Kevin Hendrickx

Kevin Hendrickx graduated in 2008 from the SAMWD Lier as a piano student of Christine Baeten. Hereafter, he studied choral conducting with Geert Hendrix the same academy. In 2013 he continued to study orchestral conducting with Bart Piqueur in Ghent, which he graduated from in 2017. Afterwards, he studied composition and conducting at the Royal Ghent Conservatory with teachers such as Kristiina Poska, Daan Janssens, Filip Rathé, Johan Duijck and Florian Heyerick.

He followed courses and masterclasses with renowned conductors such as Kristiina Poska, David Hill, Martin Sieghart, Alexander Polyanichko, Frieder Bernius. He appeared with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, London Classical Soloists, Bulgarian State Opera Stara Zagora and Orchestra da camera Fiorentina. In 2017 he was laureate of the Beethoven competition organized by the London Classical Soloists. Regularly performing new music, he worked with SPECTRA ensemble, NEMO ensemble and Ensembles and orchestra from the Royal Ghent Conservatory. Also, with his own orchestra (www.continuo-ugent.be) he follows an adventurous course.

As a choir conductor, Kevin is the artistic leader of the Leuven University Choir and the Chamber Choir Roeselare. He worked with the Kammerchor Stuttgart, RNCM Chamber choir, Ghent University Choir, Helicon Chamber choir, Choeur Universitaire de Liège and Chorale de la CIUP.

Next to his musical ambitions, Kevin obtained in 2018 his PhD in chemistry and teaches physical chemistry at AP University of applied arts and sciences in Antwerp, Belgium.