Pierre Hujoel

Pierre Hujoel (traditional Chinese: 胡月) is a Belgian composer, pianist and vocalist.
Biography.
Hujoel was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1979. He studied singing and music theory at an early age and followed Belgian pianist Evelyn Groynne's teaching during his teenage, who enabled him to perform his own compositions in public. In 2001, he obtained a bachelor's degree in classical piano at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 's class, a bachelor's degree in music theory at the in 's and 's classes, and in 2007, a master's degree at the Royal in Claude Ledoux's class. After completing his music studies, he moved to Taipei, Taiwan in order to learn Chinese and compose music for the local cinema, contemporary art and television. Meanwhile, he started a long-term collaboration with Belgian-French filmmaker and contemporary artist Joachim Olender. In 2009, he launched a stage music project revolving around the piano, the voice and the electronics, and teamed up with Taiwanese singer-songwriter 許雅捷 Yeah Hsu in 2011. In 2014, the duo released an album under the name 胡月 Western Moon, and, in 2016, an album under the name Children in Love. They toured in Asia and in Europe for several years. He joined Taiwanese electronic music project April Red 紅 in 2012, with whom he released an album in 2013 and is still touring the world to this day. He also collaborated with various acts, such as 蘇珮卿 Paige Su and 卜星慧 Emily Pu. While still composing music for the cinema and contemporary art, in 2019 he joined Taiwan-based acapella group AWKwapella 尷尬美聲, and released a solo album, in which 許雅捷 Yeah Hsu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter 孫博萱 Vicky Sun and Taiwanese percussionist 郭逸萱 Yi-hsuan Kuo played a significant role.