Recordings

Recorded performances of works by Pieter Schuermans, and albums he has conducted.

As composer

Belgian Sounds

White-Records, September 2026

An album devoted to music by Belgian composers, including several world-premiere recordings. It features Sonata Rivelata — a one-movement work, Maestoso — performed by Olsi Leka (cello) and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (piano), alongside César Franck’s Sonata for Cello and Piano and works by Eric Feldbusch and Félix Snyers.

performers:
Olsi Leka, cello
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, piano

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2RPyKpMhKwC2eFZLSfr4JQ

Concerto Grosso

Etcetera Records, 2024, KTC 1809

A refreshing alternation of music by Astor Piazzolla with contemporary compositions from Flanders, including Concerto Emerso. The Kugoni Trio is the solo group, with the Ataneres Ensemble conducted by Pieter Schuermans.

performers:
Kugoni Trio
Ataneres Ensemble
Pieter Schuermans, conductor

Album: https://www.etcetera-records.com/product/astor-piazzolla-erik-desimpelaere-piet-swerts-pieter-schuermans-jeroen-dhoe-concerto-grosso-ataneres-ensemble-kugoni-trio-pieter-schuermans/
Spotify (track, Concerto Emerso): https://open.spotify.com/track/6vHEQyTv0FVPdGc802CSqq

Classics Revisited

Etcetera Records, 2022, KTC 1741

Works by classical masters together with new music by Flemish composers, including A Tribute to Ferran, related to the score for the short film O.

performers:
Kugoni Trio
Kurt Bertels, saxophone
Nicolas Dupont, violin
Bert Koch, piano

Album: https://www.etcetera-records.com/product/classics-revisited-kugoni-trio/
Spotify (track, A Tribute to Ferran): https://open.spotify.com/track/4M09Mf4noPJ5LuaqnNzOO6

Fingerprints #4

2022

Twenty-one new compositions by as many composers from Flanders, among them Seven for Sax Quartet, performed by the Scarbo Saxophone Quartet.

performers:
Desguin String Quartet
Scarbo Saxophone Quartet

Spotify (track, Seven for Sax Quartet): https://open.spotify.com/track/46Otmhuslo43091UGfee2p

Chaotic Pulse, Pulsating Chaos

Etcetera Records, 2021, KTC 1714

Accretion Dance, Double Dotted, Saavuttamaton, Escape Velocity.

performers:
Ataneres Ensemble
Kugoni Trio
Kurt Bertels, saxophone
Nicolas Dupont, violin
Bert Koch, piano
Sébastien Walnier, cello
Pieter Schuermans, conductor

Album: https://www.etcetera-records.com/album/792/chaotic-pulse-pulsating-chaos
Spotify (album): https://open.spotify.com/album/1Nw0NshANjxEQOBAZdaN7K

Essence

Etcetera Records, 2019, KTC 1659

Piet Jozef Swerts: Retro
Wim Henderickx: Sacred Places II
Jeroen D’hoe: Prayer
Pieter Schuermans: Escape Velocity
Mathias Coppens: Trio, opus 20

performers:
Kugoni Trio

Album: https://www.etcetera-records.com/album/720/essence-kugoni-trio
Kugoni Trio: http://www.kugonitrio.be
Spotify (track, Escape Velocity): https://open.spotify.com/track/5zQrbH8dVdAmtB5QHvIR72

Novelettes

2021

1. Seven
2. Pizzicato
3. Adagio
4. Waltz
5. Five

performers:
Ataneres Ensemble
Pieter Schuermans, conductor

Spotify (album): https://open.spotify.com/album/2nhTfohVs7zRmzptslJJFr

Fingerprints #2

ComAV / Flanders Arts Institute

composers: Bart Verstraeten, Koen Dejonghe, Felix Vermeirsch, Benjamien Lycke, Bart Vanderbeke, Ward De Vleeschhouwer, André Laporte, Felix Ceunen, Eddy Flecijn, Arne M. Gunst, Pieter Schuermans, Michiel De Malsche, Liesbeth Decrock, Liselotte Sels, Gilbert Isbin, Dirk Verbrugghe, Kris De Baerdemacker, Kris Oelbrandt, Stéphane Vande Ginste, Sebastian Bradt, Bart Van Kerchove, Johan Sluys, Annelies Van Parys

performers:
Bart Vanderbeke, marimba
Nicolas Callot, piano
Bert Koch, piano
Dorenda Notermans, piano
Nicolas Dupont, violin
Kurt Bertels, saxophone
Bram Fournier, trombone
Jonathan Bonny, marimba

The work by Pieter Schuermans on this album is Stentato.

Spotify (album): https://open.spotify.com/album/6nJZjLKSZo7MEMeBTliX9G
Spotify (track, Stentato): https://open.spotify.com/track/7op5ZQJ7iOJ6fi5t0PmihC

Kaleidoscope

Senza Nome / PMP, 2012

Stéphane Vande Ginste: Kamerconcerto
Roland Coryn: A kaleidoscope alike
Pieter Schuermans: Fuga (Tempus fugat)
Marc Matthys: Dos Acuarelas

performers:
Arco Baleno

Arco Baleno: http://arcobaleno.be/wb/pages/nl/home.php

Joy to the World

A compilation of Christmas songs, including Pieter Schuermans’ Staffansvisan, under the track title Staffan var en stalledräng.

performers:
Choir of the Lemmensinstituut
Concert Band of the Lemmensinstituut
Johan Van Bouwelen, conductor

Sales page: https://koorenstem.ecwid.com/Joy-to-the-world-cd-p24973023

Per Flauto e Chitarra

STG2, 2001

Pieter Schuermans: Per Flauto e Chitarra and other works.

performers:
Steven De Baecke, flute
Geert Claessens, guitar

As conductor

Concerto Grosso

Etcetera Records, 2024, KTC 1809

The same album as above, listed here because Pieter Schuermans also conducts it.

performers:
Kugoni Trio
Ataneres Ensemble
Pieter Schuermans, conductor

Vertiges

composer: Jean-Paul Dessy

performers:
Ataneres Ensemble
Pieter Schuermans, conductor

Spotify (album): https://open.spotify.com/album/1gxGLb4Xnh6dMx3Yuy2HoL

Landschappen VIII

composer: Wilfried Westerlinck

performers:
Ataneres Ensemble
Kurt Bertels, solo saxophone
Pieter Schuermans, conductor

Spotify (album): https://open.spotify.com/album/5kPa6TDqFYK3JrkUrjMviB

Sinfonia 1

composer: Willem Gommaar Kennis

performers:
Ataneres Ensemble
Pieter Schuermans, conductor

Spotify (album): https://open.spotify.com/album/6myVFfMFBwNKb5BEUQhZ62

Atlantic Suite

composer: Piet J. Swerts

performers:
Ataneres Ensemble
Pieter Schuermans, conductor

Spotify (album): https://open.spotify.com/album/2kv8ACLCbeeoBPkOPUrYPK