Noé Gillerot / Ink Still Wet 2026
«May we introduce you …?»Published: 20 August 2026
Get to know Noé Gillerot one of the five participants from this year's Ink Still Wet workshop, which Composer in Residence Olga Neuwirth will lead.
«I hope to leave the workshop with a completed orchestral piece that has been thoroughly tested, refined, and brought to its full potential. I look forward to learning from Olga Neuwirth and Brad Lubman, whose artistic approaches I deeply admire. I expect this experience to sharpen my orchestral technique, expand my expressive vocabulary, and provide insights that will guide my future work. Having the chance to engage in a real-time exchange with musicians is, for me, the most meaningful form of artistic growth.»
Biography
Noé Gillerot is a 25 year old composer and conductor. He earned three master’s degrees from Arts2 – Conservatoire royal de Mons in composition, orchestral conducting, and music theory. Noé Gillerot’s music is diverse: sometimes pure, sometimes applied, for the stage or concert, sophisticated or more popular. Yet it always seeks emotion and authenticity, aiming to approach the «essential».
Noé Gillerot is a laureate of the PRÉlude, Louis Cattiaux, and SOV’s Composer Academy 2022 competitions. He also received the SABAM Composition Prize in 2023. As a composer, he has written for ensembles such as the Symphonic Orchestra of Flanders, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Royal chamber orchestra of Wallonia and many more.
As a conductor, Noé serves as music director of the Maelström Ensemble and the LAPS Ensemble, and collaborates with several other orchestras. Recently, he assisted Débora Waldmann at La Monnaie (Brussels Opera house), Nicolas Krüger and Patrick Leterme at PBA Charleroi. He has been appointed music director of the «Ravel» project at Studio PBA (May 2026).
He also hosts a podcast produced by Belgian national radio Musiq3, which presents 20th-century music in an accessible way. He is frequently invited by radio stations for various other programs.
«Zones of Blue»
Neuwirth in GrafeneggTonkunstler Orchestra · Brad Lubman · Participants of the composer conductor workshop «Ink Still Wet» · Jörg Widmann
ARAFAH / CHOI / GILLEROT / GODARD / KIM / PENDERECKI / NEUWIRTH