Luc Anthonis

Dirigent / Vedúci skupiny

Luc Anthonis started his musical career at the music academy of his hometown Ekeren where he studied the fl ute. He developed a particular fascination for choral music while singing in the youth choir Carmina under the direction of Jozef Cleymans. At the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory of Antwerp Luc Anthonis received qualifi cations for solfeggio, fl ute, chamber music, harmony and later in his career also for choral conducting. He rounded out his knowledge on choral music and choral conducting in master classes with Jan Eelkema, Michael Scheck, Juliaan Wilmots, Roger Leens, Eric Ericson, Simon Halsey, Péter Erdei and others. Since 1982 Luc Anthonis has taught fl ute and instrumental ensemble at the Ekeren en Berchem music academies. Over the years his “Strings Ensemble” has grown to become the “Symphonic Ensemble of Ekeren” (SEE). In 1980 Luc Anthonis took over the choir Cantilene from its founder Jozef Cleymans and in 1989 he himself founded the Vocal Ensemble Cantando. The latter has won a great number of prizes in national and international competitions. In July 2002 Luc Anthonis conducted the AGEC Eurochor in Bruges. He conducts the Flemish Radio Choir on a regular basis and has been choirmaster of an international choir in Italy for four years. Luc Anthonis is a standard member of the jury for provincial choir contest in Antwerp and also for the international youth choir competition in Neerpelt. In September 2007 Luc Anthonis became the new teacher of choral conducting at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in Antwerp.