Fabian Jardon
President
Fabian JARDON was born on 16 November 1973 in Verviers, Belgium. After studies at the Conservatory of his native town with Guido Jardon, he distinguished himself in various national competitions: first Prize at the Crédit Communal Competition, the Andrée Charlier Foundation Prize, the Gunther Grand Prize.
He is a graduate of the Liège and Brussels Royal Conservatories of Music, and he also graduated with great distinction and virtuosity from the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel where he followed Juliette Longrée-Poumay’s teaching. Furthermore, he has benefited from Dominique Cornil’s advice during 2 years, as well as from Masterclasses given by Serge Colot, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Laurent Cabasso and Evelyne Brancart.
Fabian Jardon received a grant from the Belgian Foundation of the Vocation and was a prizewinner in several competitions:
- the Tenuto Competition, with the special Sabam Prize rewarding his interpretation of Jean Absil’s 1st concerto opus 30, which he performed for television channels VRT and RTBF with the Vlaams Radio Orchestra under Frank Shipway’s direction;
- the International Piano Competition of the Besançon European Musical Institute, with the highest classification and congratulations of the jury;
- the Mathilde Horlait Dapsens Competition where he distinguished himself along with violinist Elisabeth Deletaille.
Fabian Jardon is the Principal of IMEP (Royal Institute of Music and Pedagogy) in Namur, after having been a piano teacher and a lecturer in psychopedagogy and piano methodology.
His experience has led him to participate in various missions abroad : at the National Institute of Arts in Kinshasa, at the Central Institute of Music in Bejing, where he was invited to serve as a jury member for the piano entrance exam.
As a member of EPTA-Belgium WB (European Piano Teachers Association Wallonie-Bruxelles) since 2021, Fabian Jardon has recently been elected President, succeeding Diane Andersen, EPTA Belgium WB Founder – Honorary President.
Fabian Jardon is Secretary and member of the « International Competitions of Namur ».
Marie-Dominique Gilles
Vice-President, Teacher in Music Schools – Wavre and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Sabine Lawalrée
Secretary
A pianist born in Brussels, Sabine Lawalrée trained at the IMEP in Namur and furthered her studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in the class of Robert Leuridan.
She teaches music education at the Auderghem Academy, where she is also an accompanist and children’s choir director.
She particularly enjoys vocal accompaniment and works for piano 4 hands, 2 pianos 4 hands, and 8 hands, and performs with various ensembles, including the “Toccatine” ensemble, founded in 2014 and composed of seven pianists.
Since the death of her brother, composer Dominique Lawalrée, in 2019, she has devoted her time to promoting his minimalist music and that of other contemporary Belgian composers through concerts, lectures, and recordings. Recently, in June 2021, the “superspectives” festival in Lyon invited her to give a tribute concert to the composer.
Dominique Cornil
Professor – Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
Dominique Cornil gave her first public performance with orchestra at the age of 10. She graduated at 14 from the Royal Conservatory in Mons and at 18 from the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris.
She became laureate of the “Fondation de la Vocation” and was a prize-winner of the Lisbon, Naples, Geneva and Brussels (Queen Elisabeth of Belgium) international piano competitions.
Since then she has taken up a concert career spanning Europe, Canada, Latin America, China and Japan. She regularly performs under famous conductors, including A. Vandernoot, G. Octors, P. Bartholomée, J. Fürst, C. Davis, Y. Levi, J. Rolla, M. Venzago, M. Shostakovitch, A. Dmitriev, E. Bergel, T. Guschlbauer,…
She appeared on the stage with famous orchestras including the Zagreb Soloists, Philomusica of London, R.T.L., Suisse Romande, Hamburg Radio, Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra, St-Petersburg Philharmonic, F. Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest, Reykjavik Symphonic, Hong-Kong Philharmonic, European Festival Orchestra, the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble,…
A much sought after chamber artist, Dominique Comil regularly joins forces with artists such as V.Bogaerts, P. Amoyal, Y. Horigome,L. Prunaru, M. Hallynck, M. Maisky, A De Groote, M. Grauwels, W. Boeykens, R. Van Spaendonck, L. Lethiec, the Ysaÿe String Quartet,…
Is since 1998 the Musical Director of the “Juillet Musical d’Aulne” summer festival. Her many recordings, in solo and with orchestra, include works of C. Franck, W.A. Mozart, J. Haydn, S. Joplin, S. Prokofiev, E. Nazareth, B. Martinu, A. Huybrechts, P. Tchaikovski, R. Wagner and F. Martin. She was invited by the widow of the famous Swiss composer Frank Martin at the Conservatoire de Genève to perform solo piano and chamber music works on the occasion of the General Assembly of the Frank Martin Society.
Dominique Cornil is professor of piano performance at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and has taught at the Chapelle Musicale “Reine Elisabeth”.
She is often invited to attend as a member of the jury national and international piano contests. She gives regularly concerts at the festivals of Seneffe, “Eté Mosan”, “Nuits musicales de Beloeil”, “Festival Mozart”,…
Jacqueline Lecarte
Professor – Conservatoire Royal de Liège
Pierre-Yves Cuvelier
Teacher in music schools