Piet Kuijken (b. 1972) studied with Jan Vermeulen, Jan Michiels, André De Groote and Menahem Pressler. He holds Higher Diplomas in both piano and chamber music from the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels, for which he was given the highest distinction. He also holds a Performer Diploma from Indiana University, where he studied with a BAEF Fellowship. He is the winner of the E. Ollin, M. Lefranck and M. Horlait-Dapsens prizes, the CERA-Young Musicians Prize in 1994, and the Schumann Concerto Competition in Bloomington.