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•Education : Royal Conservatory of Brussels (1983 - 1992) : "Premier Prix" for, among others, "History of Music", "Cello", "Chamber Music", "Practical Harmony" and "Composition"; Queen Elisabeth College of Music in Waterloo (Belgium) : master degree for Composition with Mr. A. Laporte (1989 - 1992); Master Classes with Mr. M. Finnissy (1993) and Mr. B. Ferneyhough (1998); VUB (2008-2009) : "Doctor in the Arts" with Dr J.P. Van Bendegem.
•Teaches Cello at Music Schools in the period 1990 - 1997. Since 1992, teaches Analysis, later also Music Technology (2002) and Composition (2004) at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Director of the Royal Conservatory Brussels 2008-2017. Involved in a project on software developping for eartraining at the Leuven University 1997-2004, and on musical analysis with the Brussels University since 2004. Free-lance activities for the VRT-television (= dutch speaking Belgian television). Frequently asked by several ensembles to perform Live Electronics in contemporary pieces and/or as sound producer for CD recordings.
•Member of the Union of Belgian Composers since 1993 and vice president of the Componisten Archipel Vlaanderen 2004-2011. Founding member and president of ISCM-Vlaanderen 2005-2013. Member of the ISCM Executive Committee since 2007, vice-president since 2008, president since 2013.
•Compositions include soloworks and chamber music pieces for diverse instruments (incl. electronic ), lieder, tone poems for large orchestra, symphonies, concerti, cantatas, ballets, films and music theatre. Many of them are recorded (radio, TV and CD). First performances in Festival of Flanders, Ars Musica, Wien Modern, International Frederyk Chopin Festival, World Carillon Congres, SMCQ, ISCM WMD...
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