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The Belgian soprano, Lore Binon, started her musical education at the age of 5, studying the violin. She was a laureate of several competitions and obtained her Masters in violin at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where she studied with Yuzuku Horigome. Whilst studying the violin she discovered a new passion, singing. She began her vocal training at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, obtaining her Bachelor degree with Beatrijs Devos. In 2010, she continued her vocal studies in Barcelona at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya, with Margarida de Natividade. In 2011 she obtained her Master of Music degree in Voice at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Valérie Guillorit. During her studies she was awarded the Cardon prize for exceptional results by the Royal Conservatory of Music, Brussels. She currently receives coaching from Margreet Honig.
Lore Binon has performed in several music theatre productions, including Revelations with Transparant and Berberio, a music theatre piece for children, for which they achieved a Yamaward. She participates in an interantional tour of Children of nowhere in collaboration with Lod and actress Viviane De Muynck and music by Dominique Pauwels. She made her operatic debut as Barbarina in W.A. Mozart's Nozze di Figaro with the Freiburger Barockorchester under the baton of René Jacobs (September-December 2013).
Lore Binon is also active in the contemporary music field and has performed Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire at the Schiermonnikoog Festival (the Netherlands) and participated in Sirènes by Luca Francesconi with Brussels Philharmonic led by Michel Tabachnik (Festival Musica, Strasbourg) as well as an international tour of Drumming (Steve Reich) with Ictus and Rosas. She also has a keen interest in the performance of Lieder, performing at the Muziekgebouw aan 't Ij (Amsterdam) in the supporting program of the series “Grote zangers” and in England, where she gave recitals at the prestigious Oxford Lieder Festival, Chipping Campden and Wesley Chapel Harrogate.
Lore Binon's rich and sensitive musical personality makes her much sought after as a soloist. She enjoys regular collaborations with ensembles such as Ictus, Oxalys, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra and Spectra Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Freiburger Barockorchester, De Filharmonie, Vlaams Radio Koor, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, performing f.i. Die sieben letzte Worten unseres Erlösers (Haydn), Magnificat BWV 243 (J.S. Bach), Dixit Dominus (George Frideric Handel), Lobgesang (Felix Mendelssohn) and Ein Deutches Requiem (Johannes Brahms). She has collaborated with conductors such as René Jacobs, Hervé Niquet, Jos van Veldhoven and Michel Tabachnik and performed in venues such as Bozar (Belgium), Salle Pleyel (France), Opera de Lyon (France), Palau de la musica (Spain), De doelen (The Netherlands) and Tchaikovsky Hall (Russia).
Chamber music is another of Lore Binon's passions. She collaborates with many different ensembles such as Ictus, Oxalys , Zefiro Torna, Il Gardellino (Director: Marcel Ponseele) and De Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Director: Jos van Veldhoven). and is a founding member of the ensemble "Revue blanche", a quartet consisting of the rather unusual combination of harp, flute, viola and voice. In 2013 the ensemble was awarded the Klara for “young promise” and has followed an impressive traject aver since.
This season (2016-2017) Lore Binon sings the role of Pamina in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Flemish Opera (December 2016-January 2017). She is artist in residence for the Festival of Flanders Mechelen and will perform the solo soprano part in the Gustav Mahler'S Symphony No. 4 with the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse under the baton of Loethar Koenigs. In November 2017, a disque, including melodies of f.i. Debussy and Hahn, was released by Outhere Music. She currently lives in Brussels, Belgium. |
