"Artists Promotion" is an artistic agency in the classical music market.
Our aim is to promote the Carlo Van Neste Clavier Trio.
Our activities include:
Artist management
We represent the Carlo Van Neste Clavier Trio, according to the ideas and wishes of programmers of concerts, festivals and other musical events.
Organisation of concerts
With our experience of more than 200 concerts performed across Belgium, France and Italy, for example public concerts given in the concert hall "Les Quatre Colonnes", the Château Sainte-Anne and the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels etc, we have the expertise to organise concerts in Belgium as well as international venues.
Communication and marketing
"Artists Promotion", thanks to their expertise in communication and internet marketing, is able to assure promotional opportunities to their artists.
Our expertise includes the development of internet sites, digital content design and a strategic approach to the use of social media.
The artists
This Clavier Trio sharing a passion for music and drive for excellence.
Trio Carlo Van Neste
Chamber Music
Karin Lechner
Chamber Music
Wibert Aerts
Chamber Music
Alexandre Debrus
Chamber Music
About
Our story
1998
Carlo Van Neste Fondation
As President of Carlo Van Neste since 1998, Dominique Van Neste follows in the footsteps of her father Carlo Van Neste, one of the illustrious representatives of the celebrated Belgian School of Violin.
2005
Trio Carlo Van Neste
Since 2005 Dominique Van Neste has been the ‘patron’ of Trio Carlo Van Neste, which is the initiative of the cellist Alexandre Debrus. The Trio has already recorded 4 CD’s : (Smetana/Dvorak ; Brahms/Beethoven; Piazzolla; and the Mendelson Trios, under the Pavane Records label.
2012
An artistic agency dedicated to the Trio Carlo Van Neste is born
In 2012, the decision to focus the Carlo Van Neste Foundation's support more closely on a more defined number of artists led to the creation of the "Artists Promotion" artistic agency. The aim is to support the Trio Carlo Van Neste more effectively as a management agency.
Looking forward to working with you!
Our team
Dominique Van Neste
Chairwoman & Artists manager
Jeanne De Cannière
Communication & Artists manager
Tommy Oozeer
Web strategist
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Trio Carlo Van Neste
Chamber Music
The Trio Carlo Van Neste is born in 2005 at the initiative of the cellist Alexandre Debrus, who received permission to use the name of the great belgian violinist by his daughter, Dominique Van Neste, President of the Carlo Van Neste Fondation.
This name was given to him in tribute to the first famous Trio Carlo Van Neste, which subsequently became known as the "Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Trio". At the time it was composed of Naum Slusny (Piano), Carlo Van Neste (violin) and Eric Feldbusch (Cello).
Even if the cellist Alexandre Debrus is the pivot, the new Trio Carlo Van Neste has witnessed, over the years, in the violin part, artists from major talents such as Wibert Aerts, Noé Inui, Alissa Margulis, Maya Levy and is to this day, once again under the fingers of Wibert Aerts, who was first violinist in the new Trio Carlo Van Neste when it was formed in 2005. In 2012 Karin Lechner succeeded Sébastien Lienart in the piano part in 2012.
Based in Waterloo in Belgium, they have been singled out both for their lively and passionate interpretations as well as for the daring creativity with which they’ve reinterpreted works from the great clavier trio repertoire.
The Trio Carlo Van Neste gives numerous concerts around the world as in Belgium, Holland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, United States, Russia, Argentina, Israël and Japan. The Trio is invited in different Festivals such as that of Biarritz, Novossibirsk Cello Festival in Siberia, Montenegro Music Festival, Musical Summits of Gstaad, Musical July of Aulne, “Eté Mosan” Festival, “Midis Minimes” Festival, Flanders Festival, Belgo-Festival, “Concerts de Midi” of Brussels, The “Concerts de Midi” of Liège, etc.
The Trio Carlo Van Neste performs in the "Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall" (Palais des Beaux-Arts" of Brussels), the Royal Conservatory of Brussels Concert Hall, the Jules Bastin Concert Hall in Waterloo, the Novossibirsk Philharmony Concert Hall (Siberia), the "Biarritz Casino Barrière" Concert Hall (France), the Gaveau Concert Hall in Paris, the "Grand Auditorium de l’UNESCO" in Paris, the Suntory Hall of Tokyo, the Nagakute City Cultural Hall (Japan), the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center (Israël), etc.
The Trio Carlo Van Neste has recorded four CDs under the label "Pavane Records". An album is dedicated to Czech music which brought together Antonín Dvorák's "Dumky" Trio, and the Bedrich Smetana Trio. A second album is dedicated to german music which brought together Ludwig van Beethoven Trio n° 5 Opus 70 n°1 "Ghost", and the Johannes Brahms Trio n°1 Opus 8. A Third CD called "TANGO REVOLUCIONARIO" is devoted to Astor Piazzolla’s Tangos. And recently, a fourth CD is dedicated to the Trios 1 & 2 to Felix Mendelssohn. These albums has been unanimously acclaimed by the Belgian as well as the International Press.
Wibert Aerts plays a Carlo Giuseppe Testore of 1697 and Alexandre Debrus plays with a Georges Heynberg Cello (1934) "Pegasus", which belonged to the Belgian cellist Eric Feldbusch. This is the cello player from the original Trio Carlo Van Neste.
“This is Dvorák at his deepest and least populist, at least the way this extraordinary trio plays it. The Carlo van Neste Trio’s performance is perfect in every respect, the warm yet crystal-clear sonics enveloping the listener in a warm bath of tonal luxury.
Lynn René Bayley FANFARE (U.S.A).
"Le plus surprenant, c’est que ce dynamisme ne sacrifie jamais la précision: tous les traits virtuoses sont exécutés avec précision, pas une once de "savonnage" n’est à déplorer. Le plaisir sonore est de haute volée. »
Dominique Joucken , CLASSICA (FRANCE).
"(Trios de Félix Mendelssohn) On admire tout à la fois la maturité de l'approche, la cohésion parfaite des trois instruments, la précision des attaques, la fluidité des traits et des réponses, l'énergie et le lyrisme constants. Une version de référence."
Nicolas Blanmont, LA LIBRE BELGIQUE.
Karin Lechner
Chamber Music
Wibert Aerts
Chamber Music
As one of the leading violinist of his generation in Belgium, Wibert Aerts is known as chamber musician and violonist of the very appreciated chamber music quintet “Het Collectief”. He recorded a dozen cds of the latter ensemble who received laudatory reviews in international professional journals such as Gramophone, Répertoire, Scherzo and Diapason. In 2011 the ensemble got the Klara-award of “best musician of the year” by the Flemish classic radio.
In 1998, he decided to team up with the Spanish pianist Caridad Galindo and since then they regularly perform as a duo.
Besides he has built up a special reputation with daring solo recitals of modern and contemporary music.
In 2008 his solo cd “Violin Faces”, including works of Zimmermann, Hartmann and Berio , comes out on the Label Fuga Libera ( Outhere) and received laudatory reviews in international and national press such as The Strad, Monde de La Musique ( 4 stars), Classiqueinfo, Crescendo, Klassik.com... to mention those few.
About his solo cd The Strad mentioned: “...but Belgian player Wibert Aerts has crafted this disc to perfection. ‘Violin Faces’ has a broad mix of works dating from 1927 to 2001, all highly coloured and well contrasted, and performed with tender delicacy by Aerts, whose sweet-singing tone ensures that even in its grittiest moments this music never grates.”
In 2005 he was elected godchild of the concerthall “ Handelsbeurs Gent”, since then he regularly performs solo recitals and plays concerts in Europe and abroad at festivals such as Ars Musica, Festival van Vlaanderen, Festival de Saintes, Klara Festival, Festival de Wallonie, Cellofestival ( Novosibirsk), Festival Campos de jordao ( Sao Paulo) and at famous concerthalls including Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Bozar (Brussels), deSingel, Concertgebouw Brugge, Gulbenkian (Lisboa), Muziekgebouw aan het IJ,Amsterdam, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, De Doelen (Rotterdam), Filharmonie of Kiev, Mc2 Grenoble, Arsenal Metz, Liège Philharmonie to mention a few of them.
Wibert Aerts also regularly appears as guest violinist with leading ensembles Oxalys, Ictus, Spectra, Prometheus, Champ d’Action, HERMES Ensemble, Trio Carlo Van Neste and played with renowned musicians as Reinbert De Leeuw, James Boyd, Arie van der Beeck, Paul De Clerck, Jonas Alber, Alasdair Beatson, Frank Agsteribbe, Yura Lee, Phillipe Graffin, Roel Dieltiens, etc. He was concertmaster of the renowned Doelen Ensemble (2011-2013) and member of the Taurus Quartet (till 2014).
Wibert Aerts has been involved in many world creations of pieces by contemporary composers, including J.-P. Deleuze, Mauricio Kagel, Kee-Yong Chong, Mattijs Van Damme, Walter Hus, Frederic Dhaene, Daan Janssens, Luc Breways, Frederic Rzewsky...
In mai 2013 he made his debut as soloist in the violin concerto of K.Saariaho with the Notabu-ensemble at the famous Tonhalle of Düsseldorf. Since then he appears regularly as soloist with the Symfonieorkest van Vlaanderen, Notabu Ensemble Neue Music and the HERMESensemble.
In 2018 his CD “Violin Faces II” with recordings of contemporary violin concertos of K.Saariaho, Bram Van Camp and Ch. Bray came out on the label Etcetera and received laudatory reviews in international press.
