Peter Verhoyen


Peter Verhoyen is a flautist and piccolo player.
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Biography

Peter Verhoyen is principal piccolo of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, co-founder of the chamber music ensemble Arco Baleno, professor of piccolo at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, senior lecturer piccolo at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz, and organizer of the International Flute Seminar Bruges.
Piccolo specialist, Verhoyen has commissioned, inspired and premiered a large number of new works for his instrument, notably including 4 piccolo concerti by Levente Gyöngyösi, Robert Groslot, Erik Desimpelaere and Bart Watté. He also realised a of a series of recordings in which the piccolo is the central instrument. At the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Peter Verhoyen developed the first European piccolo Masters program.
Peter Verhoyen has worked with a large number of other performers and orchestras, including Collegium Instrumentale Brugense and the orchestra Il Novecento.
For his dedication to contemporary Flemish music, Peter has been awarded the Fuga Trofee from the Union of Belgian composers in 2017.
In 2025, Peter Verhoyen was appointed as a member of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten.

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Discography (selection)

Patchwork. With Stefan De Schepper, Nele Tiebout, Benoît Viratelle, Pieterjan Vranckx and Sylvie Erauw. EtCetera KTC 1794 Piccolo concerti. With Ataneres ensemble. EtCetera KTC 1749 Piccolo sonatas. With Stefan De Schepper, piano. EtCetera KTC 1736 Zigeunerweisen. With Ilonka Kolthof, Anke Lauwers, Thomas Fabry, Stefan de Schepper and Ann-Sofie Verhoyen. Etcetera KTC 1701 The Birds. Original works for piccolo and piano. With Stefan De Schepper. Codaex CX 4026 Mighty Metamorphoses. 21th-century repertoire for piccolo and flute. With Stefan De Schepper, and Aldo Baerten. EtCetera KTC 1668 Hidden Facts. Flemish Music For Woodwinds & Piano. With Focus Wind Quintet and Stefan De Schepper. EtCetera KTC 1624