Association Philharmonique
d’Uccle asbl
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Made up of amateur musicians of all ages and backgrounds, the orchestra generally performs 3 to 4 concerts per season.
with the support of Mme Odile Margaux
and the Collège des Bourgmestre et Échevins d'Uccle
You play an instrument and want to join us?
The orchestra’s origins go back to 1897 with the founding of the Royale Harmonie Uccloise, which then became the Association Philharmonique d’Uccle in 1954. The orchestra is made up primarily of amateur musicians from a wide variety of backgrounds and currently numbers some 45 regular players.
The Association's aim is to bring to life orchestral music for and by music lovers of all ages through various partnerships inside and outside the municipality (schools, other ensembles, charities...). Besides giving regular concerts in Uccle, the orchestra has performed with other ensembles both in Belgium and abroad (the choir A Chantar from Louvain, Les petits chanteurs du collège Saint Pierre d’Uccle, the vocal ensemble Carloo Cantores, the Kammerorchester Rosenstein from Heubach, Germany).
Our repertoire ranges from overtures, symphonies and concertos to film music and more popular works, from the baroque period to the present day.
The first conductor was Paul Gason, followed by Fernand Terby, permanent conductor of the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1975 to 2010 by the trumpeter André Philippe. He was followed by Jérôme Schlesser (2011–2017), Gabriel Hollander (2017–2022). Since then, the musical direction has alternated between Charlotte Panouklia, Clio Zois, David Miller and Simon Thierrée.
Souvenir of competition in Maubeuge
15 August 1909
Simon Thierrée
Simon Thierrée
Simon has joined us for the first half of the 2025-26 season with an exciting programme comprising extracts from the two Peer Gynt suites by Grieg and Beethoven’s third symphony.
Born in 1980, he started playing the violin when he was five. After graduating from the Conservatoire National de Musique de Rennes in Music Education, Violin, and Composition in 1997, he studied Jazz with Pierre Blanchard (violin), later returning to classical music with Igor Tkatchouk to graduate as conductor at Brussels Royal Conservatory in 2020.
Charlotte Panouklia
Clio Zois
David Miller
February 2023: Saint-Saëns 1st cello concerto, + works by Mozart & JC Bach
January 2024: Dvořák 9th symphony
May/June 2025: Schubert symphony No 8, Rosamunde overture, Beethoven 3rd piano concerto (1st movement)
January 2025: Beethoven 5th symphony, Fidelio overture, violin concerto (1st movement)
June 2023: a varied programme of dances
André Philippe
Gabriel Hollander
Jérôme Schlesser
Gabriel conducted us from 2017 to 2022 and in a concert in June 2024
Jérôme conducted us from 2011 to 2017
André conducted us from 1975 to 2010
We rehearse every Wednesday during school terms from 20.00 to 22.00.
Ecole du Longchamp, rue Edith Cavell 29, 1180 Uccle
Tram 7 Stop Cavell Tram 3 Stop Churchill
Bus 60 Stop Cavell
Next rehearsal - 22 October, 19.45 to start at 20.00
Contact us via our contact form
or by email: contact@orchestre-uccle.be
Committee
| President | Isabelle Linard (Violin) | |
| Secretary | Marie Christine Mauroy (Violin) | |
| Treasurer | Silke Brehm (Violin) | |
| Vice‑President | John Fallas (Horn, trombone) | |
| Member | Dany Porché (Violin) |
The Committee is responsible for managing the Association’s activities and general affairs and for organising our concerts. The musical programme is decided by the musical director in consultation with the committee and section leaders.
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