Geert Logghe was born in 1962. He studied from 1980 to 1990 at the Royal Music Conservatories of Brussels and Ghent. Besides studies in harmony, counterpoint, fugue, chamber music and music history, he studied piano with Claude Coppens, composition with Roland Corijn and experimental and electronic music with Godfried-Willem Raes and Jan Rispens. Logghe’s studies with Coppens not only had an impact on his pianistic qualities, but also on the development of his musical identity as a composer. From 1987 to 1992 he was an assistant teacher of harmony and counterpoint (1987-1990) and assistant in avant-garde chamber music (1989-1992) at the Ghent conservatory. At present he teaches piano and accompaniment at the music academy of Gentbrugge. Besides his activities as a composer and teacher, Logghe is also a dedicated pianist, applying his abilities both as a soloist and as a chamber musician in the service of twentieth-century music. In 2000, together with the recorder player Tomma Wessel, he formed the duo Meander, specialising in twentieth-century music and music theatre. Besides works by Mauricio Kagel, the duo focuses on premieres of works by (Flemish) composers such as Lucien Goethals, Lothar Lämmer, Boudewijn Buckinx, Frank Nuyts, Jan Rispens and Claude Coppens. Logghe’s breakthrough as a composer came with a commission for Antwerp ‘93 (European Cultural Capital), for which he wrote the work Time before and time after. The work was premiered by the ensemble Champ d’Action, conducted by Michael Finnissy and was greeted enthusiastically by the public. Subsequent commissions have included works for the Vooruit Art Centre in Ghent (Togaku and Temple Tunes) and Opera Mobile. In 1999, Logghe was named “junior fellow” of the KBC Chair for New Music in the musicology department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.