Tom De Cock

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Percussion player, musical director

(short biography)

Tom De Cock (°1982) received his masters degree in percussion at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (2005), as well as a masters degree in contemporary music at the HFMDK Frankfurt am Main (2007), Germany. In 2009, he graduated “summa cum laude” at the HFM Detmold in the Konzertexamen degree and obtained his "Doctor of Arts" degree at the VUB and Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel in 2015. He received the Horlait Dapsens prize in 2007.
Next to his position as percussion soloist at the Brussels Philharmonic orchestra, Tom has been working as a freelance musician in Europe, he played with Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, Radio Kamer Philharmonie, among others and is a fixed member of Ictus, Nadar Ensemble, Triatu, and Ensemble XII.
He performed at festivals such as Agora Paris, Internationale Ferienkurse Darmstadt, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Klangspuren Schwaz, Bang on a Can NY, Ars Musica, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, etc. Tom has collaborated with Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Philippe Hurel, Bruno Mantovani, Philippe Manoury, Georges Aperghis and many other prominent figures of international contemporary music.
At the moment, Tom is working as the assistant percussion teacher at Conservatoire Royal de Liège.
   
   
   
(extended biography)

Studies

   

2005: Master percussion Cum Laude at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, in the class of Gert François and Bart Quartier.
2006 and 2007: Stipendium at IEMA (“Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie”, Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt am Main). “Master in Contemporary Music” at the “Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst”, Frankfurt am Main.
2005 à 2008: Invitation to the Lucerne Festival Academy, under the direction of Pierre Boulez.
2009: Konzertexamen Summa Cum Laude in the class of Peter Prommel at the “Hochschule  für Musik” Detmold (Germany)
2015: "Doctor of Arts" at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel

   

Professional Parcours

   

Collaborations
Solo percussionist at Brussels Philharmonic.
Collaborated with numerous European ensembles and orchestras: Radio Kamer Philharmonie (NL) under the direction of Peter Eötvös, Ensemble Modern (D), Ictus Ensemble (B), Musikfabrik (D), Ensemble Court-Circuit (F), Spectra Ensemble (B), Collectief (B), Oxalys (B), la Monnaie/de Munt (B), etc.
Fixed member of Ictus (>ICTUS : website), Nadar Ensemble (>NADAR ENSEMBLE : website), and of the percussion trio Triatu (>TRIATU : website)

Stages
Tom De Cock performed at prestigeous international festivals like: Festival Agora (Paris), Bang on a Can (NY), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (GB), Wien Modern, Klangspuren Schwaz, Ultrashall and Maerzmusik (Berlin), Donaueshinger Musiktage, Internationale Ferienkurse Darmstadt, Eclat (Stuttgart), Lucerne Festival, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Tel Aviv Biennale, etc.
Professional encounters
Tom De Cock premiered works of, and collaborated closely with amongst others: Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Georges Aperghis, Philippe Hurel, Philippe Manoury, Bruno Mantovani, Martin Matalon, Philippe Schoeller, Dai Fujikura, Liza Lim, Yann Robin, Yann Maresz, Vassos Nicolau, David Fennessy, Simon Steen-Andersen, Eduardo Moguillansky, Raphael Cendo.

Pedagogical experience and research

2006: Assistant in the percussion class of Peter Prommel at the “Hochschule  für Musik " Detmold (Germany).
2006 up to now: Invitations to do master classes and workshops at the Conservatoria of Oslo, Amsterdam and Tilburg and at the “Hochschule  für Musik” Detmold and Frankfurt am Main.
2011 up to 2016: Research assistant and doctoral student at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and VUB.
2016  up to now: Assistant percussion teacher at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège

Prices


2000: Laureate of the Axion Classics Compettion.
2007: Laureate of the Prix Horlait-Dapsens.
   

Languages

Mother tongue: Dutch. Good to very good knowledge of French, English and German.

