Marc Van Eyck

Marc Van Eyck, born in 1957 in Louvain, Belgien, attended the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" in Mechelen, Belgium and was awarded his diploma with „distinction“ in 2001. He is a member of the school's board of directors and the carillonneur of the Saint Gertrude Church in Louvain. He has given concerts in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and the USA, was the editor of the carillon magazine  't Schipke and has written several articles about the carillon. He investigates carillons world wide and works on improving their tractions. At the moment he is the consultant for a project to install a new carillon with 51 bells in the city of Aarschot. It is hoped that the instrument can be dedicated on November 11, 2018, the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

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Marc Van Eyck at the keyboard of the carillon of the Church of San Pascual in Villarreal, Spain

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Tower of the Saint Gertrude Church, Louvain, Belgium


Guest concert on Saturday, May 20 at 4 p.m.
Works by Nees, Schubert and Stölzel and popular melodies by Barr, Bock, Charles and Parker, Ferdy, Loewe, Monti, Rodgers, Schönberg and Williams.

Download program here

Click here to listen to Marc Van Eyck play Jef Denyns Prelude in D minor on the carillon of the Johannesberg Palace, Aschaffenburg