Education : Royal Conservatory of Brussels (1983 - 1992) : "Premier Prix" for, among others, "History of Music", "Cello", "Chamber Music", "Practical Harmony" and "Composition"; Queen Elisabeth College of Music in Waterloo (Belgium) : master degree for Composition with Mr. A. Laporte (1989 - 1992); Master Classes with Mr. M. Finnissy (1993) and Mr. B. Ferneyhough (1998).
Teaches Cello at Music Schools in the period 1990 - 1997. Since 1992, teaches Analysis, later also Music Technology (2002) and Composition (2004) at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Involved in a project on software developping for eartraining at the Leuven University 1997-2004, and on musical analysis with the Brussels University since 2004. Free-lance activities for the VRT-television (= dutch speaking Belgian television). Frequently asked by several ensembles to perform Live Electronics in contemporary pieces and/or as sound producer for CD recordings.
Member of the Union of Belgian Composers since 1993 and vice president of the Componisten Archipel Vlaanderen since 2004. Founding member and president of ISCM-Vlaanderen since 2005. Member of the ISCM Executive Committee since 2007, vice-president since 2008.
Compositions include soloworks and chamber music pieces for diverse instruments (incl. electronic ), lieder, tone poems for large orchestra, symphonies, concerti, cantatas, ballets, films and music theatre. Many of them are recorded (radio, TV and CD). First performances in Festival of Flanders, Ars Musica, Wien Modern, International Frederyk Chopin Festival, World Carillon Congres, SMCQ...
Honours : the "Prijs CERA - Jeugd en Muziek Vlaanderen 1991" for his complete works and the "Provinciale Prijs voor Muziekcompositie 1992 van de provincie Antwerpen" for his opera "The petrifying Blue". He also wrote original music for the BRTN-film "Andres", realised by Dirk Greyspeirt, on a choreography of José Besprosvany, that won the "Premio Choreografo Elettronico 1993" in Naples and the "34e Prijs Bert Leysen" in 1995. In 1997 his piece "Quar'l" is awarded the "Prix de Musique Contemporaine" de Québec and "Canzone" wins the "National Composition Contest" of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium, a honor which "Ciaccona" repeats in 2001. In 2005 "Laureaat van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten".