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Brewaeys, Luc (b. August 25, 1959, Mortsel). Belgian composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed throughout the world.
Prof. Brewaeys studied composition with André Laporte and conducting with Ronald Zollman at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels from 1979–84. He also studied composition with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena in 1981–82 and attended Darmstadt in 1982, where he encountered Brian Ferneyhough. He had private studies with Iannis Xenakis in Paris from 1980–84.
Among his many honors are Third Prize in the European competition for young composers in Amsterdam (1985, for Symphony No. 1, '...e poi c'era...'), the selected work in the Under-30 category at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (1986, for Symphony No. 1, '...e poi c'era...'), the Prix de la Musique Contemporaine du Québec (1988, for his œuvre), and First Prize in the Concours pour Compositeurs Européens des Rencontres Internationales de Musique Contemporaine de Metz (1988, for Symphony No. 2, 'Komm! Hebe dich...'). He has also earned the Prijs voor Muziek van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap (1989), the SABAM-Prijs (1990), the Premio Musicale Città di Trieste (1991, for Symphony No. 3, 'Hommage'), two prizes from the Belgische Muziekpers (1996, for recordings of his orchestral music), and the Blanlin-Evrart Cultuurprijs from the Katholieke Universiteit van Leuven (1999, for his œuvre). His music has been featured at the Week voor Hedendaagse Muziek in Ghent (1989), the Dicht bij huis festival in Tilburg (2001), the Ars Musica festival in Brussels (2004), and the November Music festival (2007).
Prof. Brewaeys is also active in other positions. He has worked as a producer at VRT since 1985 and is also active as both a conductor and pianist, most often heard in new music. In addition, he served as composer-in-residence at the cultural centre deSingel in Antwerp in 1988–89 and to the city of Saint-Nazaire in 1991–92 and was a guest composer of the ensemble I Fiamminghi in 2001, as well as composer-in-residence at the hall BOZAR in Brussels in 2003–04.
He lectured on computer and electronic music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels from 1991–94 and taught composition and orchestration as a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Ghent from 1998–2000. He has taught as a professor of composition at the Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans in Rotterdam since 2009. In addition, he gave masterclasses on composition and conducting at the Universidade de Aveiro in 1998.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: luc@lucbrewaeys.com
Website: http://www.lucbrewaeys.com/
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Antigone (lyric tragedy, text by Dirk Opstaele), 4 mixed voices, mixed chorus, 2 percussion, tape, 1991; Jocasta (monodrama, text by Elisabeth Buzzard), mezzo-soprano, small orchestra (15 players), live electronics, 2003; L'uomo dal fiore in bocca (1 act opera, libretto by Birgit Van Cleemput, the composer, after Luigi Pirandello, Torquato Tasso), tenor, baritone, 3 female voices, orchestra (8 winds, 10 brass, harp, 3 percussion, 31 strings), 2006
ORCHESTRAL: Symphony No. 1, '...e poi c'era...', 1985; Due cose belle ha il mondo: l'amore e la morte, piano, small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, soprano saxophone [+ tenor saxophone], bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, electric guitar, 3 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, bass guitar), live electronics, 1986, revised 1988; Symphony No. 2, 'Komm! Hebe dich...', large orchestra (16 winds, 14 brass, 2 harps, piano, 6 percussion, strings), 1987; Symphony No. 3, 'Hommage', 1991; Dalí's Dream?, youth orchestra, 1991; Symphony No. 4, 'Kientzyphonie', saxophones (1 player), symphonic band, 1992; Only very unusual matters, electric guitar, double bass, drumkit, large orchestra, 1992; Talisker, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, French horn, 2 percussion, small orchestra (2 E-flat clarinets, 3 alto clarinets, 12 clarinets, 