English:Frank Deleu (Q524120)

Graduated in art history and antiquity, Frank Deleu (1952) has specialized in musicology and studied carillon at the Mechelen Royal Carillon School. In 1980, he became the first laureate of the International Carillon Competition in Dijon. Frank Deleu is also active as city carillonneur: first in Izegem and Courtrai, presently in Damme and Menin. He regularly performs in Belgium and abroad, and has been on tour in America and Canada. He is a director of the Flemish Carillon Association and has been on the board of the World Carillon Federation since 2006. He has been head of the VRT Radio 2 West-Vlaanderen division and intendant of the VRT Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir. In 2008 he succeeded to Aimé Lombaert and became carillonneur of the city of Bruges.