Jasper Depraetere

Jasper Depraetere,
born in 2000 in Lier,
Belgium, is deputy carillonneur of Lier, Belgium. He studied the carillon at the Municipal Academy of Lier from 2009 to 2018 and was awarded his diploma in 2018 together with a medal from the city of Lier for his exceptional performance during his final exam. In 2013 he enrolled in the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" in Mecheln, Belgium where graduated with highest honors in 2018. He went on to study the carillon at the Luca School of Arts in Louvain and received his Bachelors with highest honors in 2021. He is currently working on his Masters degree. In 2015 won first prize at the International Youth Carillon Competition in Deinze, Belgium. In 2019 he won both the second prize and the audience prize at the Queen Fabiola carillon competition of the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" in Mecheln, Begium. In 2016 he became president of the Carillon Association of Lier. He specializes in performing together with other musicians and dancers and plays concerts in various European countries and the USA.


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The Saint Gummarus Church in Lier, Belgium.
Photo: Andreas Dill.


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  Jasper Depraetere at the keyboard of the Saint Gummarus Church in Lier, Belgium.

Guest concert on Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 4 p.m.
Works by Gounod, Nieuwenhuijsen, Piazolla, Pieters and Rush.
Click here to download the program.

Click here to see a video of Jasper Depraetere playing Puritani, Fantasie pour le Carillon by Nieuwenhuijsen on the carillon of the Saint Rombouts Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium on June 3, 2021.