Yannick Peeters

Yannick Peeters is a powerhouse Belgian double bassist born on April 13, 1981, in Turnhout, who kicked off on classical piano as a kid before diving into jazz and picking up the double bass around age 15 or 16. She honed her skills at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with teachers like Piet Verbist and Gulli Gudmundsson, then leveled up through workshops in Dworp, Salzburg, Banff, and an Erasmus stint with Anders Jormin in Gothenburg—collaborating with heavyweights like Nic Thys, Mark Dresser, and Ben Street along the way.

She's a go-to player for boundary-pushing projects, touring with ensembles like 22 Strings and a Piece Of Wood (feat. Jakob Bro), Peter Jacquemyn’s low-end Fundament, and Jelle Van Giel’s Close Distance, plus gigs across Europe, Australia, the US, and Mexico. Leading her own killer band GingerBlackGinger with Frederik Leroux on guitar, Frans Van Isacker on sax/clarinet, and Tom Rainey on drums, they dropped a debut album on W.E.R.F. in January 2024 (tracks like **GBG7** and **GBG2**), followed by a 2025 Bozar carte blanche jamming with hero Tim Berne—resulting in the upcoming **Smalltalk Code** (with **Fa Non May Locke**) out in 2026 on Challenge Records. Her sound? Pure, raw vibes blending contrasts, intensity, and collective improv magic.