Aude Van De Keere (2003) started her violin education when she was five and received her first piano lessons at the age of eight. In 2014, she competed in competitions for the first time and quickly received first prizes for both instruments. When she turned eleven, she was selected to participate in the international chamber music course and festival “Musica Mundi”, in which she took part every year from 2015 until 2020.
In 2015, Aude became a student of Hagit Hassid-Kerbel for piano and Leonid Kerbel for violin. To be able to combine her studies she received the AGODI Top Art Status.
In 2018, Aude was admitted to the Musica Mundi School for Young Talents, where she combined her secondary studies with a professional music education in the class of Jacques Rouvier and Hagit Hassid-Kerbel for piano and the class of Leonid Kerbel for violin.
In 2021, at the age of eighteen, Aude graduated Summa cum Laude from the Musica Mundi School. In 2024 she obtained her bachelor diploma at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp for piano in the class of top pianist Polina Leschenko, again with highest distinction. She continues her violin studies with top violinist Aylen Pritchin.
Aude also studied under the guidance of Sergio Tiempo for half a year. Next to that, she participated in many masterclasses with artists such as Menahem Pressler, Natalia Trull, Itamar Golan, Vitaly Samoshko, Shai Wosner, Gabriela Montero, Nicholas Angelich, Mariangela Vacatello, Jura Margulis, Mateusz Borowiak, Eliane Rodrigues, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, Hannes Minnaar, Alexandra Soumn, Ivry Gitlis, Vladimir Perlin, Jussi Siirala, Catherine Michel, Jerome Pernoo, Mikhail Zemtsov, Chang-Xin Guan and many more.
Aude participates in national and international competitions. In 2019, she won the third prize in the international piano competition “Merci Maestro” as youngest participant of her category. She was also named Young Ambassador of the Belgian National Orchestra.
Aude is very active both as a soloist and a chamber musician and performs with different chamber music ensembles. She is regularly invited to festivals like Belgium Cello Festival, Arte Amanti Chamber Music Festival, PianoParels Festival, etc. Furthermore she is a member “Trio Maskerade” with violinist Leon Blekh and cellist Krzysztof Michalski.
Aude performs in Belgium and abroad with concerts that have been broadcasted on tv and radio. Next to public concerts, she is frequently asked to perform for private events and recordings. Her interpretation of Chopin’s third piano sonata has been broadcasted on Stingray Classica multiple times.
In 2022, Aude worked with the famous composer Jacqueline Fontyn and performed one of her masterpieces, “Le Gong”, on her award ceremony.
In 2023, Aude performs Mendelssohn’s double concerto for violin, piano and orchestra together with the renowned violinist Gilles Apap at the international arts center De Singel.