Dimitri Van Bogaert

  • I come from a family of musicians. With a mother who played the bagpipes and a father who played the trombone, snare drum and bass drum.

  • Meanwhile I received workshops from Tim Djursing( Shotts and Dykehead) and DM Drew Caldwell ( Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and 4 SCOTS).

  • In 2013 I started playing in the bass section of Antwerp and district pipe band led by Jörg Bleidt. Under his leadership, the bass section won the best bass prize several times. Individually I became 2nd in at the continental championships solos.

  • In 2015 I started giving workshops in Belgium, the Netherlands and France. 
  • Since 2018 I am the bass drummer of the grade 3 band and leading drummer of the grade 4 band.

  • The peak of my career was in 2019 when i played bass for the Scottish grade 2 band, City of Discovery at Alden Biesen.