In 1983, he launched Studio Brussel, VRT's younger radio station.
In 1998 he was appointed Studio Brussel's station manager.
In 2002 Jan moves back to his radio roots, as manager of VRT's Radio 1.
A trained musician (from chamber music to jazz), Jan Hautekiet works as a pianist/keyboardist as well as composer, arranger and producer.
He performed and recorded with innumerable Belgian artists and bands- but also with the likes of Warren Zevon, Chris Spedding, Luka Bloom, Chocolate Genius, Heather Nova and Ian McCullough as a member the house band of the "De Laatste Show" television talk show.
A trained musician (from chamber music to jazz), Jan Hautekiet works as a pianist/keyboardist as well as composer, arranger and producer.
He performed and recorded with innumerable artists and bands in concert or on tv as a member the house band of the "De Laatste Show" talk show.
Most endearing is his collaboration with singer/songwriter/guitarist Patrick Riguelle, which started some 6 years ago, leading to the CDs A Minor Thing, Red Harmony and Dielectric Union. In 2005 they produced Chautauqua for Tucker Zimmerman.
With Patrick he developed several projects for the Brosella Festival, first with Derroll Adams, and in 2001 as a tribute to the late singer.
In 2006 they played the soundtrack of The Wicker Man for Brosella, with Jacqui McShee and bassist Danny Thompson.
They tour with a repertoire of french chanson in 2008
Jan is also active on tour, dvd and cd with Dutch singer and poet Rick de Leeuw. They released a dvd (2004) and cd (2008) together
