Barbara Wiernik

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Singer, Singer Songwriter, Lyricist, Teacher, Researcher

Barbara Wiernik was 18 when she joined the Jazz Studio in Antwerp. After two years, she decided to follow her teacher David Linx to the Koninklijk Conservatorium van Brussel (KCB), from which she graduated 5 years later with distinction. It was also during this period that she benefited from the teaching of her mentor Norma Winstone in the UK.

In 1999, she travelled to India for the first time, where she received her first training in traditional Hindustani and Carnatic singing, which gave a special character to her various repertoires.

This was followed by various projects and albums as leader or co-leader: "Soul of Butterflies", featuring her own compositions and lyrics; "PiWiZ", based on compositions by Pirly Zurstrassen; and "WRaP!", featuring the music of Alain Pierre, with whom she has worked closely for several years.

In addition to her sidewoman projects, in 2016 she released her highly successful album "Complicity" with Italian pianist Nicola Andrioli. Her latest project, "Barbara Wiernik ELLIPSE", in which she surrounds herself with wonderful musicians, was released in September 2022.

Barbara never stops training (Estill Figure Proficiency, Circle Songs, Carnatic singing and rhythms, various vocal training courses...) because learning and passing on everything that revolves around the voice excites her more than anything else.

She has been teaching for around fifteen years in various Royal Conservatories of Belgium and mainly at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen, in jazz singing and vocal improvisation courses in Belgium and around the world. Furthermore, since 2020 she has been employed at the Koninklijk Consevratorium Brussel as a research assistant to carry out a doctoral thesis on current jazz singers in Europe, a subject which concerns her closely and fascinates her.

After taking this course for several years, she became a jazz singing teacher at the AKDT in the summer of 2003.

Website : barbarawiernik.com/

Langues : Dutch, English, French