Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe, former BBC New Generation Artist, winner of the ARD Music Competition and a Borletti Buitoni Trust Award, is known for her expressive, lyrical and virtuoso performances.

Annelien Van Wauwe records exclusively for the Pentatone label. Her first album 'Belle époque' with the Orchestre National de Lille conducted by conductor Alexandre Bloch, was released in 2019 and won an Opus Klassik in 2020. Her latest concerto recording ‘FLOW’ with the NDR Radiophilharmonie under Andrew Manze contains basset clarinet concerti by Mozart and Henderickx and was released in 2022.

She has performed with many leading orchestras, including the DSO Berlin, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Deutsche Radiophilharmonie, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart, the Münchner Kammerorchester, the Wiener Kammerorchester, the Residentie Orchestra Den Haag, the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dresdner Philharmonic, the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Salzburg Camerata, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras.

A passionate chamber musician, Annelien founded the Brussels chamber music ensemble CAROUSEL. Founded in 2019, the ensemble brings together twelve exceptional international musicians.

She practices yoga intensively, which strongly influences her clarinet playing and eventually led to a composition commission for Wim Henderickx. The new piece SUTRA is based on breathing and meditation. It was co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. The concerto was premiered at the end of March 2022 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

Annelien originally studied with Sabine Meyer in Lübeck, with Pascal Moragues in Paris, with Alessandro Carbonare in Rome and with Wenzel Fuchs and Ralf Forster in Berlin. She has also participated in classes with her mentor Yehuda Gilad in Los Angeles. Annelien has a strong affinity for early music and studied historical clarinet with Eric Hoeprich in Paris and Ernst Schlader in Trossingen.

As a sought-after pedagogue, Annelien regularly gives masterclasses and teaches at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague.