Yesterday evening in the finals of Young Belgian Talent the 18 year old young lady gave the best of herself in the Poulenc flute sonata and surprising contemporary work ´Zoom Tube´ van Ian Clarke. Trumpetist Simon Binon (17) won the public prize for being a performer who made an easy and immediate contact with the Read more about Liesl Vanoverberghe wins YBT 2022![…]

Saturday 19 November, 20:00, Flagey Studio 4. Tickets selling out very fast, but still some available directly from the Flagey Box office. Click here to purchase your tickets. See you there! Our five finalists are: Evelien Vaneysendeyk – Harp, Jappe Dendievel – Bassoon, Liesl Vanoverberghe – Flute, Simon Binon – Trumpet, Naomi Rofagha – Piano

The YBT 2022 competition closing date for applications has been extended to midnight, 4 February, 2022. Due to the current circumstances, we believe that not all eligible musicians received sufficient notification of upcoming competition, so we have extended our closing date to give everyone, born after Jan 1, 2001 a chance to submit their application. Read more about Application deadline moved to 4 February![…]

YBT are proud to launch their latest CD production. Thinkin’ about Belgium. A fabulous collection of exclusively Belgian works and performers, spread over three centuries. Accessible, colourful and at times deeply meaningful the CD is a reflection of our troubled times and our musicians stories of triumph over adversity. The music selection and production is Read more about New Double CD for the New Year![…]

YBT’s proud to announce the publication of its first glossy magazine. We felt that with Covid and a lack of concerts and activities, we wanted to reach out to all our members, family and friends in a way that only a 64 page coffee table publication can do! Want your own copy? You could consider Read more about ‘In Touch’[…]

Young Belgian Talent’s board of directors has been enhanced with the addition of Greet Van ‘t veld. Greet’s joining will allow us to offer more to our wonderful musicians. her network, expertise and dynamism in so many areas will be be of such a massive benefit. When asked why she does it she replied “ Read more about Greet Van ‘t veld joins the YBT board[…]

On Saturday 7 December, 2019, Waldo Geuns (piano), Sarah Bayens (violin), Caridad Rueda (piano), Hanne Beyens (clarinet), Veronique De Raedemaeker, George Tyriard and Vilmos Csikos, came together in the LUCA Chamber Hall in Leuven to perform a variety of pieces, all by Belgian composers. The capacity audience all seemed to have their favourite piece and Read more about Another great performance![…]

On Saturday 7 December at 20:00, Sarah Bayens (violin), Caridad Galindo Rueda (piano), Hanne Beyens (clarinet), Waldo Geuns (piano), Vilmos Csikos (violin), George Tyriad (piano) and Veronique De Raedemaeker (violin) come together to perform an enchanting programme of beautiful music from Belgian composers. Works include pieces by Michel Lysight, Victor Vreuls, Ruben De Gheselle, Waldo Geuns, Elias Read more about Join us for our next musical evening[…]

Sarah Bayens is our new YBT ‘Winner’. In front of a packed Studio 4 Flagey, Sarah was chosen from the five outstanding finalists as the overall winner. It was an extremely closely fought title, with every finalist in for a very good chance of winning. The public were divided and so were the jury and Read more about Sarah Bayens wins ‘YBT’ 2018![…]

Find yourself a great piece of music, an excellent musician, a wonderful instrument, a room with superb acoustics, some high quality microphones, video lights and a great video cameraman and you have the recipe for something very special. Aurore’s video pulled together almost the entire YBT team and volunteers besides to get it shot and Read more about 250K views and rising – Aurore Dassesse’s video goes viral[…]