Jeroen Malaise (°1971, Antwerp, Belgium) is a pianist, composer, and teacher at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp. His work engages with traditions and forms of improvisation. Jeroen played several keyboard instruments from an early age on, including clavichord, harpsichord and piano. He performed with various productions across Europe, as well as in North America, Asia and Africa.
At the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Jeroen is section chair creative enterprise and supervises graduation projects of master's students. As a teacher and researcher, he specializes in keyboard improvisation techniques. In addition to giving lectures and masterclasses, he chairs the steering committee of Metric (modernizing European higher music education through improvisation), and is an active member of the Glomus network.
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