(Korte biografie)

Tom De Cock (°1982) behaalde een master in slagwerk aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (2005), en een master in hedendaagse muziek aan de HFMDK Frankfurt am Main (2007), Duitsland. In 2009 werkte hij zijn Konzertexamen aan de HFM Detmold “summa cum laude” af. In 2015 werkte hij zijn doctoraat af aan de VUB en het Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. In 2007 kreeg hij de prijs Horlait Dapsens.
Naast zijn positie als solist slagwerk bij Brussels Philharmonic werkte Tom als freelance muzikant in Europa. Hij verleende al zijn medewerking aan onder andere Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, Radio Kamer Philharmonie, en is vast lid bij Ictus, Nadar Ensemble en Triatu.
Hij speelde op festivals als Agora Paris, Internationale Ferienkurse Darmstadt, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Klangspuren Schwaz, Bang on a Can NY, Ars Musica, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, etc. Tom heeft samengewerkt met Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Philippe Hurel, Bruno Mantovani, Philippe Manoury, Georges Aperghis en andere belangrijke figuren uit de internationale hedendaagse muziekscene
Tom werkt momenteel assistent in de slagwerkklas van het Conservatoire Royal de Liège.
   
   
  
(Uitgebreide biografie)

Studies


2005 : Master slagwerk met Grootste Onderscheiding en felicitaties van de jury aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, bij Gert François en Bart Quartier.
2006 en 2007 : Stipendiaat bij IEMA (“Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie”, Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt am Main). “Master in Contemporary Music” in de “Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst”, Frankfurt am Main.
2005 tot 2008 : Uitnodiging bij Lucerne Festival Academy, onder leiding van Pierre Boulez.
2009 : Konzertexamen met Grootste Onderscheiding en felicitaties van de jury in de klas van Peter Prommel in de “Hochschule  für Musik” Detmold (Duitsland)
2015: Doctor in de Kunsten aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel en het Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.
   

Professioneel Parcours

   
Samenwerking
Solo-percussionist bij Brussels Philharmonic.
Werkte samen met talrijke Europese ensembles en orkesten zoals: Radio Kamer Philharmonie (NL) onder leiding van Peter Eötvös, Ensemble Modern (D), Musikfabrik (D), Spectra Ensemble (B), Collectief (B), Oxalys (B), Brussels Philharmonic (B) De Munt (B), etc.
Vast lid vanIctus (>ICTUS : website), Nadar Ensemble (>NADAR ENSEMBLE : website), en Triatu (>TRIATU : website)

Podia
Tom De Cock trad op wereldvermaarde festivals op zoals: Festival Agora (Paris), Bang on a Can (NY), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (GB), Wien Modern, Donaueshinger Musiktage (D), Internationale Ferienkurse Darmstadt (D), Klangspuren Schwaz, Ultrashall et Maerzmusik (Berlin), Eclat (Stuttgart), Lucerne Festival, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Tel Aviv Biennale, etc.
Professionele ontmoetingen
Tom De Cock creëerde werken van en werkte nauw samen met oa. : Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Georges Aperghis, Philippe Hurel, Philippe Manoury, Bruno Mantovani, Martin Matalon, Raphael Cendo, Philippe Schoeller, Dai Fujikura, Liza Lim, Yann Robin, Yann Maresz, Vassos Nicolau, David Fennessy, Simon Steen-Andersen, Eduardo Moguillansky.

Onderwijservaring

2006 : Assistent in de klas van Peter Prommel aan de “Hochschule  für Musik " Detmold (Allemagne).
2005 tot nu : Uitnodigingen voor masterclasses en workshops in de Conservatoria van Oslo, Amsterdam en Tilburg, in de Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen en in de “Hochschule  für Musik” Detmold en Frankfurt am Main.
2011 tot 2016: Onderzoeksassistent en doctoraatsstudent aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel en VUB.
2016 tot nu: Assistent in de slagwerkklas van Conservatoire Royal de Liège
   

Prijzen


2000 : Laureaat van Axion Classics.
2007 : Laureaat van de Prix Horlait-Dapsens.
   

Talen

Moedertaal : Nederlands. Zeer goede beheersing van Frans, Duits en Engels.
   
   

Percussion

Tom De Cock, né en 1982, est titulaire d’un master de percussion du Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (2005), ainsi qu’un master en musique contemporaine de la Haute Ecole de Musique et des Arts de la Scène de Francfort (HFMDK, 2007, Allemagne). A la Haute Ecole de Musique de Detmold, en 2009, il a été reçu à l’examen final avec la plus grande distinction. Il obtient son Doctorat dans les Arts au VUB et le Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles (KCB, 2015). Il est lauréat du prix Horlait Dapsens (2007).
Outre son engagement comme percussionniste solo au Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Tom De Cock a travaillé en freelance avec des ensembles européens tels que l’Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, Radio Kamer Philharmonie, entre autres. Il est membre fixe des ensembles Ictus, Nadar et Triatu.