4 bass clarinets, contrabass clarinet, 6 percussion), 1992–93; Symphony No. 5, 'Laphroaig', distant ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, string quartet, piano, 3 percussion) (with conductor), large orchestra, live electronics, 1993; Nobody is perfect! (André Laporte Sixty-five), small orchestra (15 players), 1996; Fasten Seat Belts! (Nightmare), large orchestra, 1997; Symphony No. 6, orchestra, live electronics, 2000; Benché nessuno..., sorride, 14 strings, 2001; Symphony No. 7, 2 distant ensembles (French horn, trombone each), orchestra, 2001–02, revised 2007; Symphony No. 8, 5 French horns, large orchestra, 2003–04; Stolen Silence, small orchestra (13 players), 2004; Along the Shores of Lorn, 2005; Shadows with Melodies, large orchestra (piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, 2 clarinets, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, piccolo trumpet, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, harp, celesta, timpani, 4 percussion, strings), 2008
CHAMBER MUSIC: Epitaphium, flute, 1977; Parametric permutations, bassoon, 1982; Trajet, piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, string quartet, 2 percussion), ring modulator, 1982; Aouellaouellaouelle!, violin, piano, 1988; String Quartet No. 1, 1988; Dirge for Dina, soprano saxophone, 1991; Jacquerie – Jacques qui rit, French horn, 1991; Knockando, piano, percussion, 1991; Jocaste's (grand-)daughter, 2 percussion, tape, 1992; La légende du vieux sonneur, synthesizer, tape, 1995; String Quartet No. 2, 'Bowmore', string quartet, 1995; Il fiume del tempo passava..., accordion, 1996; OBAN, bass clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trombone, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1996; Les Méandres de la Mémoire, recorders (1 player), piano, 1997; Per Roberto F., alto flute, 1997; Nobody is perfect! (Lukas Foss Seventy-five), string quartet, 1998; Nobody is perfect! (Jonathan Harvey Sixty), flute, clarinet, piano, 1999, revised 2007; Beyond the Deadline, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 French horns, 1999; Schumann's Ghosts, soprano ad libitum, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 1999; Nobody is perfect! (João Pedro Oliveira Forty), violin, viola, cello, 1999; Violacello, viola, cello, 2000; Si sentiva un pò stanco..., trumpet, 2001; Haydn?, string quartet, 2003; Utopia, 4 violas, 2004; Hermesfanfare, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion, 2005; Mozart's Ghosts, clarinet, French horn, viola, cello, piano, harpsichord, 2006; Nobody is Perfect! (Frank Nuyts Fifty), flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2008; Three Miniatures, violin, cello, 2008; Painted Pyramids, piano, ensemble (flute [+ alto flute], harp, violin, cello, vibraphone [+ crotales]), live electronics, 2008; Cardhu, flute (+ alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bass trombone, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2008
CHORAL: Come here, Ulysses (text by Homer), children's chorus, piano, 2002; Ì vidi/La vita fugge (text by Petrarch), mixed chorus, piano, 2003; Symphony No. 9, 40 mixed voices, large orchestra, 2007–
VOCAL: Réquialm (text by Hans G. Helms), soprano, small orchestra (21 players), 1989; Non lasciate ogni speranza (text by Dino Buzzati), soprano, saxophones (1 player), orchestra, 1990; Credeva... in memoriam Franco Donatoni (text by Jan Fabre), 2 sopranos, orchestra, 2000; Fantasia con tre canzoni popolare napoletane, mezzo-soprano, flute (+ alto flute, piccolo), harp, cello, piano 5 hands, 2007
PIANO: Conuflinicty, piano, 2-track tape, 1981; Namk'cotss, piano 4 hands, 1989; Pyramids in Siberia, 1989; Nobody is perfect! (Michael Finnissy Fifty), 1996; In between..., 1997
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR): Het raadsel van de sfinks, 1983 (Jef Cornelis); Le Concert, 1992 (Samy Brunett)
ARRANGEMENTS: Préludes, premier livre (nos. 2, 5–6, 8, 12) (Claude Debussy), large orchestra, 2002; Préludes, premier livre (nos. 1, 3–4, 7, 9–11) (Claude Debussy), large orchestra, 2004; Préludes, deuxième livre (Claude Debussy), large orchestra, 2005
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