He has worked as an orchestra conductor with René Defossez [fr] and Robert Janssens in whose class he received his first prize with distinction in 1997 and the higher diploma in 2002.
His first composition prize was awarded in 1989 at the Conservatoire royal de Mons [fr] in Paul-Baudouin Michel's class.
Quatrain for wind quartet won the 1990 Prix Irene Fuerison [fr] from the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts.
The Silver Medal with mention from the Académie Internationale de Lutèce[2] (Paris) was awarded to him in 1992 on the occasion of its international composition competition.
The influence of musicians such as Steve Reich, John Adams, Arvo Pärt and Henryk Górecki is felt in his music and makes him one of the leading figures of the Nouvelle musique consonante [fr][3] current in Belgium.