Soetkin Milbouw is a Belgian contemporary pianist and composer, born in 1992.

Soetkin had an early introduction to music, learning the piano from her late grandmother, Bieke Dens, who received her education at the Antwerp Conservatory for piano. As passionate as she was for music, Soetkin was also intrigued by the human mind and body. She started her medical studies at the University of Antwerp in 2010 and graduated as general practitioner in 2019, after another two years of specialization in family medicine. During her studies, the piano became an important ally, a place where she could find peace and comfort. It was in these years that she found her own sound after years of learning classical music. Composing music shaped a balance between the scientific and social aspect of her work as a doctor and the need for freedom and unbound creativity within her. “I love to tell stories through music. My biggest hope is that people can find a piece of their own story in my songs.”

After the release of her first EP Nubes Papilio in 2017, she teamed up with the New York based label Sonder House for her second EP Equinox. Several singles followed. ‘October Rain’ and ‘Green Waves’ were part of the Recollections Volumes of the Sonder House label.

In 2020 she was invited to the Outlaw Ocean music project by Ian Urbina, an investigative reporter of The New York Times. In February 2021 her double single for the project, ‘Arctic Waters’, was released and received a lot of publicity in Belgium.

Her music features on several major editorial playlists of Spotify.