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First name: Frederic
Last name: Devreese
Dates: 1929
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Belgian
Opus name: Variations and Theme (2001)
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Peculiarities: See: http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/devreesf.htm
Information: (www.fdevreese.be) Frédéric Devreese (b. June 2, 1929, Amsterdam). Dutch-born Belgian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a conductor. Mr. Devreese received his first musical training from his father, the composer-conductor Godfried Devreese (b. 1893 – d. 1972). He studied composition with Marcel Poot and conducting with René Defossez in Brussels, composition with Ildebrando Pizzetti at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome from 1952–55 and conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the Wiener Staatsakademie in 1955-56. Among his honors are the Prijs-Town-Ostend (1949, for Concerto No. 1), the Prix Italia (1964, for Willem van Saefthingen, together with Mark Liebrecht), the Georges Delerue Award and the Joseph-Plateau-Prijs (1990, for Het Sacrament). In addition, he has written the imposed work for the Reine Elisabeth competition in Brussels (1983, Concerto No. 4) and the Adolphe Sax competition in Dinant (1998, Ostinati). He has served as conductor of the BRT Filharmonisch Orkest and has guest-conducted orchestras throughout the world. For his recordings for Marco Polo's series Anthology of Flemish Music, he was nominated for the Cultural Ambassador of Flanders in 1996-97.