Wibert Aerts is violin professor at the Conservatoire royal de Mons and at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent.
Amongst his concerts in 2024 he will play the Graal Theatre (violin concerto) of K.Saariaho and several performances with the challenging Kaflka-Fragmente of G.Kurtag together with the Belgian soprano Katrien Baerts at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Bijloke Ghent.
Wibert Aerts plays a Carlo Giuseppe Testore of 1697.
Alexandre Debrus
Chamber Music
Alexandre is born in a family of professional musicians, son of Raoul Debrus (violist) and Eliane Debrus-Boucher (cellist), both soloists in the RTBF Symphony Orchestra in Bruxelles. He received his first violin lesson at the age of three with his uncle Marcel Boucher (violinist and composer) and a year later received his first cello lesson with his mother who trained him. He gave his first concerts at the age of twelve and was admitted at sixteen to Luc Dewez's class at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Mons.
At the age of nineteen, after graduating, he perfected his skills at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth of Belgium with the Belgian cellist Luc Dewez. He studied with Mischa Maisky and Marc Drobinsky at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, where he obtained a diploma of merit and a scholarship. He worked with Marc Drobinsky in Paris, followed the teaching of Yvan Monighetti at the "Musikhochschule" in Basel, and then took advantage of the precious advice of Mstislav Rostropovitch in Beloeil.
He received several grants and prizes such as the Mérite Culturel Waterlootois in 1995, the diploma of merit and the scholarship of the Accademia Chigiana of Siena in 1996, the prize of the "Mathilde Horlait Dapsens" competition in 1999 with the pianist Giovanni Mastroserio as well as the prize of the SABAM for the best interpretation of a Belgian work. In 2001, following a public survey and a vote of the population of the city of Waterloo, as for its most appreciated artists, Alexandre Debrus obtains the "Lion of Crystal" which rewards the best musical hope. He also receives a scholarship from the 2004 promotion of the "Fondation Belge de la Vocation" (VOCATIO). In 2007, Alexandre was honored by the city of Nagakute in Japan, which awarded him the title of honorary citizen. And Alexandre Debrus receives, at the City Hall of Brussels, the FUGA Trophy 2019 awarded by the Union of Belgian Composers. This Trophy rewards the interpreters who have best spread Belgian music.
Between 1999 and 2006, he was in charge of chamber music lessons with André Siwy at the "Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles". In 2005, he founded the Carlo Van Neste Trio, composed to this day of Karin Lechner (piano) and Maya Levy (violin), thanks to the support of the Carlo Van Neste Fondation.
He has given numerous concerts throughout the world in Belgium, Holland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Serbia, Italy, Spain, Greece, the United States, Russia, Argentina, Japan, Israel and China. He has been invited to various festivals such as Biarritz, Novosibirsk in Siberia, Martha Argerich Festival in Buenos Aires, Martha Argerich Festival in Lugano, Montenegro Music Festival, Gstaad Music Summits and, in Belgium, to the Juillet Musical d'Aulne, Festival de l'Eté Mosan, Midis Minimes Festival, Belgo-Festival, Automnales de Fernelmont, Concerts de Midi de Bruxelles, Concerts de Midi de Liège, etc.
Alexandre Debrus has performed in concert halls such as the Grande Salle Henri le Boeuf of the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (BOZAR), the Grande Salle of the Brussels Conservatory, the Salle Jules Bastin in Waterloo (Belgium), the Novosibirs Philharmonic (Siberia), the Grande Salle of the Casino Barrière in Biarritz (France), the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Grand Auditorium of UNESCO in Paris, the Hall of the "Musikhochschule" in Basel (Switzerland), the "Teatro Colón" in Buenos Aires, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Nagakute City Cultural Hall (Japan), the Yamaha Concert Hall in Sapporo (Japan), the Nanjing Concert Hall (China), the Symphony Hall in Xi'an (China), the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center (Israel), etc.
Alexandre Debrus has often played in the presence of members of the Royal Family of Belgium, as a soloist or as a chamber musician. In addition to several television programs devoted to him in Belgium, France, Spain, Russia, China and Japan, Alexandre Debrus has himself created with the Belgian director Olivier Herman, two series of television programs on "TV COM". The first series "La Clé de Fa" was exclusively dedicated to classical music while the second "Les Cahiers de Notes" is dedicated to Baroque, Classical, Jazz and Electroacoustic music. Alexandre Debrus will also be musical advisor on the short film "Un peu de Fièvre" by the Belgian director Philippe Reypens.
He has made twenty-two recordings as a soloist and in chamber music on various labels such as Pavane Records, EMI Classics, RCA Victor Red Seal (BMG), Warner Classics, etc.).
Alexandre Debrus plays with a Georges Heynberg (Liege 1934) "Pegasus" cello and a Jan Strick (Brussels 2004) "Alexandre" cello.
