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Koen Van Assche: beiaardierkoen@hotmail.com

Anna Maria Reverté: annamariareverte@hotmail.com

Anna Maria Reverté (Barcelona, ​​°1966) obtained the diplomas "Professora de Piano" and "Professora de Solfege" at the "Conservatori Superior de Musica" in Barcelona and obtained a licentiate degree in Philosophy at the University of Barcelona. She first studied carillon with the former carillonist of Barcelona, ​​Maria Dolors Coll, and then followed various courses at the carillon schools of Amersfoort and Logumkloster (DK). In 1988 she was appointed full-time carillonneur of the palace of the "Generalitat Catalunya" (the seat of the Catalan government), where she plays the carillon twice a day during the week, and gives a well-attended carillon concert every month. She also organizes an annual carillon festival and has performed together with various other instruments. In 2005 she performed with a large symphony orchestra. She has given carillon concerts in Europe, the USA and Australia, and recorded several CDs.

Anna Maria Reverté has won several prizes, including during the international carillon competitions in Berlin (1991), Miribel (F, 1994) and won a first prize for carillon arrangements, a competition organised by the Carillon World Federation during the congress in Chambéry in 1994. She has already arranged more than 400 works for the carillon instrument, both for solo carillon playing and for carillon duo. For duo she has made arrangements of several complete works such as Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky and the 6th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.

She organized the World Carillon Congress in 2017 in Barcelona, ​​with several unique concert formats where she also performed with various orchestras.

Koen Van Assche (°1967) is carillonist of the Belgian cities of Antwerp, Lier, Turnhout and Herentals. His musical education began in the children's choir of the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp, as well as with flute lessons. At the age of 14 he started his carillon studies at the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" in Mechelen, where he graduated in 1986. He later obtained the Master's degree in Carillon at the LUCA School of Arts (Lemmens, Leuven). He has won performance prizes at several international carillon competitions, and has given recitals and masterclasses extensively in Europe, North America, and Australia. He is a noted pedagogue, and is the author of a playing method for the carillon. He teaches carillon at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” of Mechelen and at the Academy of Music in Lier.

Koen is known for his performances of Romantic music, encompassing both original Mechelen Romantic carillon compositions and arrangements of classical Romantic pieces. He is also known for his performances of carillon in ensemble with other instruments. He has played concerts with several orchestras, but also with such diverse instrumentations as piano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, brass, bassoon, classical accordion, acoustic and rhythmic percussion, choir, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, bagpipes, harp, harp quartet, flute, traverso, cello.

As a promoter of the carillon in local culture, he received cultural prizes and recognitions from the cities of Lier, Turnhout and Herentals. He has recorded 8 CD’s for carillon including “The Four Seasons” of Antonio Vivaldi; the music of Matthias Vanden Gheyn; and the double-CD "Grand Carillons", with piano music of Chopin. He also recorded the CD "Lier in Bronze", with carillon in combination with piano, mezzo-soprano, classical accordion, harp and flute. Koen Van Assche is the current president of the World Carillon Federation.