 He was initially self-taught and played the recorder, harpsichord, fortepiano, and viola da gamba.He went on to study gamba with Wieland Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he received a Premier Prix in 1984.As a gamba and violone player, he has performed with numerous pioneers of the early music movement, including Sigiswald and Wieland Kuijken, René Jacobs, and Jean-Claude Malgoire.