oriana was born in beveren-waas, belgium and obtained the governmental medal for flute and chamber music cum laude at the age of 17, and in the same year became laureat-finalist of the national fedekam competition for young soloists and won an audition for the euregio youth orchestra. she studied flute at the brabant conservatory (tilburg, nl) with raymond delnoye (solo flutist brabant orchestra) and obtained the bachelors (docerend musicus) diploma in 1998. after that, she continued at the rotterdam conservatory with jo hagen (solo flutist rotterdam philharmonic orchestra) and finished the masters degree (uitvoerend musicus) in 2001.
she has gained orchestral experience in the euregio youth orchestra (1993-1994), the youth & music orchestra antwerp (1994-1998) and the rotterdam young philharmonic (1998-2001) with conductors arie van beek, jurjen hempel, ernst van tiel, roy goodman and hans vonk. she took part in masterclasses with william bennet and gaby van riet, and in 2001 was selected by tape to take part in the masterclass of philippe pierlot at the second flute convention of france in paris.
from 2002 until july 2011 oriana has been teaching flute and ensemble at the centre for arts 'amadeus' in oudenbosch (nl),
in june 2008, oriana was selected by tape by the london symphony orchestra, to take part in the second flute auditions and 2009,
as a soloist, she performed with the oosterhout symphony orchestra (the netherlands, haydn concerto, 1998), the youth & music orchestra antwerp, )mozart concerto, 1998), the chamber orchestra of the brabant conservatory (the netherlands, bach brandenburg concerto, 1998) the antwerp chamber orchestra (church of la madeleine paris, bach suite in b minor, 2006) and an ad hoc chamber orchestra (telemann concerto for flute and recorder, 2014)
since 2004, oriana is working as a freelance flutist in various orchestras such as the european philharmonia, sinfonia rotterdam, the netherlands symphony orchestra, the royal flemish philharmonic , the flemish opera, the 'joy of strings' korean chamber orchestra, the night of the proms orchestra; playing concerts in the netherlands, france, italy, poland, sweden, germany.. . she worked with conductors daniele callegari, ivan meylemans, dirk brossé, dirk verelst, massimo quarta, michaël schönwand, sian edwards, alexandra arrieche and participated in tv broadcasts for dutch television NPS and radio recordings for flemish classical radio KLARA and dutch classical RADIO 4.
oriana founded ' Z V E Z D O L I K I ', an ensemble originated in the norwegian church antwerp in 2009. since then, oriana has been shaping various projects (Z V E Z D O L I K I concerts, Noot voor Nood, GroundFlour) for this ensemble which today is considered to be one of the best ensembles in belgium.
beginning of 2O13, she was creator and organizer of the first edition of the major Z V E Z D O L I K I charity project for the homeless in antwerp : 'nooT voor nooD', which had a second successful edition in october 2016, supported by antwerp district. the third edition, in bourlaschouwburg, lead to Z V E Z D O L I K I's recording of 'maría de buenos aires' (a tango-operita by astor piazzolla) for evil penguin records' label 'antarctica' ,released october 2018. shortly after the release of the piazzolla album, the ensemble was invited by "Eén" to perform live on national television during "De 7e Dag".
november 2018, oriana was nominated for the "cultuurprijs borgerhout" 2018, a prize awarded every two years for exceptionally beautiful projects, in this case Z V E Z D O L I K I's charity project "noot voor nooD".
september 2019, oriana was appointed first flute of the all-women symphony orchestra "virago symphonic orchestra", based in antwerp and conducted by pascale van os.
some of her visual work has enjoyed outlets, in design for Z V E Z D O L I K I, Noot Voor Nood and GroundFlour promotional material and releases. in 2019 she appeared with collaborator douglas park, as part of NICC organization’s Zonder Kunstenaars Geen Kunst (Without Artists No Art), festival (protesting against cultural-budget cutbacks), at MuHKA contemporary art museum, antwerpen (where they “covered” John Cage’s silent 4’ 33 composition); later, she contributed her O (for “oxygen”) self-portrait as a page for NICC’s 2021 Zonder Kunstenaars Geen Kunstboek (Without Artists No Artbook) anthology.
for the moment she is preparing the 4th (!) edition of the "Noot voor Nood" project and the new project 'GroundFlour' in her home at guldensporenstraat in borgerhout, in collaboration with her partner, artist Douglas Park.
most recently, her ensemble, Z V E Z D O L I K I , got selected for an exchange trip to basque country. more about this soon.
also, oriana got invited by a london gallery to have her first solo photography exhibition. please visit the page " photography " on this website for updates.
