Born in 1999 in Mons, Loris Douyez was given an eighth violin by his maternal grandmother on his 4th birthday, and therefore began playing it. Since his first concert as a soloist (at the age of 7), he has performed numerous times in Belgium and abroad during concerts and festivals: Django Reinhardt (Belgium), Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordéon (Canada) , Novosibirsk Festival (Siberia),…

 

At the age of 9, he decided to take accordion lessons in the class of his father, Olivier Douyez. In 2014, he entered Arts² (Academy of Arts - Mons, Belgium) as a “Young Talent” for both instruments. In his father's class for the accordion, and in Daniel Rubenstein's class for the violin.

He has followed numerous masterclasses on the violin with, among others; Jerrold Rubenstein, Ivry Gitlis and on accordion with Jacques Mornet, Vladimir Orlov, Massimiliano Pitocco, …

 

Since 2014, Loris Douyez has been a member of Duo Douyez (violin-accordion duo with his father).

 

From 2018 to 2021, he studied violin with Wibert Aerts, within Arts² and obtained a Specialized Master in violin, alongside his Specialized Master in accordion obtained with the highest points in June 2022.

 

Loris Douyez also has two Didactic Masters, one on the violin and the other on the accordion, thus giving him the number of 5 Masters obtained in a Superior School of Music.

 

He has participated in numerous international competitions and won numerous prizes, including 2nd place (Masters category) at the 74th Coupe Mondiale de l'accordion in Munich (Germany), in October 2021, 2nd place (Premio category) at the PIF Castelfidardo International Competition 2022 as well as a 3rd place (Senior Classical category) during the 2023 edition of the Trophée Mondial de l’Accordéon. On the violin, he won first prize in the Mendelssohn competition in February 2023 and in November 2023 the prestigious grant from the Nany Philippart Foundation.

Loris Douyez also received a scholarship from the Chopin Stichting Stiftung Foundation in September 2024.

 

Loris Douyez is part of the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles and has already participated in numerous concerts: « Jean-Luc Fafchamps & Musiques Nouvelles », « À l’Unison », « Rituels Sonores », « Brecht on the Groove », “60 ans”,…

 

 

Working in close collaboration with current composers such as Denis Bosse, Claude Ledoux, Stéphane Orlando, ... more than 50 works for accordion alone or with ensemble have been created by Loris Douyez.

He also had the great opportunity to perform the Belgian premiere of the accordion concerto “Recall” by Per Nørgård accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège as part of the Classic Academy 2021.

 

 

 

Also a composer, his music has already been performed in various countries (Denmark, Canada, Russia, Italy, Poland, etc.) and numerous projects are currently being written (solo repertoire, orchestra, chamber music, etc.). His work “Oppression” for accordion and orchestra was the test piece in the third round of the “Prix Accordéons-nous.org 2023” (Mons, Belgium).

 

Loris Douyez has just obtained an Advanced Postgraduate Soloist Performer on the accordion in the class of Geir Draugsvoll at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (Copenhagen, Denmark) as well as a Certificate of Advanced Studies on the violin in the class of Ilya Gringolts at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Zurich, Switzerland).

 

 

To his credit, several discographic recordings: “Portrait” (with Duo Douyez), “Ecstatic Blow” (works by L.Berio, J.Tiensuu, L.Douyez,…) released in September 2024 on the Soond label, and “Time Travel” (works by JS.Bach, D.Scarlatti, G.Ligeti, L.Douyez, …) published in October 2024 on the Italian label Nügo. 

Currently in preparation for several recording projects in wide and varied repertoires, Loris aims to transmit to all generations original and personal music that will leave a mark over time.

 

 

Since October 2023, Loris Douyez has been an assistant professor of accordion at Arts2 (Ecole Supérieure des Arts de Mons) where he teaches Bachelors and Masters.

Loris Douyez is also a Lecture teacher there.

 

Loris Douyez plays on a Charles-François Gand violin known as “Gand Père” from 1840, loaned graciously by the Baron Arthur Grumiaux Foundation.

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