woensdag 29 mei 2019

European Lotteries Congress

28 May 2019

Queen Mathilde attended the 10th European Lotteries Congress in Antwerp.

She met Marc Herremans, a former triathlete and now paralympic, who represented his foundation "To Walk Again". They discussed the availability of easy and accessible sports facilities for persons with a physical handicap.

The Queen also met Professor Robert Frank, who talked about the importance of luck & merit in our society.

QEC 2019: Award Ceremony

28 May 2019

As patron, Queen Mathilde handed out the awards to the laureates of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition for Violin, at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth of Argenteuil.



maandag 27 mei 2019

Flashback: Voorleesweek 2013

20 November 2013

Queen Mathilde opened the annual Read Aloud Week, flanked by authors & illustrators at the UZ Leuven Hospital.




zaterdag 25 mei 2019

Queen Elisabeth Competition 2019: Violin

As patron, Queen Mathilde attended the majority of the sessions of this world renowned classical music competition.

First Round at Flagey

Monday 29 April 2019





Tuesday 30 April 2019

Queen Mathilde attended with her youngest daughter, Princess Eléonore (11) who also plays the violin.


Semi Finals at Flagey

Monday 6 May 2019


Mathilde watched Luke Hsu and Seina Matsuoka play.


Wednesday 8 May 2019

Mathilde watched the concerts of Mio Yoshie and Meruert Karmenova.



Archduchess Anna Gabriele von Habsburg and the Prince d'Arenberg were also in the audience.


Saturday 11 May 2019

Announcement of the finalists.


In the break the Queen went on stage to talk to the members of the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie.






Finals at Bozar

Monday 20 May 2019

The Queen was accompanied by King Philippe.





They watched the final sessions of American Luke Hsu and Belgian Sylvia Huang.





Tuesday 21 May 2019

King Philippe & Prince Emmanuel (13) watched the performances of American Stephen Kim and South Korean Ji Won Song.



Wednesday 22 May 2019

Queen Mathilde and Princess Eléonore (11) watched Japanese Seiji Okamoto play.










After the break Belgium's youngest Princess left and Queen Mathilde came back alone to watch Ioana Cristina Goicea play.


Thursday 24 May 2019 

Queen Mathilde was accompanied by Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg to watch the final concerts of Hungarian Julia Pusker and Japanese Yukiko Uno.






Saturday 25 May 2019

Queen Mathilde and Prince Gabriel (15) were accompanied by Duchess Marie von Württemberg and her daughter, Duchess Amélie von Württemberg, who is herself a professional violinist, for the final evening of the competition.




They watched the performances of American Shannon Lee and Ukranian Eva Rabchevska.


At the end of the evening, the winner was aanounced: American Stella Chen.






A group picture with the twelve laureates.

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