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OELBRANDT Kris (1972)
…began university studies in musicology (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), then mathematics and computer science (RUCA, University of Antwerp), as well as piano with Jan Michiels, finally studying composition with Luc Van…
KERSTERS Willem (1929-1998)
…for his Second String Quartet (1964) in the International Composition Competition for String Quartets in Liège in 1965. In 1968 and 1972, he won two awards for his complete output,…
Nadar Summer Academy
Nadar ensemble and MATRIX join forces for an exciting project: a summer school for young musicians from the age of 14 and older, entirely devoted to new music. For five…
SLEICHIM Eric (1958)
…struck. Improvisation and composition are closely allied with this sound-exploration. Each phase of his exploration is added to the previous experiences and to the potential composition material. His compositions are…
VAN LANDEGHEM Jan (1954)
…in improvisation, organ, composition, and choral and orchestral conduction in France (with Iannis Xenakis, among others), Germany and the Netherlands. He was also regularly in contact with Karel Goeyvaerts in…
BUYL Maarten (1982)
…d’Action (Reflections), and has composed two commissioned works, ARC, for the Goeyvaerts String Trio, and Caro-Kann, for the Flanders Festival/TRANSIT. Works Maarten Buyl consisently chooses the same lines of…
SWINNEN Peter (1965)
…to provide live electronics and recording engineering for various ensembles. Peter Swinnen won the CERA Prize of Youth and Music Flanders for his complete oeuvre in 1991, and his opera…
VAN HOVE Luc (1957)
…fugue and composition, as well as diplomas in transposition, music analysis and musical form. He received instruction in composition from Willem Kersters. He subsequently pursued advanced studies at the Mozarteum…
Let me be your guide: 21st century choir music in Flanders
…for a long time. But what about our 21stcentury choir music? Rudy Tambuyser, journalist and dyed-in-the-wool choir lover goes in search of the roots of choir music in Flanders and…
VAN CLEEMPUT Werner (1930-2006)
…are not always easy for the average amateur orchestra to play. All the parts are important and demand an orchestra with a serious approach to work as well as a…
DE CLERCK Patrick (1958)
…absence of melody. Composition and performance are two separate dimensions for this composer. The score represents the completed composition and the performance takes as its point of departure the written…
BAEYENS August (1895-1966)
…studying solfège, viola (first prize, 1916), harmony and counterpoint with August de Boeck and Napoleon Distelmans. As a composer, Baeyens developed chiefly through the study of composers such as Debussy,…
SMETRYNS Thomas (1977)
Thomas Smetryns was born in Ghent on 13 December 1977. He studied composition with Godfried-Willem Raes, and guitar, lute and theorbo with Ida Polck and Philippe Malfeyt at the Ghent…
GOETHALS Lucien (1931-2006)
…Norbert Rosseau, who introduced him to dodecaphonic techniques, although Goethals was largely self-taught in his evolution towards and thinking through of total serialism. As a composer and a producer for…
Contemporary Music in Flanders Series
…can pick up your free copy of volumes 3, 5, 6, and 7 at the MATRIX documentation centre. We can also send it to you (shipping costs apply). To order…
LAWALRÉE Dominique (1954-2019)
…Highly characteristic is the foreword to the score of Taciturn, in which all the various fermata signs and rhythmic markings are first explained and in which simplicity and rest are…
VAN HERCK Bert (1971)
…masters’ diplomas in chamber music and composition (with Luc Van Hove). He pursued more advanced studies in composition through private lessons with Luc Brewaeys and encountered a number of different…
WESTERLINCK Wilfried (1945)
…Metamorfose is emblematic of his complete oeuvre. Landschappen III-V (respectively 1980, 1981, 1983), for example, all open with a bi-tonal chord. The symmetrical construction of these chords offers many constructive…
New year, new website!
A new year, a fresh start! MATRIX is happy to present its brand new website. On to a colourful 2019!
BEELAERTS Paul (1949)
…as well as higher diplomas for oboe and chamber music. He then took master classes with Heinz Holliger and Maurice Bourge, as well as extra studies in Baroque oboe under…