Bart Watté

"Bart Watté (°1979 Gent, Belgium) holds Master’s Degrees in both Clarinet Performance and Orchestral Conducting from “LUCA School of Arts” in Leuven. He studied clarinet with Eddy Vanoosthuyse and took part in Master Classes with Robert Spring, Howard Klug, Wenzel Fuchs and Thomas Friedli. He is principal clarinet in the “Royal Military Band of the Guides” in Belgium, and a sought-after soloist, studio musician and clinician, in Belgium and abroad. As an author, he has published several pedagogical articles in the Dutch magazine “De Klarinet”. In 2024, he was appointed as one of the new clarinet professors at the Royal Conservatory of Gent (B).

He studied orchestral conducting with Edmond Saveniers and Ivan Meylemans, and is frequently invited as a guest conductor with different ensembles to conduct his own compositions. As a composer, he is self-taught. His music is firmly rooted in classical/romantic traditions, but has been influenced by film, folk and electronic music. His compositions are gaining interest and have been performed and recorded internationally.

Bart is a Buffet Crampon clarinet artist and a Gleichweit Mouthpieces artist. He performs exclusively on Buffet Crampon ”Festival” clarinets and Gleichweit ”B-8” mouthpieces.”