{"id":474,"date":"2024-06-14T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-package-source.instawp.xyz\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:36:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hello! My name is Jay Weiner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am sixteen years old and am currently enrolled in the S7 Music 4 course at EEB1, the European School in Brussels, Belgium. My primary instrument is voice, but I spent six years playing cello and have recently picked up the electric bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music has been a central part of my life for as long as I can remember, my mother always encouraged me to interact with music in all its forms. At the age of seven, I joined the preparatory choir of the La Monnaie Children and Youth Choirs, and have since moved on to La Choraline (the 13-18 year section of the Youth Choirs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve taken part in various operas and musicals in recent years, such as SNAKE, by Howard Moody, Charlie and the Chocolate factory <\/em>(as Charlie), Die Zauberfl\u00f6te <\/em>(as the third Knabe), The Sound of Music<\/em> (as Friedrich Von Trapp, produced by the company Ars Lyrica<\/em>), The Mikado<\/em>, by Gilbert and Sullivan (produced by the Brussels Light Opera Company<\/em>, BLOC), SOLAR \u2013 Icarus Burning<\/em>, by Howard Moody (with the Youth Choir, at La Monnaie), Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>, by Richard Strauss (in small choir, at La Monnaie), and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve also participated in several recordings (Carmen, A Christmas Journey<\/a>, 2:Love) and many performances with my choir, including two concerts at the Belgian Royal Palace<\/a> in Laeken, a small solo in Benoit Mernier\u2019s Dickinson Songs<\/em> at BOZAR<\/a>, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, and a week-long International Youth Choir Festival<\/a> in Hanover, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highlight of my musical career so far was performing the title role of the contemporary opera “Fanny and Alexander”<\/a>, at La Monnaie Royal Opera House, by the Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson<\/a>, conducted by Ariane Matiakh and directed by Ivo van Hove, next to important singers such as Thomas Hampson and Anne Sofie von Otter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am looking forward to joining the Guildhall School of Music and Drama of London in September 2026 to pursue a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Studies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Performances in 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Solo roles, including a world premiere<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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>18000<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tickets sold for my performances in 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLibre, direct, honn\u00eate et raffin\u00e9 dans son interpr\u00e9tation, Jay Weiner insuffle une fra\u00eecheur audacieuse et radicale \u00e0 l\u2019ensemble du casting vocal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOLINE HEUTERBISE – OLYRIX.COM<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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24 Performances in 2024 5 Solo roles, including a world premiere >18000 Tickets sold for my performances in 2024 “ \u201cLibre, direct, honn\u00eate et raffin\u00e9 dans son interpr\u00e9tation, Jay Weiner insuffle une fra\u00eecheur audacieuse et radicale \u00e0 l\u2019ensemble du casting vocal.\u201d SOLINE HEUTERBISE – OLYRIX.COM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-474","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1499,"href":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/474\/revisions\/1499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayweiner.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}