetime Achievement from the Chinese Clarinet Association
  • Honorary Membership : Lifetime Achievement as a performer and educator from the International Clarinet Association (highest award)

 

Vanoosthuyse het puik ingeskakel by die klassieke stylvertolking van Mozart waarin die larghetto ’n juweel was. Die klarinet het bo die gedempte strykerbegeleiding gesweef met ’n klank wat tot in ’n mens se siel gereik het. … Vanoosthuyse as ’n kunstenaar “van ware internasionale standaard” Elretha Britz Volksblad Bloemfontein, Zuid Afrika/South Africa