Sonata Duo (VOF) is based in Belgium. We are both musicians with a
passion for communication and digital transformation. We are
available for concerts, both solo and quatre-mains with a wide
variety of repertoire.
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Duo concert with Jakob De Vreese and Kenneth Theunissen (Ghent Belfry)
Rachel Perfecto is a conductor,
musicologist and carillonneur originally from New York who
began conducting at the age of seventeen. She has studied
oboe with John Ferrillo, Joel Evans, and Hsuan Fong Chen,
choir conducting with Luc Anthonis, and orchestra conducting
with Ivo Venkov. Already at age fifteen, she performed
Haydn’s Oboe Concerto in C Major with the United States
Military Academy Band. With interests in both music and
physics, she majored in music and astrophysics at Yale
University, graduating magna cum laude in 2015. During her
time at Yale, she was assistant conductor and principal
oboist of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, with whom she was
also featured as solo oboist in Bach’s Concerto in C Minor
for Violin and Oboe. In 2014, Rachel founded and conducted
her own orchestra to accompany the Yale Undergraduate Ballet
Company in their performance of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping
Beauty. She was also assistant conductor of the Saybrook
College Orchestra from 2012 to 2014.
After graduating from Yale, Rachel was awarded a fellowship
from the Belgian American Educational Foundation to study
the carillon at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in
Mechelen, Belgium, where she graduated with greatest
distinction in June 2016. As a freelance carillonneur, she
is frequently invited to give concerts and has performed
throughout the US and Europe. To further her musical
studies, Rachel remained in Belgium to earn a master’s in
musicology from KU Leuven and a master of music in
conducting from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. In
Belgium, Rachel regularly conducts the Antwerp Student
Camerata and the Cum Gaudio choir. She also was selected to
participate in a masterclass with renowned
conductor-pedagogue Jorma Panula in Kuopio, Finland, in
2018.
Jakob De Vreese
Jakob De Vreese is a carillonneur, pianist, and organist, active as carillonneur of Geraardsbergen and assistant carillonneur of the Belfry of Ghent. He performs a broad and varied repertoire, ranging from Baroque and Romantic to contemporary music, pop, and jazz. Improvisation holds a special place in his playing.
Jakob regularly performs both nationally and internationally, both solo and in duo with his partner Rachel Perfecto. Together they present concerts that take audiences into the unique sound world of the carillon.
He is the founder and organizer of the concert series "Bach Concerts Ghent" and president of the Ghent carillon society Clocke Roeland. Additionally, he served for more than 10 years as a board member of the Flemish Carillon Association.
As an organist, he worked until 2020 at the Basilica of Lourdes-Oostakker and the parishes of "Kanaaldorpen Gent".
Beyond his musical activities, Jakob is an avid maker with a passion for digital making. He worked as Lab Manager of the MediaLab at Erasmus University College in Brussels, where he engaged with 3D printing, laser cutting, Python programming, and AI projects.
As a creative, he combines his musical expertise with technical skills. He offers his services as a video editor and audio specialist and enjoys working on the digital side of musical projects. Additionally, he is the founder of Salvator, a social platform where carillonneurs can share arrangements with each other. This platform originated as his final project at the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" and is still actively maintained by him.
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Choir Concerts
Rachel Perfecto is conductor of the Cum Gaudio Choir in
Sint-Martens-Latem and the CBM Choir in Tienen.
More info coming soon.
Concerts
Both Jakob and Rachel are active concert carillonneurs and
are available for solo concerts. Rachel is known for her
inspired arrangements of romantic music, and next to that
she developed a unique program in the spirit of her master
thesis about the origin of carillon and pieces based on
carillon ostinatos from the 16th century.
Jakob is known for his vivid improvisation concerts and
varied programs. He also is available for concerts with
piano and carillon in duo with his colleague carillonneur of
Ghent, Kenneth Theunissen. They developed programs around
different themes, directed at the general public with easy
listening music like Italian music, french music and even
flemish classics music. A variety of well known tunes.
Off course Jakob and Rachel are also available for
quatre-mains concerts. Trough the years they developed a
program with all kinds of music, from Piazzolla to Bach and
Beethoven, Sousa and the beatles. All arrangements they made
themselves, so the music is completely tailored to there
techniques and harmony. Promising a inspired and special
experience for the listeners.