As of January 2022, oriana forms a steady duo with Dutch pianist Bernd Brackman.
(january 2022)
she has gained orchestral experience in the euregio youth orchestra (1993-1994), the youth & music orchestra antwerp (1994-1998) and the rotterdam young philharmonic (1998-2001) with conductors arie van beek, jurjen hempel, ernst van tiel, roy goodman and hans vonk. she took part in masterclasses with william bennet and gaby van riet, and in 2001 was selected by tape to take part in the masterclass of philippe pierlot at the second flute convention of france in paris.
from 2002 until july 2011 oriana has been teaching flute and ensemble at the centre for arts 'amadeus' in oudenbosch (nl),
in june 2008, oriana was selected by tape by the london symphony orchestra, to take part in the second flute auditions and 2009,
as a soloist, she performed with the oosterhout symphony orchestra (the netherlands, haydn concerto, 1998), the youth & music orchestra antwerp, )mozart concerto, 1998), the chamber orchestra of the brabant conservatory (the netherlands, bach brandenburg concerto, 1998) the antwerp chamber orchestra (church of la madeleine paris, bach suite in b minor, 2006) and an ad hoc chamber orchestra (telemann concerto for flute and recorder, 2014)
since 2004, oriana is working as a freelance flutist in various orchestras such as the european philharmonia, sinfonia rotterdam, the netherlands symphony orchestra, the royal flemish philharmonic , the flemish opera, the 'joy of strings' korean chamber orchestra, the night of the proms orchestra; playing concerts in the netherlands, france, italy, poland, sweden, germany.. . she worked with conductors daniele callegari, ivan meylemans, dirk brossé, dirk verelst, massimo quarta, michaël schönwand, sian edwards, alexandra arrieche and participated in tv broadcasts for dutch television NPS and radio recordings for flemish classical radio KLARA and dutch classical RADIO 4.
oriana founded ' Z V E Z D O L I K I ', an ensemble originated in the norwegian church antwerp in 2009. since then, oriana has been shaping various projects (Z V E Z D O L I K I concerts, Noot voor Nood, GroundFlour) for this ensemble which today is considered to be one of the best ensembles in belgium.
beginning of 2O13, she was creator and organizer of the first edition of the major Z V E Z D O L I K I charity project for the homeless in antwerp : 'nooT voor nooD', which had a second successful edition in october 2016, supported by antwerp district. the third edition, in bourlaschouwburg, lead to Z V E Z D O L I K I's recording of 'maría de buenos aires' (a tango-operita by astor piazzolla) for evil penguin records' label 'antarctica' ,released october 2018. shortly after the release of the piazzolla album, the ensemble was invited by "Eén" to perform live on national television during "De 7e Dag".
november 2018, oriana was nominated for the "cultuurprijs borgerhout" 2018, a prize awarded every two years for exceptionally beautiful projects, in this case Z V E Z D O L I K I's charity project "noot voor nooD".
september 2019, oriana was appointed first flute of the all-women symphony orchestra "virago symphonic orchestra", based in antwerp and conducted by pascale van os.
some of her visual work has enjoyed outlets, in design for Z V E Z D O L I K I, Noot Voor Nood and GroundFlour promotional material and releases. in 2019 she appeared with collaborator douglas park, as part of NICC organization’s Zonder Kunstenaars Geen Kunst (Without Artists No Art), festival (protesting against cultural-budget cutbacks), at MuHKA contemporary art museum, antwerpen (where they “covered” John Cage’s silent 4’ 33 composition); later, she contributed her O (for “oxygen”) self-portrait as a page for NICC’s 2021 Zonder Kunstenaars Geen Kunstboek (Without Artists No Artbook) anthology.
for the moment she is preparing the 4th (!) edition of the "Noot voor Nood" project and the new project 'GroundFlour' in her home at guldensporenstraat in borgerhout, in collaboration with her partner, artist Douglas Park.
most recently, her ensemble, Z V E Z D O L I K I , got selected for an exchange trip to basque country. more about this soon.
also, oriana got invited by a london gallery to have her first solo photography exhibition. please visit the page " photography " on this website for updates.
As of January 2022, oriana forms a steady duo with Dutch pianist Bernd Brackman.
(january 2022)
