President Lourenço + QEC Closing Concert

4 June 2018

Back from their short Italian break, king Philippe and queen Mathilde received Angolan President, João Lourenço and his wife, Ana Dias Lourenço at the royal palace in Brussels.

In the evening, the king & queen attended the final concert of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for Voices, at Bozar in Brussels.

Melissa Maas acted as lady-in-waiting.

video: https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concours-reine-elisabeth?id=2359403

QEC 2018: Award Ceremony

15 May 2018

As patron, queen Mathilde handed out the awards to the laureates of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for singing, at the Music Chapel of Argenteuil.

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 2018

As patron, queen Mathilde attends a large part of the concerts of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. In 2018 the QEC is dedicated to classical chant.

Mathilde also wrote an introduction to this year's programme.

Tuesday 1 May 2018

Queen Mathilde & prince Emmanuel (12) attended concerts of the first round, at Flagey in Brussels.

Melissa Maas acted as lady-in-waiting.

Friday 4 May 2018

Queen Mathilde & princess Eléonore (10) attended concerts of the semi finals, at Flagey in Brussels.

Clotilde Boël acted as lady-in-waiting.

Saturday 5 May 2018

Queen Mathilde attended concerts of the semi finals and the anouncement of the finalists, at Flagey in Brussels.

Laurence de Ghellinck acted as lady-in-waiting.

Thursday 10 May 2018

Queen Mathilde and king Philippe attended the concerts of the finale week, at Bozar in Brussels.

Saturday 12 May 2018

Queen Mathilde, crown princess Elisabeth (16) and prince Gabriel (14) attended the last concerts of the finale week, followed by the anouncement of the winner, at Bozar in Brussels.

video: https://www.facebook.com/canvastv/videos/10156290278009344/

Around midnight German baryton Samuel Hasselhorn was proclaimed the winner of this edition.

video: https://www.facebook.com/canvastv/videos/10156290492099344/