Musician. Trumpet player. Composer
From her teenage years, Anne Vandewalle stands out: 2nd Prize at the André Dumortier Competition at just 16 years old with a Prokofiev sonata and Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood. She then wins first prizes in piano and chamber music (with highest distinction) at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, before obtaining a specialized master’s degree at the Royal Conservatory of Liège in the class of Marie-Paule Cornia and Jean Schils (also with highest distinction).
Trained by renowned masters – Eugène Galand (Russian music), Aleksandar Madzar, Agostini, and masterclasses with Victor Chestopal, Evelyne Brancart, Jean-François Antonioli – she develops a powerful, sensitive, and deeply expressive playing style.
Between the ages of 17 and 20, she enriches her journey by taking collective improvisation classes with saxophonist Fabrizio Cassol (founding member of Aka Moon), where she composes several pieces for the ensemble. This experience nourishes her creativity and her open approach to music.
Her solo concerts have taken her across Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland… She has shone in major concertos such as Rachmaninov’s 2nd Concerto (Leuven, Wavre) and Tchaikovsky’s 1st Concerto (Visé).
A multifaceted artist, she collaborates with choreographers, actors, and painters (performances in Berlin, Neuchâtel, Brussels, Antwerp…), and lends her piano to the original soundtrack of the film Une place sur la terre by Fabienne Godet starring Benoît Poelvoorde (pieces by Schubert and Chopin).
In 2015, her original show « La féerie au piano » (commented recital with projections on The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet) is selected for the Propulse Festival in Brussels.
Since 2017, she forms the Duo Cosi with violinist Edward Van Baelen: an artistic complicity that enchants audiences with Beethoven, Schumann, Piazzolla, Prokofiev, Mozart, in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Spain.
Her recent solo programs have explored preludes by Chopin, Scriabin, and Rachmaninov (30 preludes), performed successfully in Liège, Abbaye de Beaufays, Ferme du Biéreau, Brussels, and Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg).
Today, she returns to the three great B’s – Bach, Beethoven, Brahms – with an intense and profound program at the heart of her 2025/2026 season (including a noted recital in November 2025).
Highlight to come: on May 23, 2026, at the Trésor de Liège, she joins Edward Van Baelen and cellist Lidija Cvitkovac (La Monnaie Orchestra) for Rachmaninov’s sublime Elegiac Trio No. 2 – a pinnacle of Russian Romanticism in an exceptional trio!
Anne Vandewalle captivates with her generosity, her demanding standards, and her ability to make the most intimate emotions resonate through the keyboard..