Renaat Beheydt

Renaat Beheydt received a rich musical education in Belgium. After graduating from the Antwerp Conservatory, he entered the Luca School of Arts Music Conservatory and obtained a specialisation degree as performing pianist. Later on, he entered the famous Queen Elisabeth Chappell, where he studied with Professor Levente Kende for three years, graduating in 1989 with the highest degree. That same year, he was invited to become a professor at the Luca School of Arts Music Conservatory, where he still teaches piano performance. From 1995 till 2004, he was official accompanist at the Queen Elisabeth Chappell.

In Germany and Austria, he received coaching by world famous masters such as Rudolf Kehrer and Dmitri Bashkirov; in Russia, he participated in a seminar on composer A. Scriabin and was invited to perform at Scriabin’s birth house in Moscow; he won a prize at the International Piano Competition of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. His career as a performing pianist has brought Renaat Beheydt from Belgium to most European countries and to America and Asia. He played as a soloist, with orchestras or in chamber music, in the Netherlands, France, Luxemburg, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Austria and also in Mexico and China. He collaborated with famous artists such as flute player Trevor Wye, violinist Yossif Ivanov, soprano Chen Qilian and cellist Natalia Khoma. In Belgium, he collaborated in recording projects with the state Radio and Television. Morerecently, he regularly performs in piano duo with Chinese pianist Zhu Mei.
Renaat Beheydt lives and teaches in China since 2009 and was appointed associate professor at the Xinghai Conservatory in Guangzhou in 2012. His students have won national and international prizes and entered prestigious conservatories such as Cologne, Salzburg, London (Royal College) and Los Angeles.