Il a joué dans de grands festivals tels qu’Agora à Paris, les Internationale Ferienkurse à Darmstadt, les Donaueschinger Musiktage, Klangspuren Schwaz, Bang on a Can NY, Ars Musica, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, etc.

Tom De Cock a collaboré avec les compositeurs Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Philippe Hurel, Bruno Mantovani, Philippe Manoury, Georges Aperghis et bien d’autres grandes figures de la scène internationale de la musique d’aujourd’hui.
     
     
     
(extended biography)

Studies

   

2005: Master percussion Cum Laude at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, in the class of Gert François and Bart Quartier.
2006 and 2007: Stipendium at IEMA (“Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie”, Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt am Main). “Master in Contemporary Music” at the “Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst”, Frankfurt am Main.
2005 à 2008: Invitation to the Lucerne Festival Academy, under the direction of Pierre Boulez.
2009: Konzertexamen Summa Cum Laude in the class of Peter Prommel at the “Hochschule  für Musik” Detmold (Germany)
2015: "Doctor of Arts" at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel

   

Professional Parcours

   

Collaborations
Solo percussionist at Brussels Philharmonic.
Collaborated with numerous European ensembles and orchestras: Radio Kamer Philharmonie (NL) under the direction of Peter Eötvös, Ensemble Modern (D), Ictus Ensemble (B), Musikfabrik (D), Ensemble Court-Circuit (F), Spectra Ensemble (B), Collectief (B), Oxalys (B), la Monnaie/de Munt (B), etc.
Fixed member of Ictus (>ICTUS : website), Nadar Ensemble (>NADAR ENSEMBLE : website), and of the percussion trio Triatu (>TRIATU : website)

Stages
Tom De Cock performed at prestigeous international festivals like: Festival Agora (Paris), Bang on a Can (NY), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (GB), Wien Modern, Klangspuren Schwaz, Ultrashall and Maerzmusik (Berlin), Donaueshinger Musiktage, Internationale Ferienkurse Darmstadt, Eclat (Stuttgart), Lucerne Festival, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Tel Aviv Biennale, etc.
Professional encounters
Tom De Cock premiered works of, and collaborated closely with amongst others: Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Georges Aperghis, Philippe Hurel, Philippe Manoury, Bruno Mantovani, Martin Matalon, Philippe Schoeller, Dai Fujikura, Liza Lim, Yann Robin, Yann Maresz, Vassos Nicolau, David Fennessy, Simon Steen-Andersen, Eduardo Moguillansky, Raphael Cendo.

Pedagogical experience and research

2006: Assistant in the percussion class of Peter Prommel at the “Hochschule  für Musik " Detmold (Germany).
2006 up to now: Invitations to do master classes and workshops at the Conservatoria of Oslo, Amsterdam and Tilburg and at the “Hochschule  für Musik” Detmold and Frankfurt am Main.
2011 up to 2016: Research assistant and doctoral student at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and VUB.
2016  up to now: Assistant percussion teacher at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège

Prices


2000: Laureate of the Axion Classics Compettion.
2007: Laureate of the Prix Horlait-Dapsens.
   

Languages

Mother tongue: Dutch. Good to very good knowledge of French, English and German.

Studium

   
2005 : Master in Schlagzeug mit Auszeichnung am Königliches Konservatorium Brüssel (B), bei Gert François und Bart Quartier.

2006 et 2007 : Stipendiat bei IEMA (“Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie”, Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt am Main). “Master in Contemporary Music” am “Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst”, Frankfurt am Main (D).

2005 à 2008 : Einladung bei die Akademie des Luzern Festivals, unter künstlerische Leitung von Pierre Boulez.

2009 : Konzertexamen mit Auszeichnung in die Klasse von Peter Prommel am “Hochschule für Musik” Detmold (D).

   

Professionnelles Parcours

   
Zusammenarbeiten

Solo Schlagzeuger bei Brussels Philharmonic (B)

Arbeitet zusammen mit zahlreichen Europäische Ensembles und Orchester so wie: Radio Kamer Philharmonie (NL) unter Leitung von Peter Eötvös, Ensemble Modern (D), MusikFabrik (D), Ictus Ensemble (B), Spectra Ensemble (B), Oxalys (B), Het Collectief (B), etc.

