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Orson Claeys is a 25-year-old musician from Ghent, Belgium.

His love for music was awakened at an early age. Although he comes from a non-musical family, music was a big part of his daily life. There was always a wide range of different genres at home, from classical music to Hip-Hop and from Rock to Jazz.

His musical journey began at the age of ten when he began playing classical piano, a path that eventually led him to art school to pursue it further. However, it wasn't until the age of seventeen, when he discovered the melodies of Herbie Hancock, that Claeys changed his musical course forever. Inspired by these new sounds, he decided to discover the world of Jazz.

Driven by his newfound passion, Claeys made the decision to delve deeper into jazz by enrolling in jazz piano studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels under the guidance of renowned artists such as Nathalie Loriers and Diederik Wissels.

Orson Claeys combines Jazz with Oriental music and hip-hop. Weaving together different cultural influences and musical genres, he creates compositions that take the listener on a journey through a rich tapestry of sounds and emotions.

Influenced by renowned musicians such as Aaron Parks, Ambrose Akinmusire, Shai Maestro and Dhafer Youssef, Claeys is constantly searching for his own unique sound within contemporary jazz.