Nel Swerts

Nell was born in 1978, as the second in a family of three children. She started playing the piano at the age of five. She successfully took part in the Cantabile competition where she became a laureate finalist. After finishing highschool, Nell started her studies at the Royal Flemish Conservatory, department music, in Antwerp. In 2002 she managed to get her third Master's degree on the piano, with Levente Kende. After graduating from the Royal Flemish Conservatory she studied with Daniel Blumenthal. (laureaat Queen Elisabeth contest) The following year she completed these studies with a pedagogical education. She performed to packed houses from France,Spain,the Netherlands and Germany, to Bulgaria and even Japan. "From the age of five, the piano has been the common thread through my life. As a child I grew up playing this instrument, but I never realized that I could ever build a career with it. Not only classical music gives me satisfaction, but also the lively and carefree nature of pop music fascinates me. The combination of these two worlds, classical and pop , always makes me curious for more. Not only the endless variety of melodies, but also the beauty of lyrics brought me to songwriting. Of course, music can only tell something if there’s an audience listening. It is this audience that gives me the joy to always keep on making music."