{"id":21,"date":"2023-02-23T15:03:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T14:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.foss42.be\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:16:56","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.frankboonen.be\/nl\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Biografie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Boonen (\u00b0Diest, 1976) zette zijn eerste muzikale stappen bij de K.H. St.-Isidorus Deurne-Diest.&nbsp; Aan de Gemeentelijke Muziekacademie van Tessenderlo behaalde hij met grote onderscheiding het einddiploma en de gemeentelijke medaille slagwerk in de klas van Alo\u00efs Verbeeck. Tegelijkertijd volgde hij bastuba aan de Muziekacademie van Diest bij Argo Penn\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium van Antwerpen behaalde hij, in de klas van Hendrik-Jan Renes, het diploma <em>Meester in de Muziek, optie bastuba<\/em>. Daar studeerde hij ook harmonie- en fanfaredirectie bij Dirk De Caluw\u00e9 en Jan Hadermann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reeds op zijn zeventiende werd hij dirigent van Jeugdharmonie Dorna Musica uit Deurne-Diest. Momenteel is hij dirigent van <strong>K.H. St.-Isidorus Deurne-Diest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ook in het muziektheater is Frank actief als dirigent. Hij leidde producties als <em>The Wiz<\/em>, <em>The Hunchback<\/em>, <em>De zotte liefde van Meneer Perdu<\/em>, <em>Den Grooten Oorlog<\/em>, <em>Op de purp\u2019ren hei<\/em>, <em>Viktoria en haar Huzaar<\/em>, <em>Der Fidele Bauer<\/em>, <em>Der V\u00f6gelhandler<\/em>, <em>Eine Nacht in Venedig, Das Land des L\u00e4chelns, Der Zarewitsch en Gr\u00e4fin Mariza.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank is dirigent van grote producties zoals <em>Elvis in Symphony, Jubelato Deo, The Armed Man, Operette Parels 2022, Made in Germany, Strauss 200 en From Vienna to Broadway.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sinds september 2015 is Frank muzikaal leider van het <strong>Vlaams Muziek Theater<\/strong>, en sinds 2025 bekleedt hij ook de zakelijke leiding van dit gezelschap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Als freelance muzikant werkte hij met vooraanstaande orkesten en ensembles, waaronder Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, De Munt, de Vlaamse Opera, Il Novecento, Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra, die Wiener Taschenoper, het Gabri\u00ebli Koperensemble, Muziektheater Transparant, het Gents Publiekstheater en theaterhuis Hetpaleis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In het voorjaar van 2025 tourde hij door Europa met <em>Avatar: The Last Airbender \u2013 In Concert<\/em>, een internationale productie waarin een live symfonisch orkest de muziek uit de populaire animatieserie uitvoerde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Als tubist maakt hij deel uit van <strong>The Symphony of Unity<\/strong>, een project van Tomorrowland dat klassieke orkestmuziek verenigt met elektronische dance-muziek. Met dit orkest reisde hij naar Brazili\u00eb (2024) en trad hij negen keer op in de iconische concerttempel <em>The Sphere<\/em> in Las Vegas (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank werkte samen met tal van nationale en internationale artiesten, waaronder Andrea Bocelli, Mark King (Level 42), Morten Harket (A-ha), Johnny Logan, Zucchero, OMD, Coolio, Nile Rodgers &amp; Chic, Amy Macdonald, Katy Melua, Hooverphonic, Belle Perez, Guy Swinnen en Paul Michiels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Momenteel is hij als koperleraar verbonden aan de Kunstacademie Dilsen-Stokkem en de Stedelijke Academie voor Kunsten Maaseik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Boonen (\u00b0Diest, 1976) zette zijn eerste muzikale stappen bij de K.H. 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