Biography

KORNEEL BERNOLET (*1989) appears as both a soloist and continuo player on several historical keyboard instruments. At age 19, he marked his international debut with La Petite Bande (Sigiswald Kuijken); from then on, he also plays with, amongst others, Scherzi Musicali (Nicolas Achten), CantoLX and B'Rock (Frank Agsteribbe) and the Mannheimer Hofkapelle (Florian Heyerick).

After completion of his piano training (with Paul Clement), he received the highest honorific distinctions in harpsichord (Ewald Demeyere), conducting (Geert Hendrix and Luc Anthonis) and music theory at the Antwerp Conservatory Bachelor examinations. At the Amsterdam Conservatory and the Piccola Accademia di Montisi (Italy), he refined his historical keyboard playing with, amongst others, Gustav Leonhardt, Menno van Delft and Jesper Bøje Christensen. He attended mastercourses in orchestral conducting by Daan Admiraal and Georg Grün, and studied composition with Wim Henderickx.

Besides teaching the harpsichord at the academies of Veurne and Aalst, Korneel is titular organist at the Sint-Pieterskerk in Koksijde. In November 2010, he will be awarded the 'ARTos Muziekprijs' for special artistic achievements. He recorded for radio, CD and TV and was awarded several times in national and international composition competitions. [korneel.bernolet.com]

© KORNEEL BERNOLET | 1 August 2010
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