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Dagmar Feyen (born 1967) started his musical education at the age of 7 at the Music Academy of Mol (Belgium). The piano became his instrument and now he is teaching at that same institute. In 1985 he began his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium) and after that at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp (Belgium). He has degrees in music theory, piano, chamber music, harmony and piano accompaniment. After 8 years he started studying again at the Zuid-Nederlandse Hogeschool for music in Tilburg (The Netherlands) where he received his Performance Degree in 2002. He also studied Jazz and Improvised Music. During the years he participated in master classes with Daniël Blumenthal (USA), Rolf Plagge (Germany), Alan Weiss (USA), Vladimir Tropp (Russia) and Jan Wijn (The Netherlands). He has studied composition with Piet Swerts in Leuven (Belgium) and he is working on a career as pianist and composer. His works have been played in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, the United States, Argentina and Japan. He owns his own music publishing and record company called 'CaReFree Music'. The CD LA Fiesta! is his debute as a soloist with contemporary classical piano music from Latin America.