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Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium
About Edith Volckaert
- Edith Volckaert (August 27, 1949 – July 2, 1992) was a Belgian violinist and music educator.She was born in Ghent.
- By the age of four, she had already given a public performance of a Vivaldi concerto.
- Volckaert received private lessons from Carlo Van Neste, who was to be her only teacher.
- Volckaert won a number of international awards including the International Tibor Varga Violin Competition, the Mozart Competition, the UNESCO competition and the prize from the Taormina Festival in Sicily.
- In 1967, she placed first for violin in the Maria Canals International Music Competition.
- At the age of 19, she received a scholarship from the Belgian National Pro Civitate competition.
- In 1971, she was a prize winner in the Queen Elisabeth Competition, placing fifth in the final standings.
- She became a jury member for the competition in 1976.She performed in Berlin, Moscow, Salzburg, Paris, London and the United States as a soloist and with chamber music groups.
- She played a violin produced during the late 17th century by a follower of Giovanni Paolo Maggini, possibly Andrea Guarneri.Volckaert taught at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels but retired from teaching there in 1978 to devote herself to performing.
- She suffered from an incurable cancer for the last six years of her life but continued to teach until the last few months.
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