Olle GERIS

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The joy of living, sharing and offering a means of expression through art to everyone, are the common threads in my life. Knowing one's own culture through art helps us to better understand ourselves and others.

Born in 1973 in Maaseik, into an artistic family, parents who were musicians, bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy players, directors and players of wooden puppets, a Hard Rock singer-guitarist brother and a Baroque violinist sister.

Happy mother of an artistic and multilingual family, a son at IMEP playing diatonic accordion, a guitarist-mandolinist son at Saint Luc, a harpist and dancer daughter and an Austrian husband, accordionist and protector of nature at WWF.

Bagpipe maker, self-employed since 1996, co-founder of the "D'un Souffle à l'autre" workshop with Remy Dubois.

Internship facilitator since 1989.

‘’Technique et jeu de cornemuse’’

‘’Fabrication d'anche pour cornemuse’’

‘’Création / Arts plastique et musique pour enfants / jeunes, 5- 22 ans’’

Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, England, Sweden.

Bagpipe teacher at the Académie de Musique de Malmedy since 2020.

Bagpiper and singer. I've been lucky enough to take part in a wide variety of musical projects in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Greece, Hungary, Spain, Austria, Japan and the USA:

LES ARTS FLORISSANTS, ''les Indes Galantes'' conducted by William Christie, 1993, Baroque music , SWART & CO, Martin Swart, Willem Schot, Remy Dubois, Machteld Truyens, 1992- 1994, Folk. RONDINELLA , Claude and Lou Flagel, 1992-2007, Dance Renaissance. DUO, Willem Schot, 1994-2005, Bal Trad. LES CORNEMUSES D'EUROPE, 1995 Missouri, RANS & FLAGEL, '' de la Seine à l'Escaut'',''Trois Tableaux de Guerre'', Paul Rans, Claude Flagel, Philippe Malfeyt, Piet Strykers, Ann Van Laethem, Paul Van Loey, 2001-2010, Musique Ancienne. ZEFIRO TORNA, ''Laura's droom-liedt'', under the direction of Jurgen De Bruin, in collaboration with the puppet theater ''DE MAAN'', 2003, Early Music, Puppet Theater. IDOOL 1900, Walter de Buck, Marc Hauman, Maarten Decombel, Wim Claeys, Wouter Vandenabeele, 2010-2011, Folk. SOLO program, ''La Muchosa, Journey through Europe's Golden Age'', 2013-2023, Folk. ''la MÖTET'', Andreas, Floris, Nelis, Nanni Baumüller, Anders, Maria, Olof, Ingrid Larsson, 2022-2024, Folk Ball DUO DE CORNEMUSE with Toon Van Mierlo,2023-2024, Folk Ball. BRASS BAND XHOFFRAIX, Olivier Haas , Gala with Anke Lenaers, Malmedy, 2024 WINTERGASTEN, Toon Van Mierlo, Maarten Decombel, Pascale Rubens, Jorunn Bauweraerts, Veronique Rubens, Philippe Masure, creatie voor het Cultureel Centrum Bree/ Natuurpunt/Geschied en Heemkunde Kring Groot Bree, 2024

Prize-winner and prizes awarded :

  • Second Prize, Duo at the St-Chartier competition, with Martin Swart, 1994.
  • Third Prize, Solo, St-Chartier competition, 1994.
  • First Prize, Duo, St-Chartier competition, with Machteld Truyens, 1995.
  • Laureate of the Belgian Vocation Foundation (Vocatio), 1995.
  • Second Prize at the European Traditional Music Competition, organized by the ERU (European Radio Union), with ''Göze'', Maarten Decombel and Wim Claeys, 2003.
  • 2007, Winner of the "Vitrine de l'artisan" with Remy Dubois.