Waldo - Biography in English
Pianist, musicologist and philosopher Waldo Geuns is the kind of musician you might encounter in a concert hall, a lecture theatre, a playhouse or at a festival. His performances combine virtuosity with imagination, intellectual sharpness with humour, seriousness with playfulness. He moves effortlessly between profound lecture-performances and more light-hearted, surprising projects in which music connects with other disciplines such as storytelling, philosophy or even (culinary) theatre.
What sets Waldo apart is his ability to let music speak as something alive: a form of thinking that deepens emotion and sparks curiosity. For him, each performance is an encounter between sound and meaning—whether in an intimate recital, a philosophical conversation at the piano or an interactive performance for children. His wide-ranging artistic curiosity leads to collaborations with writers, dancers, fashion designers, scientists, philosophers and chefs. Time and again, he seeks new ways to invite audiences to listen with both head and heart.
Waldo Geuns studied piano in Brussels and Salzburg with Jan Michiels, Hans Leygraf, Christoph Lieske, Bernd Glemser and André De Groote, and continued his training with Wieslaw Szlachta. His concerts have taken him to venues such as BOZAR, Flagey, Concertgebouw Brugge, AMUZ, De Bijloke, Festival 20/21, B-Classic, Festival Musiq’3 and Flagey Piano Days, and internationally to the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Wagner Museum and Villa Senar in Lucerne, La Défense in Paris, the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia, and the Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, Poland, among others.
His debut CD, Cuentos de Amor (Antarctica Records, 2018), featuring Granados’s Goyescas alongside his own compositions, was met with enthusiasm (“A little gem” – Daily Classical Choice; “Sublime!” – Stretto). The accompanying listening guide, Spanish Stories, shows how he also uses language to deepen the listener’s musical experience.
Alongside his artistic activities, Waldo Geuns teaches music history and philosophy at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, writes for cultural magazines and leads cultural tours for Davidsfonds. His artistic practice has grown into a multifaceted universe in which seriousness and play continually reinforce one another, always with one aim: to let audiences feel how music can think, laugh, console and astonish all at once.
