Frans Violet

Frans Violet, born in 1954, studied music theory, trumpet, piano and percussion at the then Municipal Music Schools of Boom and Willebroek.

At the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp he obtained the first prize in music theory and also a first prize trumpet in the classes of Albert De Keyzer and Emiel Maes.

As a trumpet player he made his debut in 1972 in the orchestra of the Muntschouwburg in Brussels. Afterwards he switched to the then Symphony Orchestra of the BRT.

In 1984 Frans Violet decided to devote himself full-time to music education, first as a teacher of brass instruments at the GO! Academy for Music & Word Willebroek.

He taught a course of HAFABRA at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven for a number of years. Since 1993 he has been a teacher of the class "Saxhorns" at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. On October 25, 2016, the municipal council of Willebroek awarded the title of Honorary Citizen to Frans Violet.