Welcome to my personal website!
I'm a musician, educator and researcher, affiliated as an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Music Education to the University of Luxemburg. I am also affiliated to IPEM at Ghent University, as a Visiting Professor. Previously, I was affiliated to IPEM (Ghent University) as a Ph.D. student and postdoc, and to the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp as a Ph.D. student in the arts.
I devote my time to the development of [research & practice]-based innovative movement-based approaches to instrumental music teaching and learning (in Early Childhood).
The leitmotiv in my work is the integration of theoretical, empirical and practical research. Importantly, my research is constantly inspired by my experience as performer and teacher.
Next to my work as an academic, I am a guest lecturer at different conservatoires. I play the clarinet in a balkan/klezmer band with some of my friends, the Holy7.
NEWS
Our project Music4 Resilience has been accepted for funding by the Losch Foundation in Luxembourg. Collaboration with Potheini Vaioulli
All my submissions for ISME 2026 are accepted!
New open access publication: Nijs L. Fostering a Synergy Between the Development of Well-Being and Musicianship: A Kinemusical Perspective. Education Sciences. 2025; 15(9):1245. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15091245
My first book (for teachers) is out: check it HERE
2026.04.29 ∣ Matinée de réflexion: la clarinette à 6 ans, organised by the Luxembourgish Clarinet Association (Fentange, LU)
2026.06.09 ∣ SWARMUSE: Operationalizing Embodied Music Pedagogy through Swarm Intelligence @ ANTS Conference (Darmstadt, DE)
2026.07.12 ∣ Music and AI: thinking outside the box - a conversation with Cédric Kayser (Ministry of Culture) (Remersche,-Schengen, LU)
2026.07.25-31 ∣ Several contributions @ ISME World Conference (Montreal, CA). See here: https://isme2026.kimupe.education/ (ask me for the password)
2026.10.16 ∣ A kinemusical approach to instrumental music education @ Calrinet & Saxophone day (Knokke-Heist, BE)
