Marieke Van Ransbeeck

MARVARA Music is the official channel of artist Marieke Van Ransbeeck. 

Marieke has roots in the Belgian folk music scene with numerous groups and projects (Back To The Woods, Queens of Baba, het BVO,...) and as a pedagogue and organiser. She began playing the bagpipe at the age of 8 in Gooik with her teacher Jean-Pierre Van Hees. She graduated in 2017 with a master in French Baroque Music from LUCA School of Arts and is currently continuing her studies on the Nordic Master in Folk Music programme. 

Her innovative bagpipe style combines different bagpipe, folk and baroque traditions: playing “authentic” and newly composed concert and dance music on the Flemish/French bagpipe, the Swedish Säckpipa and the French Musette de Cour. Marieke aims to uncover the unique spectrum and possibilities of the bagpipe and portray the instrument in a new light. 

At the moment, Marieke is focusing on her work with Nordic ensemble Farandi and her soloproject: "Nordic Folk Music on Bagpipes".