Born on the 6th of September 1965 (Brugge)
Studied music at the Royal Brussels Conservatory where he obtained a first price in solfégio. He studied classical flute for three years with Paul Van Wolleghem and then moved over to jazz-flute and tenor saxophone. He attended jazz courses with :
Jeroen Van Herzeele, Frank Vaganée,
Kurt Van Herck, Lew Tabackin, Bo Van der Werf,
Erwin Vann, Fabrizio Cassol, Will Offermans (contemporary flute
music) etc...
Alex graduaded as a jazz saxophone player at the Maastricht Conservatory (Holland), where he studied with Toon Roos (Bird award winner) and Claudius Valk.
He is currently specialising on playing J.S.Bach on the tenor saxophone.
He played/plays with Gilbert Isbin, Charles Loos, Jozef Dumoulin, Armenac Petrocian, Kris Vermeir, and many others...
Most of the time he leads his own groups:
- the Bebop Quartet,
- the Alexander Mantua band,
- Duo Pegasus etc...
Currently he plays in a jazz-bluesband called "the blue gang quartet" with the spanish blues guitarist Fernando Neris. Also with a group called "O Barquinho" where they play latino music from Metheny, Jobim and own compositions.
He performs now and then in schools as a guest musician/teacher (Jeugd en Muziek, Leuven).
As a pianist he merely plays his own compositions and improvisations, he performed in the
United States (New York, Washington, Ohio)
and in Spain.
Two of his piano books (Withes' Cauldron, vol.I and II) and a duo composition with Gilbert Isbin (Sixtologie) where edited and printed by Antares, Gent.
Alex plays flute and piano on the CD of Gilbert Isbin (Blue, Sounds and Touches')
and has plans to make a new recording with Gilbert Isbin.
He teaches AMV (solfégio) at the conservatory in Leuven.