Eingeladen als Solist mit das Berner Symphonie Orchester(CH), Brussels Philharmonic (B), Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (US) und University of Victoria Orchestra (CA).

Festes Mitglied von Ictus (www.ictus.be), Ensemble Nadar (B) (www.nadarensemble.be), Bl!ndman (B) (www.blindman.be) Triatu (www.triatu.be), und von die internationale Schlagzeuggruppe Ensemble XII (www.ensemblexii.com)

Podia

Tom De Cock ist auf große Festivals aufgetreten so wie: Donaueshinger Musiktage, Internationale Ferienkurse Darmstadt, Festival Agora (Paris), Bang on a Can (NY), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (GB), Wien Modern, Klangspuren Schwaz (A), Impulstanz (A), Ultrashall und Maerzmusik (Berlin), Eclat (Stuttgart), Lucerne Festival, Tel Aviv Biennale, etc.

Professionnelles Treffen

Tom De Cock hat Werke uraufgeführt von, oder das zeitgenössisches Repertoire gespielt in Zusammenarbeit mit folgende Komponisten : Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, Georges Aperghis, Pierluigi Billone, José-Maria Sanchez-Verdu, Luca Francesconi, Philippe Hurel, Philippe Manoury, Bruno Mantovani, Martin Matalon, Philippe Schoeller, Dai Fujikura, Liza Lim, Raphael Cendo, Yann Robin, Yann Maresz, Vassos Nicolau, David Fennessy, Simon Steen-Andersen, Eduardo Moguillansky, und andere.

   

Unterrichtserfahrung

   
2006 : Assistent in die Klasse von Peter Prommel am “Hochschule für Musik " Detmold (Allemagne).

2006 bis Heute: Einladungen für Masterclasses und Workshops in die Konservatorien von Oslo (N), Amsterdam und Tilburg (H) und in die “Hochschule für Musik” Detmold und Frankfurt am Main.

2011 bis Heute: Research Assistent am Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (B) und doctoral student am VUB.
   

Preise

   
2000 : Preisträger des Wettbewerbs Axion Classics.

2007 : Preisträger von dem Prix Horlait-Dapsens.
   

Sprachen

   

Muttersprache : Holländisch. Gute Beherrschung von Deutsch, Französisch und Englisch.

Projects tagged with [Tom De Cock]

DRUMMING with Rosas

Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker | Music by Steve Reich

13 events & 1 audiofragment

George Antheil : Ballet mécanique

...de zelfverklaarde Bad Boy of Music uit het begin van de XXstye eeuw brengt Ictus het futuristische Ballet Mécanique.

Rain (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)

Choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, music by Steve Reich

15 events, 3 articles & 1 audiofragment

MARTA (Mitterer | Steinbuch | Lagarde)

New opera by Wolfgang Mitterer. Original libretto by Gerhild Steinbuch. Staged by Ludovic Lagarde.

2 events & 2 articles

Matra

a cantata written by Oscar Bianchi for vocal ensemble, instrumental ensemble, 3 soloists and electronics

2 articles & 1 audiofragment

Music for Eighteen Musicians

Music for Eighteen Musicians van Steve Reich : een monument uit de tweede helft van vorige eeuw.

2 events & 1 audiofragment

Labyrinth Ligeti

A complete Ligeti evening (Opéra de Lille and deSingel)

1 audiofragment

Saint John ( Liquid Room 433, for John Cage)

4 hours and 33 seconds

2 articles

A History of Synchronicity (Liquid Room IV)

Riley (a rainbow...) | Reich (Eighteen musicians)

Reich : Music for Eighteen Musicians (Bozar, Main Hall) | Riley : A rainbow in curved air (Bozat, Hall Horta) | With Synergy Vocals

1 event

Gordon / Billone / Lanza / Appelbaum

A weird evening in Kaaitheater. Billone, Gordon, Lanza.

1 event

Les Zébrides

Happy day in Opéra de Lille

1 event

Michael Gordon | Terry Riley

A minimalist evening in Handelsbeurs.

1 event & 1 article

Liquid Room VI : BERLIN

Four stages, many works and many guests...

