At the age of 7 she started piano lessons with H. VanVaerenberg. Subsequently she continued her piano lessons in de ‘ Kunsthumaniora’ at Antwerp ( F. Vanderkoelen) .

She started to write little compositions when she was 10 years old. She liked soundtracks and arranged them at a early age. It inspired her to create her own pieces. When she was 20 years old, she wrote her first compositions for the shortfilm ‘ mandjeskaas’ with Herbert Flack en Pascal Bal.

After that she went to the conservatory ‘Lemmens Institute’ and followed music theory/composition and piano ( R. De Munck).

She specialised in Argentine tango piano at the ‘Codarts’ School of the Arts in Rotterdam. ( W. Warman and G. Beytelmann ( pianist of Piazzolla )).
During her training at the Rotterdam conservatory she performed with the ‘ORQUESTA TIPICA OTRA ‘with which she has done several tours abroad: Argentina, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium.

She followed masterclasses with Ivo De Greef, Pablo Dobal, Alfredo Marcucci, Allesandro Schwartz.

Projects and performances

• 1998 – 2002: ‘Lyriana’ Gergez Damarascas (flute / cello) , Rientje Van Oirschot ( violin) 
• 2000          :  Film soundtrack ‘mandjeskaas’, studiorecording Djeeni
• 2006 – 2007: ‘Trio Por Très’  Patrick van Kerkhoven ( bandoneon) , Rientje Van Oirschot
• Tango Festival Antwerp ‘Tango aan de stroom’, Zone 21 in Leuven

• 2004 – 2008: ‘Orquesta Tipica  OTRA’ : Rotterdams Tango Orkest ( tango festivals in  Argentinië, Frankrijk, Duitsland,Nederland, Belgium (De Roma)

• 2007 – 2008: ‘Quinteto Azul’ :  Charlotte Dupuis (violin) , Alet Kluitenberg ( bandoneon), Joris Van Beek ( double bass)

• 2008-2010           : ‘Duo Tangardi‘  with Rientje Van Oirschot

• 2011 – 2015  ‘Quartet Tangardi’.    Rientje Van Oirschot, Dieter Janssens (bandoneon), Pieter Lenaerts ( double Bass)
• Tango aan de Stroom (Antwerp), Tangofestival of Gent and Brugge ,Zone 21 in Leuven
•  Lo Petillante in Broechem
• various tangosalons in collaboration with Geert Van Duffel ( Althenakapel) and Callan Correo ( Toxic Tango)
• 2015 – 2017   ‘Les femmes de Nicolas’ : Original music by Joke Van Oirschot and Rientje Van Oirschot.  Collaboration with Kimberly Dhondt ( voice and lyrics), Liesbet Vermeiren ( double bass)
• Zuiderspershuis Antwerpen  (support act of popmusician Bert Dockx) , Lo Petillant (Broechem)
• ‘ Theater aan de Stroom’: collaboration with Choreographer and contemporary dancer Michael Lazic  
• 2019    solo piano ‘ L’Espérance’ – album release