Deneire, Hanne
Hanne studied Composition, Piano & Bass Clarinet at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (Wim Henderickx & Luc Van Hove) and the Guildhall School of Music in London. 

When she was only 19 years old she was a laureate, 
with her first orchestra work Mitä, of the Aquarius composition competition. Mitä was created by the Beethoven Academie conducted by Jan Caeyers and her professional career started.

 Hanne composed for Flagey, HERMESensemble, I Solisti del Vento, Oxalys, Quince Quartet, the Philharmonic Youth Orchestra of Flanders, the Belgian National Radio Choir, The Flemisch Opera, and others. Her music is played from Belgium over the VS to Japan. 
Her cd “hommage of Hanne Deneire” In Flanders' Fields, Phaedra publisher, was awarded a Golden Label and Sabam gave her the Golden Poppy for “Classical music/ Chamber music” in 2011.

Besides composing, she started at age 16, sharing her passion for music & creation through education and artistic projects. She developed her own method "Children are Composers" in her House of Music

By the age of 19, she was already teaching Highly Gifted Children at the University of Antwerp and received an award from the King Boudewijn Foundation for her social engagement through art.

In 2007 she started lecturing at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in the Master's Community Art while she was working on her Ph.D. mentored by the composer Luc Van Hove & Prof. Annick Schramme.

From 2016-2019 she participated in Bob Proctor (PGI) programs and Matrixx. As well as a composer, educator, and expert in music&dementia, she trained & shared her vision & method in the US & Canada.

"Children are Composers " was selected for the accelerator program The Birdhouse in 2018. For six months she was mentored by Filip Smet & Wilfried van Assche to grow as a social impact entrepreneur. 

In 2022 her new music theatre Bonaparte, made together with Tom Lanoye, was created at the Antwerp Spring Festival by The Flemish Opera Orchestra conducted by Alexander Joel & Soloist Stefaan Degand.

In 2023 her Katsu Project will be sounding again in May and her new trio for Festival der Voorkempen 
will be created in June by Wibert Aerts, Philippe Thuriot & Carlo Willems.

Hanne is grateful that her music is performed worldwide by the best musicians. 
From 2023 her focus is training professional musicians and creative entrepreneurs in their full potential!