Belgium
Tom Bonte
ESNS: 2023
Ancienne Belgique
Tom Bonte (1977) is the general director of one of Belgium’s finest and best known concert venues Ancienne Belgique, in the heart of Brussels. He studied Art History at the University of Leuven and graduated with a study on the relation of German and Flemish Primitive Painting in the late medieval period He previously worked as the general and artistic director of Beursschouwburg in Brussels (2011-2020), as a programmer performing arts at art center Vooruit in Gent (2005-2011) and at the Antwerp deSingel arts center (2001-2004). Between 2017 and 2020 he was the president of the board of the Brussels Art Consultation, reuniting more then 100 organisations in the Brussels Art field.