Ensemble ON

The young Belgian ensemble ON was created in 2005 by 8 passionate musicians with a specific interest in contemporary music. Through their unique combination of instruments, voices and electronic devices, the ensemble has created an ideal forum for exploring and performing contemporary music in their own way. The ensemble considers the collaboration between composer and musicians as well as the dialogue with their audience as essential elements of their work. Furthermore, ensemble ON focuses on the interaction between sounding and visual art forms and aim to create a multi-artistic expression in their performances.

Gisèle Decoster : piano

Gisèle Decoster graduated from the Conservatoire Royal de Mons. She has studied with Pierre Sancan in Paris and shares her activities between teaching the piano and practicing chamber music in various ensembles.

Marie de Roy : voice

Marie de Roy graduated from the Conservatoire Royal de Mons and the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. She has also followed the teaching of Janet Thompson, Rachel Yakar and Mary Morisson and has given numerous concerts with the Belgian Sinfonia Orchestra, the Cetra d’Orfeo, the Maîtrise et Orchestre Philharmonique de la cathédrale de Strasbourg.

Michel Copin : violin

Michel Copin graduated from the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. Twice he has been laureate of the Prix Bisschop-Matheyssen and of the Prix Maurice Lefranc. He teaches the violin and is a member of the Académies de Musique de Soignies et Uccle.

Nicolas Deletaille : cello

Nicolas Deletaille graduated from the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Brussel and the Juilliard School in New York. He now plays everywhere in Europe as a soloist and in chamber ensembles. He has given more than forty world-wide concerts performing compositions especially written for him.

Eric Leleu : flûte

 Erik Leleu graduated from the Conservatoire Royal de Liège and the Conservatoire Royal Bruxelles and has also studied composition with Marcel Quinet and Frédéric Rzewski. He shares his activities between the interpretation of past and present music, composing, teaching and participation in theatrical collaborations.

Jean-Louis Maton : percussion

Jean-Louis Maton graduated from the Conservatoire Royal de Mons. He also studied jazz drums and followed the teaching of Frédéric Macarez, Jean Geoffroy, Justin Di Ciocco and Georges Pacsinski. He has earlier played with the Orchestre Philharmonique des Flandres and the Orchestre National de Belgique and is now sharing his activities between playing contemporay music and improvisation on marimba.

Philippe Saucez: clarinet

Philippe Saucez graduated from the Conservatoire Royal de Mons. He has been an important character in classical and contemporary music both in Belgian and internationally since the early seventies and has performed concerts all over the world. He has specialised in performing the pieces for clarinet by the composer Jean-Louis Poliart and in 1987 received the Prix du Hainaut for his great work as a clarinettist.

Gilles Gobert: conductor

Gilles Gobert graduated from the Conservatoire Royal de Mons and followed master classes in composition with Helmut Lachenmann, Tristan Murail and Magnus Lindberg among others. He is the musical director of the ensemble OI\I and of the vocal ensemble Alternances. Further more he composes vocal, instrumental and mixed pieces interpretated by Musiques Nouvelles, Arne Deforce, the string quartet Danel, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie and others.