Conversations

One conversation.
Many voices.

Aer Clave Ensemble is a chamber music group of four musicians — flute, oboe, clarinet and piano — who met during their master studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. During their training, they had the opportunity to work intensively on chamber music with renowned teachers such as Lieve Goossens, Karel Schoofs, Benjamin Dieltjens and Piet Kuijken.

They also completed their musical development together in the Master in Chamber Music at LUCA School of Arts in Leuven.

The ensemble focuses mainly on music from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, exploring repertoire that is both technically challenging and less frequently performed. Aer Clave Ensemble is particularly inspired by creating dialogues between styles, eras and musical languages. Their programmes emerge from conversations within the ensemble and from the interaction with the audience.

With works by composers such as Michel Lysight, Darius Milhaud and Jean-Michel Damase, the ensemble offers a fresh and vibrant perspective on the traditional wind and piano repertoire — music in which timbres sparkle, clash and blend, showing that contemporary music can be as emotionally powerful as the classics.

In 2026, they won first prize at both the Concurso Nacional de Música de Cámara "Villa de Cox" and the International Competition Music Academy Forte.

1^st

Prize, Concurso Nacional de Música
de Cámara "Villa de Cox", 2026

1^st

Prize, International Competition
Music Academy Forte, 2026

'25–'26

Selected for the MusaE Concert Series — National Museum of Altamira, Cantabria.

Four voices, one breath.

Maialen Pascual Huarte

Flute

Bachelor from the Conservatorio Superior de Navarra, Master's from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels under Lieve Goossens. Soloist with the KCB Orchestra; performed with Frascati Symphonic and the OPRL.

Joel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez

Oboe

Graduated from the Conservatorio Superior de Castilla y León, Master's at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels under Karel Schoofs. Performed with the Royal Band of the Belgian Guides and at the Musica Mundi Festival.

Silvia Cantó Gómez

Clarinet

Master in Music Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Benjamin Dieltjens. Soloist performing Copland's Concerto; collaborated with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and currently performing with the Royal Band of the Belgian Guides.

Stephanie Daelemans

Piano

Master from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Piet Kuijken and from HEAR Strasbourg with Amy Lin. Active in Duo Duende; collaborates with the Walter Boeykens Ensemble and performs lieder with Graham Cooper.

Conversations

Fragments, Friction and Flow

A programme that listens — where wind and piano speak across a century of European chamber writing. Each work forms a dialogue about how four players make a single thought.