Wouter Vercruysse

Astonishingly lithe, rhapsodic playing,’ the Strad – London


Wouter Vercruysse holds a Master of Music degree with highest distinction for cello at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where he was under the tutelage of Judith Ermert. Prior to his studies in Ghent, he had the privilege of studying with Jan Van Kelst at the Conservatory of Courtray. Armand Coeck has been Vercruysse's personal mentor, under whose tutelage he has been able to expand his skills as a guitarist, improviser, composer, and chamber musician. Just as well, he has taken masterclasses in cello from Yo-Yo Ma, Alexander Rudin, Alain Meunier, Jean-Guihen Queyras … and had chamber music coaching from Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and Claus-Christian Schuster (Altenberg Trio of Vienna) among many others.

To his credit, he has won first prizes in the Belfius Classics and Rotary competitions and won with the St. George Quintet the chamber music competition Supernova Classics in 2016.

As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed concerts in the world's most prestigious halls: Carnegie Hall of New York, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Royal Academy London, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, and Bozar Center for Fine Arts in Brussels.

He shared the stage with classical guitarists Catherine Struys (Edenwood duo), Jan Depreter, Roberto Aussel, Atanas Ourkouzounov and Victor Villadangos among others, and is founding member of Edenwood Duo and the St. George Quintet. In the world music scene he performed with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Kudsi Erguner and Osama Abdulrasol.

Wouter Vercruysse collaborated in numerous recording projects released by auurk records, A Croch’Note Production, Pavane Records, SGQ Records, Et’Cetera Records, Warner and EMI.