Wies de Boevé

Born in Belgium in 1987, he studied with Duncan McTier in Zurich before entering the Berlin Philharmonic’s Karajan Academy Orchesta, where he studied under the guidance of Janne Saksala and Esko Laine. He studied his master’s degree with Božo Paradžik in Lucerne, and finished his studies with Matthew McDonald in Berlin.
In 2016 he was awarded First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 54th ARD International Competition in Munich. Other awards include the Second Prize at the Double Bass International Competition in Paris (2008), First Prize at the Glasgow Double Bass International Competition (2009), First Prize at the Berlin International and the Rahn Competition in Zürich (both in 2010), Third Prize at the Markneukirchen Double Bass International Competition (2011) and First Prize at the German Music Competition in 2015 (becoming the first double bass player to win this competition).
As a soloist, he has performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthausorchester, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Lucerne Symphony, among others.
His first recording with original works for double bass was released in 2016 under Genuin Label.
He is currently co-principal double bass player at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich, and he is often invited to play with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, or the Berlin Staatskapelle, among others. He also teaches at the BR-Symphony Orchestra Academy and at the University of the Arts in Munich, and since 2014 he oversees the Double Bass group at the EUYO. Since the 2022-2023 academic year, he teaches at the Reina Sofía School of Music’s Unidad Editorial Double Bass Chair.