Born in Aalst (Belgium) in 1973, Tom Deneckere obtained a masters degree in mathematics summa cum laude at the University of Ghent, as well as a masters degree in music cum laude at the Royal Music Conservatory in Brussels, where he studied piano with Jan Michiels and orchestral conducting with Lucas Vis. Tom Deneckere is currently a part-time lecturer in mathematics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), but devotes most of his time to music, as a conductor, pianist, ac companist, arranger, and composer. Skilfully combining his mathematic and musical backgrounds, he co-set up a lesson series en titled “Mathematics for Musicians” at the Brussels Conservatory and co-promoted a masteral dissertation on physical elements in piano playing, and one on tone scale systems. As a piano soloist, Tom Deneckere has concentrated on interpreting work by Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Eric Satie and George Gershwin.
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