Hilde Vanhove
Hilde Vanhove (June 3, 1964, Genk, Belgium) is a Belgian jazz singer. She performs in small and large line-ups, from duos and trios to big bands. She also works as an arranger, lyricist, composer and singing teacher. Biography Hilde Vanhove began her music studies at the age of eleven at the Genk Municipal Academy, where her classical piano studies were awarded a government medal. In 1997, she finalized her studies in jazz vocals at the Maastricht Conservatory, where she was awarded a government medal. In 1999, Vanhove was voted best Belgian jazz vocalist in the jazz poll of Radio 3 (now Klara). Hilde Vanhove shared the stage with jazz artists such as Reggie Johnson, Jef Neve, Peter Hertmans, Bruno Castellucci, Gianni Basso, Sal La Rocca, Michel Herr, Lindsey Horner, John Engels, Pascal Michaux, Hein van de Geyn and Billy Hart. She has been heard in jazz clubs, such as Music Village, Hopper, le Caveau du Max, Sheraton Brussels Airport, L'Inoui in Luxembourg, Blue Bird in Italy, and jazz festivals, such as Jazz à Liège, Frameries Jazz Festival, Audi Jazz, Lust auf Jazz Aachen and Breda Jazz Festival. Since 2001 she has been part of the German-Belgian jazz trio "Sounds and Grooves", with Michael Kotzian (piano), Hilde Vanhove (vocals) and Stefan Werni (double bass). The repertoire consists mainly of swinging jazz and Latin. In 2015, "Sounds and Grooves" recorded the CD "Two Concerts". For the recording of her album Insense (2003), she put together an internationally renowned ensemble with pianist Michel Herr, Hein van de Geyn (double bass), Billy Hart (drums) and trumpeter Bert Joris. In November 2015, she sang a gala concert for National Serbian TV in Novi Sad with the Aleksandar Dujin Orkestra. The following CD Imagine (2016), recorded with the Johan Clement Trio, was favorably received by the specialized press. Discography Hilde Vanhove Trio, Celeste (1997) Hilde Vanhove & Al Defino, You stepped out of a dream (1997) The East-West String Connection, Gandharva (1998) Hilde Vanhove, Insense met Michel Herr (B), Hein Van de Geyn (NL), Billy Hart (VS) en Bert Joris (B) (2003) Venja, Mode Zen (2013) Sounds and Grooves, Two Concerts (2015) Hilde Vanhove, Imagine met Johan Clement, Bart De Nolf & Luc Vanden Bosch (2016) Venja Featuring Hilde Vanhove, Dream Machine (2019) References External links "Hilde Vanhove". JazzInBelgium. Retrieved 2023-09-07. "Hilde Vanhove". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-09-07. "Hilde Vanhove". Spotify. Retrieved 2023-09-07. Belgian jazz composers Belgian jazz singers 1964 births Living people