Benoît Vanderstraeten

Pedagogy
1985 – Teacher at the Jazz Seminar in Liège
1988 – Teacher at the jazz school Les Lundis d’Hortense
1990 – Teacher at the Académie Grétry, jazz section
1991 to present – Teacher at the CMCN (now M.A.I) in Nancy
1997-1999 – Teacher at Jazz Studio in Anvers
1999-2000 – Teacher at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg
1999 to present – Teacher at the Conservatoire Royal d’Anvers
2000-2012 – Teacher at CMDL in Paris
2005 to present – Teacher at the Académie des Arts in Bruxelles
2006 to present – Teacher (Assistant) at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
2013 to present – Teacher at Jazz Studio in Anvers

I.A) Numerous Masterclasses and Workshops
CIAM, Bordeaux

Tous en Scène, Tours

Workshop at Les Lundis d’Hortense, 1991

Workshops in Dworp, 1996 and 1997

Workshop in Wépion, 2009 and 2010

Summer Academy AKDT in Libramont, 2008 to 2014

I.B) Author of a Pedagogical Video
Les Outils de l’Improvisation (originally released by Connections, later issued on DVD)

Concerts
From 1984 onwards, concerts with Jacques Pirotton, Mimi Verderame, Stéphane Martini, Robert Graham, Arnould Massart, J.C. Renault, J. Linsman, Philippe Anciaux, Kris Defoort, Pirly Zurstrassen, Gino Latucca, Guy Cabay, John Eardley, Dave Pyke, Dré Pallemaert, Steve Houben, Yannick Robert in France, Scott Henderson, Dominique Di Piazza, Jean-Michel Kadjan, and others

Festivals
Lundis d’Hortense, Jazz Rallye, Jazz à Liège, Jazz à Oupeye, JVC Jazz Festival, and others

Demonstrator in France for Ibanez basses and Crate amplifiers

1994-2005 – Concerts with John Scofield and Michel Petrucciani

World tour with violinist Didier Lockwood in numerous festivals, including Épernay, Fécan, Épinal, Amiens, Paris, Calvi, Cannes, Vittel, Élancourt, Nantes, Montluçon, Clermont-Ferrand, Belfort, Milau, Aix en Provence, Nice, Liège, Orléans, Alançon, Dublin, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Eilat, and a live broadcast at Radio France Salon de la Musique in Paris in 1995, 1999 and 2000, including concerts with Dominique Di Piazza

From 2005 onwards:
Duo with Michel Hatzigeorgiou in 2006

Trio with Phil Abraham and Mino Cinelu in 2007

Tour with the group Ialma in 2010 (Morocco, Spain, Germany, Belgium)

Tour with Bruno Castellucci in 2011 (Italy, Slovenia, Austria)

Duo with Jean-Louis Rassinfosse at the Festival de Rossignol in 2010

Ben VDS trio with Jan De Haas and Victor Da Costa in 2014

Project with Manou Gallo in 2014

Discography
Vibes, Guy Cabay, 1988

Speed Limit, Mimi Verderame, 1989

Lemon Air, Guy Cabay, 1989

Artline, Jacques Pirotton and Éric Legnini

Modern Garden, Jean-Pierre Catoul, 1990

Jokari, Jacques Pirotton, 1990

Soty, Jacques Pirotton, 1992

Following the Band, Charlie D’Inverno, 1992

Duck Time, 1992

Import/Export, Jean-Pierre Catoul, 1993

Nain de Jardin, Benoît Sourisse, 1993

11tet de Violon, Didier Lockwood, 1993

In Folio, In Folio, 1995

10 Cordes de Nuit, Yannick Robert, 1997

The Voyage, Garrett List, 1998

Vaci Utca, Yannick Robert, 2005

On the Jazz Side of My Street, Guy Cabay, 2005

There is an Effel There, Françoise Derissen, 2005

Basse Influence No 1, Tous les grands bassistes d’Europe

Basse Influence No 2, Tous les grands bassistes d’Europe

Jacques Pirotton Quartet, 2008

3 for 1, Paolo Loveri, 2008