1 event

TIMBER in Berlin (Michael Gordon)

The public that surrounds the ensemble assembled in a circle for a 60-minute performance: **Timber** by the New York composer Michaël Go

1 event

Aspern Suite (Salvatore Sciarrino)

For soprano and ensemble, after Lorenzo Da Ponte

1 event

WET

Improvised music with Marc Ducret

3 events

American Lament (Ensemble Version)

Chamber and ensemble music

2 events, 1 article & 1 audiofragment

Crumb : Songs of despair and hope

with Measha Brueggergosman, soprano

2 events

CELESTIAL SCRATCHING

Percussion concert

1 event

Donaueschingen : 4 premieres

Martin Schüttler, Hanna Eimermacher, Francesca Verunelli, James Saunders

1 event & 1 audiofragment

DRUMMING (with Ballet Opéra de Paris)

Choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, music by Steve Reich

1 event

Short Is The Night (Saint Johns' Eve)

NON-STOP MUSIC FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE

1 event

Interstices [with Amir ElSaffar]

New work for trumpet, santur and ensemble

4 events & 1 audiofragment

Stockhausen ! (I)

Mikrophonie, Kontakte, Signale zur Invasion

2 events

Stockhausen ! (II)

Stockhausen and other cosmic pieces

2 events

Transparenz

A trio for glass bottles and tape by Hanna Eimermacher

1 event

Liquid Room VIII : PHRASES

Sound poetry, spoken word, modal music and a touch of animal virtuosity.

1 event & 1 audiofragment

Horizons

Chamber music

1 event

Einstein on the beach [concert version]

Philip Glass, concert version, with Suzanne Vega & Collegium Vocale Gent

25 events & 1 audiofragment

The Waves [Noé Soulier]

Choreography by Noé Soulier

30 events

Trois Contes [Gérard Pesson]

A new opera by Gérard Pesson and David Lescot

1 event & 1 article

Encyclopédie de la Parole : Suite 4

The theater of Speech, Volume IV

15 events

only one chance

Percussion quartert

3 events

Pneuma (25th Anniversary Edition)

Breathcore, instrumental music, electronic music: a very special edition for Ictus' Birthday.

1 event & 1 article

Metal, Stone, Skin, Foliage, Air

Minimalist percussion music

1 event

Eupepsia Dyspepsia,

Concert-lecture

8 events

Proverbs [The Unanswered Question]

Ives, Reich, Bryars

4 events

International Young Composers Academy in Ticino, 2021

directed by Oscar Bianchi

1 event & 1 audiofragment

A WALK INTO THE FUTURE

Brussels Philharmonic, Ictus, Ilan Volkov

1 event & 1 article

La Flèche et l'Éléphant

Europalia 2022, voyage-concert

1 event

First Memory [Noé Soulier]

Soulier & Naegelen

1 event

Royaumont ‘Voix Nouvelles’ Academy 2022

Academy for composers, with Frédéric Durieux, Clemens Gadenstätter, Dmitri Kourliandski, Johanna Vargas, Marie Ythier

2 events

Proverbs [at Musica Festival]

Ives, Reich, Bryars

1 event

Professor Bad Trip [revival]

Fausto Romitelli again and again

2 events & 1 article

YULE!

Timeless soul music for the Winter solstice. Meskerem Mees, Lore Binon, JL Fafchamps

10 events

Robert Ashley and The Theatre Of Voices (Liquid Rooom)

A Liquid Room with Contrechamps

2 events

FEAT. ‘Pony Says’

(Festival ECLAT, Stuttgart)

1 event

The Book of women [with Irini]

Work in progress

5 events

Robert Ashley and The Theatre Of Voices (concert)

Ashley, Cox, Anderson

1 event

HERE AND NOW WITH GEORGES-ELIE OCTORS (A tribute concert)

A major reunion with the conductor who built the Ictus ensemble

1 event

Watch & listen to [Tom De Cock]

George Antheil : Ballet Mécanique

1924. Edited version. MIDI files and recommendations by Paul Lehrman. Opéra de Lille, December 2012, Georges-Elie Octors (cond.)

1 video

With Amir ElSaffar

Interstices, for ensemble, Royaumont 2017

2 soundcloud tracks

Liquid Room VIII: Phrases (teaser)

Humans, animals & cyborgs.

1 video