Yannick Peeters
- Instruments : Double bass
- Date of birth : 13/04/1981 - Turnhout
Rooted in a solid foundation, Yannick Peeters navigates the tensions between contrast, intensity, and collective imagination. She began playing double bass as a teenager and studied at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp under Piet Verbist and Gulli Gudmundsson. Her development continued through workshops in Dworp (Belgium), Salzburg (Austria), and Banff (Canada), where she studied with Nic Thys, Mark Dresser, Matt Penman, and Ben Street. Through the Erasmus exchange program, she studied with Anders Jormin in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Yannick has participated in numerous boundary-pushing ensembles and projects. In 2014, she toured with 22 Strings and a Piece Of Wood alongside Jakob Bro, Frantz Loriot, Steven Delannoye, Serafine Stragier, and Kristof Roseeuw. She performed and recorded with Guillaume Vierset’s Harvest, Claron McFadden’s music theatre production Aubergine, and Natashia Kelly’s Dear Darkening Ground, with Dré Pallemaerts, Nicola Andrioli, and Ruben Machtelinckx.
She was part of and recorded with Peter Jacquemyn’s Fundament, a twelve-piece ensemble focused on low-register instruments, and joined drummer Jelle Van Giel’s band Close Distance. She also contributed to Games & Motives, a project by Anke Verslype and Willem Heylen featuring Jozef Dumoulin, Lynn Cassiers, and Frans Van Isacker.
Yannick is also part of Drawing Basses, an interactive performance concept led by Kristof Roseeuw with Joachim Badenhorst, where the audience draws graphic scores that are interpreted live by the musicians.
She leads her own band GingerBlackGinger, with Frederik Leroux, Frans Van Isacker, and Tom Rainey. Their debut album was released on the W.E.R.F. label in January 2024. In 2025, she toured with the Jakob Bro Large Ensemble in Denmark and Norway, performing with Jorge Rossy, Jakob Høyer, Anders Christensen, Kresten Osgood, Melissa Aldana, Hanne De Backer, Jesper Zeuthen, and writer Peter Laugesen.
In May 2025, she was granted a carte blanche at Bozar (Brussels), where she performed with GingerBlackGinger and special guest Tim Berne. A new album from this collaboration is set for release on Challenge Records at the end of 2025.
She has toured extensively across Europe, and also performed in Australia, the United States, and Mexico.
