'Dès les premières notes, l'enchantement est en marche. Le colibri, extrait d'Impressions exotiques de Sigfrid Karg-Elert, vient sautiller sous notre nez pour nous inviter à la découverte des compositeurs modernes qui se sont interessés au piccolo. Le travail sur la sonorité est très impressionant et efficace. Parfois brut, accentué la côté "boisé" de l'instrument, il devient tout d'un coup aussi clair et feutré que celui de la flûte. Tout est travaillé, minutieux : le timbre, le détaché, les nuances; tout contribue à mettre en valeur cette pièce magnifique ... Un incontournable pour les amoureux de la petite flûte.'  (Traversières)

13/12/2009  

Marc Matthys presents his new CD 'Shades' with jazzy cross-over compositions. Performers include David Linx, Vanessa Matthys, Bart Denolf, Dré  Pallemaerts and Fred Savinien. Peter Verhoyen appears as a guest artist with 'San Juan', a short piece for alto flute and piano. www.marcmatthys.com

28/07/2009

In April Peter Verhoyen and Stefan De Schepper have been recording their new piccolo cd 'The Birds!' at the Concertstudio in Kortrijk. Too often the piccolo is be seen as an imitator of bird songs, with a demonstration of fabulous finger technique, especially in the upper register of the instrument. With their new cd Peter and Stefan will prove to the audience that the little piccolo has a lot of other qualities. American, German and Flemish composers wrote some fascinating chamber music with 'The Birds!' as a theme.

Click here to order the CD 'The Birds!' with original chamber music for piccolo and piano by Karg-Elert, Beaser, Swerts, Janacek, Huylebroeck, Bondue, Westerlinck & Lenaerts 

22/06/2009

The National Flute Association (USA) invites Peter to play a piccolo recital at their annual Flute Convention. This year the convention takes place in New York from August the 12th until the 16th. Together with his pianist Stefan De Schepper Peter will perform newly published flemish piccolo compositions from his new 'The Birds'-cd. More information can be found at http://www.nfaonline.org/convention/2009conv.

01/06/2009 

Every season, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic attracts internationally soloists and famous conductors as well as upcoming homegrown talent that wants to enter the international playing field. Mahlers Symphony no.2 with Chief Conductor Jaap van Zweden and Beethovens Symphony no.9 with Principal Conductor Philippe Herreweghe are some of the highlights of this season. More information can be found in the new online brochure. www.defilharmonie.be.

04/05/2009

The Janacek Academy of Music in Brno (Tsjechië) invited Peter Verhoyen to give a masterclass Piccolo on December  the 1st until the 3rd. Besides the masterclasses for piccolo Peter will give some lessons to prepare the students for the Prague International Spring Competition. During his stay in Brno Peter will give a piccolo recital with his pianist Stefan De Schepper. The will perform the concert programme 'Piccolo Tunes".

26/08/2008

With his chamber music group Arco Baleno, Peter realised the new cd 'Britannia' with music fot flute, strings and harpsichord by John Rutter, Frank Bridge, Gordon Jacob, Hoiward Blake and Allan Stephenson. The cd can be ordered on the website www.arcobaleno.be

03/05/2008

The Royal Flemish Philharmonic will be touring Spain, Hungary, Austria and Slovenia in its 2008-2009 season. New chief conductor Jaap van Zweden will guide the orchestra through a very exciting repertoire with Chostakovitch 5th and 8th symphonies and Stravinski's Rite of Spring as highlights. Music Director Philippe Herreweghe celebrates his 10th season with the orchestra with new Beethoven cd recordings.
For more information : www.defilharmonie.be

03/05/2008

'This CD is a very interesting collection of works for piccolo and piano. I found it thoroughly enjoyable in that the music explored lyrical, virtuosic and agressive possibilities of the instrument. The solists seem  united in their musical purpose, the ensemble perfect, which gives a very satisfying musical experience. All of this is played with superb artistry and musical commitment by both musicians.  Verhoyen has a wonderful control of the legato line,even in the top octave with clear limpid tones. Light articulation and a sense of mischief make this a thoroughly pleasurable hour's listening.'

Patricia Morris, Pan, Journal of the British Flute Society, 2007/3

'It turns out that indeed it was a whole disc of contemporary piccolo music, but the surprise was that it was very pleasant to listen to. Anyone who is at all serious about playing solo works for piccolo would do well to learn about these pieces. Verhoyen does an excellent job of taming the tiny beast that is the piccolo.  His playing is quite lyrical and musical.  Tone is resonant and nice, especially in pianissimo passages.  There is also some very impressive technical playing.  Piccolo Tunes is well worth owning, even if you are not a fan of solo piccolo.  You may be, as I was, pleasantly surprised.  

Keith Pettway, The Flutist Quarterly Summer 2007.

01/08/2007

Next season, the orchestra will perform surprising and original repertoire. International tours include Germany, the Netherlands, China and Japan.
The new season brochure can be obtained from the new website www.defilharmonie.be

18/05/2007