Frank Heye obtained the medal of the governement in the class of Edward de Geest and is a graduate of the Royal Music Conservatory of Ghent, where he obtained the ‘Higher diplomla’ for organ and prizes for musictheory and notation. He was winner of the Omer van Puyvelde concours in Ghent. Followed masterclasses bij J. Huys, E. Kooiman, T. Koopman and G. Bovet. He is currently organist at the parish church of St. Mary in Destelbergen, near Ghent, where het is organiser of concerts and where he was artistic advisor of the restauration of the organ in 1996. With his concerts in Destelbergen he strives for renovation in programmation by using the organ as chamber-instrument in all kinds of formations and with sense for contemporain music.
At that organ he has recorded a CD with Flemish masters.
He is interested in 20th century, especially Flemisch music. He created several Flemisch organ works by Cl. Coppens, D. Van der Harst, W. Heynen, W. Snellings, D.Blokeel,.L. Goethals, V. d’Hondt, R. Tass, M. Verstuyft, J. Fonteyn (creation of ‘enluminures’ at St Petersburg 2004), W. Ceuleers (creation of the 1e symphonie in St. Stephanus Ghent) He has realized CD performances with the choir ‘soratea’ and with the choir of Heusden he realised a CD with music of the Flemish composer Peter Benoit.
He is a member of the organising committee of organconcerts in the Ghent cathedral ad the St. Machariuschurch in Laarne.
In 2003 he he obtained the ‘médaille d’argent’ in the Association ‘Arts, Sciences et lettres’ in Paris for his artistic merits.
He has an extensive practise as teacher in the musicacademies of Ghent and Oudenaarde.