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Claire ChevallierView profile

Professor

• Historical Keyboard Performance
• Period Performance Practice
• Fortepiano Specialization
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Claire Chevallier (born 1969) is a French pianist specializing in historical keyboard performance, currently teaching fortepiano at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles since 2004. She maintains a significant collection of six historical pianos spanning 1842-1920 and is renowned for her expertise in period performance practice from the classical period through French masters of the 20th century. Chevallier studied piano at the musical academies of Nancy, Strasbourg (with Hélène Boschi), and Paris (with Bruno Rigutto), while simultaneously pursuing studies in mathematics and physics. She continued her musical education at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden and Guy Van Waas, where she was awarded first prize in piano and chamber music. Her fascination with the fortepiano developed through a master class with Jos van Immerseel, leading her to independently study the historical background, construction, and maintenance of these instruments. As a performer, Chevallier is highly acclaimed for her solo recitals, chamber music, and concertos across major European venues including Cité de la Musique in Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and BOZAR in Brussels. She has developed significant expertise as both a fortepiano specialist and performer, bringing historical instruments to theater productions and interdisciplinary collaborations. Since 2013, she has focused research on Russian piano music and instruments, performing Moussorgsky's works on a Becker piano from 1875. Chevallier's recordings include award-winning albums dedicated to Satie (2008), Liszt (2011), and Moussorgski (2016), as well as the "Piano Works Debussy" (2020). Her work spans French composers like Ravel, Debussy, Satie, and Poulenc, with landmark recordings including Ravel's "Concerto pour la main gauche" with Anima Eterna orchestra. First prize in piano and chamber music, Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles Member of jury, International Fortepiano Competition (2007, 2010) Member of jury, Liszt Competition Utrecht (2014) Chevallier is celebrated for her interdisciplinary collaborations with artists across dance, theater, and visual arts, including notable projects such as "Chez Bricktop" with Claron McFadden, "Mata-Hari," and "Piano Works Debussy" with dancer Lisbeth Gruwez. She has worked extensively with performing artists including Rosas, David Claerbout, Josse De Pauw, and Jan Lauwers (Needcompany), creating innovative performances that bridge historical music practice with contemporary artistic expression. Her expertise extends to piano tuning and maintenance of historical instruments, documented in her film "CLAIRE CHEVALLIER tunes." She has served as "Friend in Music" at Concertgebouw Brugge (2008-2009) and held a three-year residency at AMUZ Antwerp starting in 2009.

Olivia Wahnon de OliveiraView profile

Lecturer

• Musicology
• Historical Musicology
• Music Archives
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Olivia Wahnon de Oliveira is a graduate of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) with two Master’s degrees in Philosophy and Musicology (History of Art). She began her career at the Opéra Royal de Bruxelles before transitioning to academic research at ULB for seven years, focusing on 18th-century music publishing and merchants in Liège. In 2000, she started teaching as a lecturer at Paul-Henri Spaak College and Leonardo da Vinci College, later becoming a professor at IRSHAAB and an assistant professor at ULB. Since 2008, she has served as Head Librarian and Director of the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (2023), where she launched the Pièces inédites score collection and preserved CeBeDeM archives. Education: Master’s in Philosophy and Musicology (ULB), agrégation, CAPAES. Her research centers on historical musicology, archival science, and music publishing, with a focus on 18th- to 20th-century Belgian and European composers. Her publications explore topics like counterfeit opera scores, epistolary exchanges in operatic production, and the role of music merchants in Liège. She also contributes to library science through manuscript preservation and cataloging. The trends in her articles reflect interdisciplinary work bridging music history, archival analysis, and cultural studies. Key areas include 18th-century music trade, wartime institutional histories, and the evolution of music libraries through acquisitions like CeBeDeM’s 350-meter collection. As a librarian and educator, she coordinated master theses methodology and collaborated on concerts, exhibitions, and radio broadcasts. Her leadership in 2015 to integrate CeBeDeM into the Conservatoire’s library ensured the preservation of 20th-century Belgian composers’ works.

• Historical Performance Practice
• Keyboard Instruments
• Musicology
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Tom Beghin is a Research Fellow at the Orpheus Institute specializing in 18th- and early 19th-century keyboard performance. His research bridges historical musicology with modern technology, notably through projects like The Virtual Haydn , which recreated period instruments in virtual acoustic spaces. He holds expertise in Beethoven and Haydn performance, demonstrated through recordings on replicas of historical pianos. Research interests center on keyboard performance practice, technology-rhetoric intersections, and historically informed interpretation. Recent projects include Declassifying the Classics exploring rhetorical aspects in Haydn and Beethoven through material reconstructions of period instruments. Honors include the 2009 Ruth Solie Award and a 2011 Juno nomination. Key affiliations include the Haydn-Institut, Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Instruments, and CIRMMT.