Laci Olah Jelle Vastershaeghe Viool Piano

Jelle Vastershaeghe is a Belgian classically trained all-round pianist.

He obtained a Master of Arts Degree at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent,

Belgium, studying piano with Daan Vandewalle and Vitaly Samoshko. He

attended classes with Juan José Perez Torrecillas.

He is a highly skilled accompagnist with great stylistic variety and well-

praised improvising gifts. In addition, he is an arranger and orchestrator,

focusing on string orchestra and pop ensemble.

He participates in the Pascale Platel productions C'est

Moi le Monstre with Charles Dekeyser and KipKappen

with Paul De Loore. Both productions toured

extensively in Belgium and the Netherlands; C'est Moi

le Monstre ended with a standing ovation in the

Handelsbeurs, Ghent, Belgium.

Jelle developed his skills as a classical accompagnist in the Vocal

Classes of Gidon Saks and Marcos Pujol at the Royal Conservatory

of Ghent, and Lena Lootens at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

He frequently cooperates with vocalists, a.o. in variété with

Marleen Iterbeke, preparing Poulenc's La Voix Humaine and a

World War I anniversary project, and in musical and pop with

Liesbeth De Wolf. Jelle founded the cabaret crossover

collective Clabaret with Helene Bracke, mixing classical music

with cabaret style. He is presenting a classical Lied/Aria

programme with soprano Jolien De Gendt.

He recently played at the Salons Mimosa in

Eeklo, at Bord’eau in Oude Vismijn in Ghent,

Brussels Event Brewery in Molenbeek and Dolce

La Hulpe in Brussels on New Year’s Eve.

Laci Olah is a classically trained Belgian violinist, orchestrator, and teacher.

A sixth generation musician, he attributes his development as an all-round

musician to his heritage and his father, who himself is a classically trained

and all-round pianist.

During his studies at the Royal Conservatorie of Brussels, his prominent

talent was recognized by Igor Oistrakh, who accepted him in his class. He

continued his studies with Lilia

Umnova at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where he

graduated “Master of Arts in Music'' for violin with

summa cum laude in 2011.

In 2001 he received the First Prize at the Dexia Competition. His many

solo achievements include the H. Wieniawsky's Violin Concerto, F.

Waxman's Carmen Fantasy, and P. Tchaikovsky 's Violin Concerto.

He has had the privilege of collaborating with such distinguished

musicians as Michel Tilkin,

Mikhail Bezverhny, Geert

Soenen, Guy Penson, Patrick

Peire, Peter Ritzen, Dirk Brosse,

Alex Callier, Cédric Murrath…

Laci Olah’s Orchestral and Chamber Music development has

benefited from the collaboration with the string ensemble,

Timur Und Seine Mannschaft, where he was acting as

concertmaster from 2007 till 2011.

Since 2011 he has worked for Musical van Vlaanderen where

he participated in the production of Oliver! and played the

fiddler role in the production Fiddler on the Roof.

In 2012 he was awarded with the position of concertmaster

in the Hooverphonic with Orchestra project.

With

Hooverphonic, he recorded two albums and an a live

DVD and played over 50 concerts with Hooverphonic

and toured for over 2 months in the most prestigious

halls of Belgium, such as the Sportpaleis, 6 times in the

Elizabethzaal, Capitole Ghent, Viage Brussels, Roma

Antwerp... He performed live in numerous

Hooverphonic tv and radio shows in Belgium.

He recently recorded with Iris van Straten and with canadian superstar Mark Masri. His future

projects include De Voice van Vlaanderen, a CD recording with Eros Ramazzotti, and he will be

appointed as the concertmaster for Night of the Proms with the Belgian Session Orchestra.

Serenade originated as a collaboration between Laci and Jelle at the

Royal Conservatory of Ghent. Laci, from a sixth generation all-round

family, and Jelle, whose grandfather was a crooner, quickly shared

equal artistic conviction about musical performance: entertaining

and playing for the audience as the highest priority.

This conviction translated into the name Serenade.

Originally proposed as a Master Degree Graduation at the Royal

Conservatory of Ghent, the first project, Cinema Serenade,

presented a new sound with their own artistic rendition of film

music, with string orchestra, rhythm section and themselves as

soloists. The overwhelming success lead to the next project, as

they were asked to perform as a ballroom orchestra at the

Sheraton Hotel in Brussels.

In addition, Laci and Jelle were asked to perform for the Koning

Boudewijnstichting in the presence of Prince Filip and Princess Mathilde

of Belgium. They were celebrated personally by Princess Mathilde for

their performance.

They presented the new performance concept Laci

& Jelle in Concert with sopranos Nadine Heyndrickx

and Victoria Perez Santisteban. The huge success

redefined conventional concert experience

perceptions.

They provided for numorous performances as a professional

duo in various settings, including bars, restaurants, hotels and

corporate events, and continue to do so nationally and

internationally.

provides

professionally finetuned music and performance in extended stylistic variety

for:

• Receptions

• Corporate events

• Concerts and stage performances

• Marriages and funerals

• Festivities

• Bars, hotels & cafés, adjusted to the

demand of the establishment

(background music, concert, ballroom

evening...)

• ...

Contact

Jelle Vastershaeghe

info@jellev.be +32 (0)496 373 566 www.jellev.be

Laci Olah

olahlaci@hotmail.com +32 (0)485 280 623 www.olahlaci.com