VIOLIN & ELECTRIC VIOLIN
Andries Baele (Louvain °1982)

Violin lessons are possible from the age of 5 years old.

Lessons can be followed in English, Dutch or French.

Contact Andries: 0494 13 38 20 – tarzandries@hotmail.com - Andries' web site

Andries Baele studied at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, where he graduated as a “master in music” and as a “bachelor in music theory and writing”. He also took first prize in harmony with Carl Van Eyndhoven, and first price in violin with Wim De Moor, Otto Derolez and Nico Baltussen. His thesis was titled Tips for the electric or amplified violin. He participated in master classes with, amongst others, Oxalys (chamber music), Michel Pieters (jazz violin), Johannes De Leertouwer (classical violin), Maarten Weyler (jazz harmony), Wim Henderix (composition)… He also took improvisation and combo lessons with John Ruoco, Ben Sluis and Serge Lazarevitch.

After graduating as a music teacher he undertook various training sessions with such titles as Bonding with the class, Autism and Music, Action plan for special education … He was interim teacher for music theory and violin at the music academies in Diest and Mortsel, musical education and violon at the music workshops in Leuven and Borgerhout, violin for beginners at the children’s choir De Diesteltjes in Diest, and music in special education at the Ter Bank school in Heverlee.

Andries has written music for various ensembles and in different styles. He started to improvise at jam sessions playing world music, jazz and blues, bluegrass and gypsy jazz. Today he demonstrates his talent for improvisation playing with the bands ‘Black Velvet’ (Irish) and ‘The Rose Room Swing’ (Sinti & Roma). He has been involved in CD recordings with Jesse Ashfield, Ronny Mosuse, Black Velvet and Steven De Wit, and in TV shows with Bart Peeters and Geert Waegeman.