Bart Cypers studied horn at the conservatories in Brussels and Geneva with teachers including Luc Bergé, Bruno Schneider, André Van Driessche, Nico de Marchi and Jakob Slagter, and historical horn with Jean-Pierre Dassonville. As a student, he was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra and principal horn of the Netherlands Youth Orchestra. He currently teaches horn at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège and natural horn at the Institut Royal Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie (IMEP) in Namur.
He previously served as a soloist with Birmingham Royal Ballet and, from 2012, as principal horn of the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen orchestra. In March 2024, he joined the Belgian National Orchestra. He is also a regular guest with symphony orchestras including the orchestra of La Monnaie / De Munt, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Brussels Philharmonic and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.
As a performer on historical instruments, he appears as a soloist with Collegium Vocale Gent and is regularly invited by Belgian and European ensembles such as Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, B’Rock, Insula Orchestra, Il Pomo d’Oro, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Terra Nova Collective, Cappella Mediterranea, a nocte temporis, Les Talens Lyriques, Millenium Orchestra and Le Concert Lorrain.
He is also active in chamber music, performing with ensembles such as Prometheus Ensemble, Northern Light, Spectra Ensemble, I Solisti del Vento, Hermes Ensemble and Champ d’Action. Since 2011, he has been a founding member of the Eburon Quintet, with which he won the Premier Prix Ville de Lyon and the Coup de Cœur Bayer at the Concours International de Musique de Chambre in Lyon in 2012.
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