Ha sido miembro de la Orquesta de Cámara de la Comunidad Europea, del Cuarteto Sallien, del Trío Rubens y del grupo folk Galley Head. En el año 2000 fue nombrado formador de profesores de violín por la Asociación Europea del Método Suzuki y actualmente es formador de profesores en Lituania. En 2002 se matriculó en violín, psicología y pedagogía en el Real Conservatorio de Lieja. Se graduó en 2003 con una tesis sobre el desarrollo de la autonomía en los alumnos educados con el método Suzuki.
Koen Rens es profesor de violín y dirige la orquesta sinfónica en la Academia de Música de Turnhout, Bélgica. Ha sido invitado como profesor y como intérprete a la mayoría de los países europeos, Sudáfrica, Méjico, Canadá, Estados Unidos y Australia. Fue profesor, director y conferenciante en el XIV Congreso Internacional del Método Suzuki en Italia en 2006 y en el XVI Congreso Internacional del Método Suzuki en Matsumoto, Japón. Ha sido ponente, entre otras instituciones, en la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, la Academia Grieg de Bergen (Noruega), el Instituto Superior de Pedagogía Musical de Kaunas (Lituania) y el Real Conservatorio de Bruselas (Bélgica).
Es representante de Bélgica en el Consejo de Directores de la Asociación Suzuki Europea y secretario del Instituto Suzuki de la Educación del Talento en Bélgica. En 2009 fue nombrado presidente de la Asociación Suzuki Europea, puesto en el que trabajó con empeño para lograr un papel más activo de la filosofía Suzuki en la actividad cotidiana de la comunidad Suzuki europea. Junto a Wilfried van Gorp fundó y dirige la Orquesta de Cámara Suzuki de Bélgica.
Desde 2014 es director del programa de formación de profesores de la Asociación Letona del Método Suzuki. Es profesor del Real Conservatorio de Música de Antwerpen, donde imparte un postgrado en Pedagogía Suzuki.
Koen Rens started violin lessons as a Suzuki student with Jeanne Janssens in Turnhout, Belgium. Later on, as a student of Dirk Lippens, he got the degree of excellence in the Conservatorium of Bruges, where he made his debut as a soloist with orchestra. He then studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, and won first prizes in violin and chamber music in 1989, studying with Katalyn Sébèstyen and Guido De Neve. He obtained level 5 in Suzuki pedagogy in 1992.
He played with the Chamber Orchestra of the European Community, the Sallinen String quartet and the Rubens piano trio, and with the folk band Galley Head. He was appointed as a Teacher Trainer for ESA in 2000 and is currently training teachers in Lithuania. In 2002 he went to study violin, psychology and pedagogy in the Conservatoire Royal de Liège and got the final diploma in 2003 with a thesis on the development of autonomy in Suzuki-trained students.
Koen Rens is teaching violin and conducting the Symphony Orchestra at the Academy of Music in Turnhout, Belgium, and had a private studio for 15 years. He has been invited to teach and perform in most European countries, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, United States and Australia. He taught, conducted and lectured at the 14th Suzuki Method World Conference in Italy in 2006 as well as at the 16th Suzuki Method World Convention in Matsumoto, Japan. He lectured, amongst others, at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), the Grieg Akademiet (Bergen, Norway), the High school for Music and Pedagogy in Kaunas (Lithuania) and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
He is the Belgian deputy on the Board of Directors of the European Suzuki Association and is secretary of the Talent Education Suzuki Institute Belgium. In 2009 he was appointed Chairman of the European Suzuki Association and worked as such with great drive towards a more active role of the Suzuki Philosophy in the everyday workings of the European Suzuki Community. Together with Wilfried Van Gorp he founded and directs the Belgian Suzuki Chamber Orchestra.
Since 2014 he is director of the Suzuki Violin Teacher Training Program for the LSA in Latvia. He serves on the Faculty of the AP Royal Conservatory of Music in Antwerpen teaching a Postgraduate Course in Suzuki Pedagogy.
He played with the Chamber Orchestra of the European Community, the Sallinen String quartet and the Rubens piano trio, and with the folk band Galley Head. He was appointed as a Teacher Trainer for ESA in 2000 and is currently training teachers in Lithuania. In 2002 he went to study violin, psychology and pedagogy in the Conservatoire Royal de Liège and got the final diploma in 2003 with a thesis on the development of autonomy in Suzuki-trained students.
Koen Rens is teaching violin and conducting the Symphony Orchestra at the Academy of Music in Turnhout, Belgium, and had a private studio for 15 years. He has been invited to teach and perform in most European countries, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, United States and Australia. He taught, conducted and lectured at the 14th Suzuki Method World Conference in Italy in 2006 as well as at the 16th Suzuki Method World Convention in Matsumoto, Japan. He lectured, amongst others, at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), the Grieg Akademiet (Bergen, Norway), the High school for Music and Pedagogy in Kaunas (Lithuania) and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
He is the Belgian deputy on the Board of Directors of the European Suzuki Association and is secretary of the Talent Education Suzuki Institute Belgium. In 2009 he was appointed Chairman of the European Suzuki Association and worked as such with great drive towards a more active role of the Suzuki Philosophy in the everyday workings of the European Suzuki Community. Together with Wilfried Van Gorp he founded and directs the Belgian Suzuki Chamber Orchestra.
Since 2014 he is director of the Suzuki Violin Teacher Training Program for the LSA in Latvia. He serves on the Faculty of the AP Royal Conservatory of Music in Antwerpen teaching a Postgraduate Course in Suzuki Pedagogy.
