Françoise Vanhecke

Françoise Renilde Irma Vanhecke[citation needed] showed great talent as a singer, pianist, and composer even as a child.

Her talent was soon discovered by Luc Goosen and Jan Decadt, who used her piano pieces as obligatory material at the Urban Academy of Harelbeke.

In 1995 she wrote 'Jong bloed' on a text by the poet Guido Gezelle, for a broadcast on Classical Radio (Klara) in the town of Kortrijk.

In 2000 she received a master's degree in music, specialising in voice from the Lemmens Institute, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the Catholic University of Leuven.

[6] Vanhecke participated in the first Queen Elisabeth Music Competition for singing in 1988 and received wide appreciation from the press and from the community.