After studying at the Royal Conservatories of Ghent and Antwerp with Philippe Benoit and Aldo Baerten, she continued her training with Gaby Pas-Van Riet in Saarbrücken, where she obtained the Advanced Diploma in 2004.
At the same time, she took masterclasses with Emmanuel Pahud, Peter-Lukas Graf, Philippe Bernold and Philippe Boucly.
Lieve has won several competitions: Mozart (Wiesbaden), Tenuto, Dexia Classics, etc.
From 2000 to 2002 she was a member of the European Union Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir
Askenazy, Sir Colin Davis, Paavo Järvi,…
From 2002 to 2005 Lieve was solo piccolo with the Saarbrücken Staatsorchester, and since September 2005 she has been solo flute with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège.
As Lieve loves chamber music, she is a member of the wind ensemble I Solisti and plays regularly in other chamber music ensembles. As a substitute she plays regularly in other orchestras such as the Orchestre de la Monnaie, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera Vlaanderen, Symfonie-orkest Vlaanderen etc.
As a soloist, she has played with the Flemish Radio Orchestra (Brussels Philharmonic), the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, La Musique Royale des Guides, the Flemish Youth Orchestra and the Charlemagne Orchestra.
Since September 2023 Lieve has been a flute teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, after 13 years as an assistant at the Royal Conservatories of Antwerp and Liège.
