Pierre Anckaert

Pierre Anckaert

Pierre Anckaert is graduated from the Conservatory of Brussels with Diederik Wissels and Nathalie Loriers. He also followed a course in Afro-Cuban music in the Escuela National de Artes in Havanna (Cuba) during one month.

As a composer and pianist his projects are very diversified e.g. the Pierre Anckaert Trio featuring Hendrik Vanattenhoven on double bass and David Barker on drums, a Jazz quintet featuring on trumpet Jeroen Van Malderen and on tenor sax Bruno Vansina, Pierre Anckaert Project played at Jazz in 't Park 2006, Brussels Jazz Marathon's Sablon Stage 2006, Jazz in alle Gassen (DL - Dachau), Hopper Jazz Club, Music Village, JazzOlive, Jazz Hoeilaart 2005 etc. but also a septet including a string quartet. He also performs as a pianist in The Pieter Vandergooten Quartet.

Furthermore he teaches at several Music Schools like Conservatory Mechelen and Music school Grimbergen in Belgium.

On 2007, his Pierre Anckaert Trio was the winner of Jazz Hoeilaart.