Brontekst bekijken van English:Bram De Looze (Q503469)

<p>Bram De Looze (&deg;1991, Knokke-Heist, Belgium)  discovered the piano at the age of 6 when his grandparents gave him a  keyboard as a present. One year later, he started taking lessons where  he learned the basics of harmony. &nbsp;At the age of 12 he continued playing  piano in the jazzdepartment of the academys in Knokke and Ghent, till  the age of 18. As teachers he had Werner Meert, Christian Mendoza, Hans  Van Oost, Victor Da Costa, Janos Bruneel, Nathalie Loriers and Bart Van  Caenegem. At workshops he could meet some great musicians like Billy  Hart, &nbsp;Christoph Erbst&ouml;sser, Mike Rossi, Pierre Vaiana and many  interesting others. <br />             <br />             The LABtrio with Lander Gyselinck on drums, Anneleen Boehme  on bass and Bram De Looze on piano, has been together for almost four  years. Every member of the trio composes and brings his or her own ideas  into the trio. On the Belgian contest Dexia Axion Classics they won a  first price in 2008. In 2009 he participated solo in the Dexia contest  and also won a first price. The LABtrio won the first price on the  Brussels Jazz Marathon contest (2009) and had in july 2009 the  opportunity to play in one of the most famous clubs in Barcelona, the  Jamboree Jazzclub. In the summer of 2011 LABtrio was selected for the  meeting in Tremplin Jazz d'Avignon. <br />             <br />             Bram De Looze also participated in the bigband called the  Youth Jazz Orchestra, where every half year, a different  composer/bigbandleader was taking care of this band. It is supported by  the organization Jeugd en Muziek and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra. They  could work with Frank Vaganee, Bert Joris, Marc Godfroid, Florian Ross,  Pierre Bertrand and Bob Mintzer. The YJO has visited several times the  Flagey concerthalls in Brussels and the North Sea Jazz Festival. The YJO  was invited as guest in studio Toots in Brussels to record and playing  in the radio program of Jef Neve on Klara in December 2009. </p> Bram had the opportunity to work with the Bert Joris Quartet, Nic Thys,  Robin Verheyen, Frank Vaganee, Steven Delannoye Quartet..