Alain Craens

Alain Craens is a Belgian composer, oboist, and pedagogue trained at the Royal Flemish Conservatoire, where he obtained First Prizes in composition, music theory, and oboe-related disciplines. Alongside an active performing career as oboe soloist with the Flemish Chamber Opera and Flemish Chamber Orchestra, he has been widely engaged in chamber music in Belgium and abroad. His compositions span chamber, solo, and pedagogical repertoire and have received several awards, including the Paul Gilson Prize and the A. De Vleeschouwer Prize. Craens’s works have been premiered by leading performers, recorded on CD, and broadcast on radio, reflecting a practice rooted in instrumental tradition and refined craftsmanship.