The Backing Vocals
At the Night of the Proms shows you always see and hear (except in 2008) the backing vocals; once in a while an artist brings his own backing vocals with him, but that’s because he doesn’t know the quality of our ladies.
Liv Van Aelst, Hille Bemelmans and Marjolein Cneut are doing this for quite a while. Live and Hille are singing along since 1996, and Marjolein completed the trio in 2002.
Marjolein, Hille and Liv
Liv Van Aelst studied the German flute at the academy of Hoboken, followed acting lessons in the acting class of Herbert Flack and studies jazz and light music at the university in Antwerp, department Dramatically Art, Music and Dance, where she had the same teachers as Hille.
She could be seen as actress in the Royal Youth Theatre (“Mathilda” and “De Golf”), the theatre company Ivonne Lex (“Puzzels”) and in the musicals “The wizard of Oz”, “Camelot”, “Snow White”, “Cinderella”, “Pinocchio” and “Ben”.
Since 1996 she’s a backing vocal of Night of the Proms. Together with Hille she toured around the world with The Scorpions and did a European tour with Deep Purple. See also sings together with Natalia and De Romeo’s and is lead singer of the Ketnet band.
Since the 21th of July 2004 she’s presenting her own radio show “Be@home” at BE ONE; last year she got famous as contestant to the Dutch version of the competition ‘Searching for Maria’.
Her website
Liv Van Aelst on Facebook
Hille Bemelmans got singing lessons from David Linx (B) at the jazz studio in Antwerp. She got the degree Master in Music (singing), Option Jazz and Light Music at the university of Antwerp department Dramatically Art, Music and Dance, were she was taught by Judy Niemack (USA), Silvia Droste (D), Jeanne Lee (USA) and Katrien Druyts (B).
She participated in different singing internships and workshops and performed with the Yellow City Big Band and the Jan Muës Octet, later reformed to Musetrap.
Since 1996 she’s a fixed value as backing vocal at Night of the Proms. Besides that, she’s also the back vocal for Sofie, Gunther Neefs, Jean Bosco Safari, Freddie Bierset, Barbara Dex, Jo Vally, Dana Winner, Luc Steeno, Paul Anderson, Frank Michael, Freddie Breck, BJ Scott and John Miles. Together with Live, Hille participated on the five week lasting European tour “Deep Purple in Concert” and at the performances of the German rock band The Scorpions.
Insiders also know her as friend of drummer Trevor Murrell, with who she participates to The Euro Pink Floyd.
Hille Bemelmans on Facebook
With The Euro Pink Floyd (and Trevor Murrell)
Marjolein Cneut got lessons classical singing with Françoise Vanhecke and jazz with Frank Deruyter at the Conservatory of the city Kortrijk. In 1997 she graduated at the jazz-department of the University of Ghent. Peter Hens and Ronald Douglas were her lasts teachers. She followed workshops with Judy Niemack, David Linx, Carla White, Deborah Brown, Mark Murphy, Carlo Muringer and a Aebersold workshop in the US together with David Baker. Marjolein grew as a experienced translator of bluesy ballads. For some years now, she sings in different cover bands, big bands and jazz groups. She also works as a freelance back vocal for different bands and studio sessions.
Marjolein became a back vocal at the Night of the Proms in 2002. She’s also known for her participants to the selections of Eurosong.