Kurt Bikkembergs
Category: | muzikant, componist, dirigent, koorleider, docent |
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Hasselt, 05.08.1963 | |
Genre(s): | 20ste eeuw, 21ste eeuw / hedendaags, koormuziek |
Instrument(s): | zang (bariton), piano, trompet |
Contact of: | Montefagorum |
Biography
Composer and conductor Kurt Bikkembergs was born in Hasselt in 1963. After graduating in music teaching, composition and choral and orchestral conducting at the Lemmens Institute in Louvain, he persued his training in international master classes in Belgium and Austria given by, among others, Robert Sund (Sweden) and Timothy Brown (UK) for choral conducting, and Heinz Kratochwil (Austria) for composition. He was choir master at the Flemish Opera (2002-2008) and choir master/artistic director of the EuroChor-AGEC (2007-2010). He is currently choir master and professor choral conducting at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, Kapellmeister of the Brussels Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudule, artistic director of the Capella di Voce and of the Dutch Student Chamber Choir and a guest conductor of the Flemish Radio Choir. He is an active member of Europa Cantat and of the International Festival for the Youth in Neerpelt. As a composer he strives to renew vocal, in particular religious music, by adding personal experiences without neglecting tradition. His compositions include all kinds of choir music, chamber and ballet music, three oratorios and a couple of cantatas, but also orchestral works. At his leisure, he sometimes spends time as a freelance composer, conductor,member of a jury, and even singer, which led to successful commissions by several festivals in Belgium (Maasmechelen, Neerpelt, Tongeren, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Harelbeke, Courtrai, Watou, Hasselt , Louvain, Heist-op-den-Berg…) and abroad, in Germany (Bottrop, Saarbrücken, Halle, Mainz, Bonn, Limburg, Irsee), Holland (Dordrecht, Bussem, Amstelveen, The Hague, Utrecht, Den Bosch, Breda, Arnhem), France (Menton), the United Kingdom (Oxford), Spain (Barcelona), Poland (Poznan), Belarus (Minsk), Hungary (Pomaz), Serbia (Nis), Slovakia (Bratislava) and Croatia (Split).
Selective bibliography
- K. BIKKEMBERGS, Op ontdekkingsreis naar koorliteratuur uit de vreemde, in Adem, 1, 1992, pp. 25-29
- K. BIKKEMBERGS, Onvoltooide autobiografie, in Vlaanderen, 47/4, 1998, pp. 188-192
- K. VAN DEN BUYS, De Apocalyps volgens Kurt Bikkembergs, in Muziek en Woord, 26, 2000, pp. 25-26
Scores: http://www.matrix-new-music.be
cd: www.montefagorum.be
Publishers:
Euprint, Carus Verlag (D), Harmonia (NL), ANZ-Limbrug, De Notenboom, Lantro, Intrada (NL), Annie Bank (NL), CVM, Het Madrigaal
Selective discography
![]() | Paul Schollaert - De XIV Stonden (2015) 20th century Capella di voce, Paul Schollaert, Kurt Bikkembergs |
![]() | Prometheus (2013) 21st century / contemporary Ann De Renais, Kurt Bikkembergs, Kurt Bikkembergs, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK) |
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![]() | Dit denken aan u ....1936 (2013) 20th century Jean Lambrechts, Stefaan Desmet, Kurt Bikkembergs, Raoul De Smet, Capella di voce, Vic Nees, Frans Geysen, Jean Lambrechts (...) |
![]() | Schroyens Raymond - Voorbij de zon en de wind (2012) 21st century / contemporary Capella di voce, Kurt Bikkembergs, Raymond Schroyens, Stefaan Desmet |
![]() | Kurt Bikkembergs - Sacred works (2011) 20th century Kurt Bikkembergs, Capella di voce, Kurt Bikkembergs, Joris Lejeune, Inge Feyen |
![]() | Kurt Bikkembergs - Sacred works II (2011) 20th century, 21st century / contemporary Kurt Bikkembergs, Kurt Bikkembergs, Capella di voce, Capella Sanctorum Michaelis et Gudulae, Inge Sykora, Caloroso, Bart Jacobs |
![]() | Ad laudandum dominum - August de Boeck (2011) 20th century Capella SS Michaelis & Gudulae, Kurt Bikkembergs, August de Boeck, Bart Jacobs, Gaston Feremans |
![]() | Flemish Choral Music - Bij Stemband 8 (2010) 20th century, romanticism Peter Benoit, Herman Engels, August de Boeck, Johan Duijck, Diverse uitvoerders, Robert Herberigs, Marc Michael De Smet, Norbert Rosseau (...) |
![]() | O sacrum convivium (2010) romanticism, 20th century Capella SS Michaelis & Gudulae, Ivo Mortelmans, Bart Jacobs, Jules Van Nuffel, Staf Nees, Lodewijk De Vocht, Emiel Wambach, Firmin Van de Velde (...) |
![]() | Live ! (2010) 20th century CMB - Jeugdkoor, Kurt Bikkembergs, Kurt Bikkembergs, Craig Carnaham, Heikki Sarmanto, Arne Mellnãs, Charles Wood, Hiroshi Ishimaru (...) |
Selectieve discografie als componist
![]() | Aus der Tiefe (2014) 20th century, 21st century / contemporary Musa Horti, Eric Whitacre, Peter Dejans, Sven-David Sandström, Kurt Bikkembergs, Raymond Schroyens, Rudolf Mauersberger, Vic Nees (...) |
![]() | De innigheid der dingen (2014) 20th century René Geldof, Inge Feyen, Kurt Bikkembergs, Jos Venken, Piet Swerts, Martin Slootmaekers, Paul Steegmans |
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![]() | Prometheus (2013) 21st century / contemporary Ann De Renais, Kurt Bikkembergs, Kurt Bikkembergs, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK) |
![]() | Am Siebenten Tage (2013) choir music, 20th century Camerata Musica Limburg, Kurt Bikkembergs, Jan Schumacher, Roland Coryn, Vic Nees, Maarten Van Ingelgem, Rudi Tas, Noor Sommereyns (...) |
![]() | Kurt Bikkembergs - Water, water, babbelwater... (2013) 21st century / contemporary Kurt Bikkembergs, Vocaal Ensemble Reflection, Patrick Windmolders |
![]() | In honorem B.M.V. Causa Nostrae Laetitae (2012) 20th century Piet Swerts, Jan Peeters, De Kleine Cantorij Tongeren, Luc Ponet, Els Crommen, Kurt Bikkembergs, Noëlle Schepens, Jan Caals (...) |
![]() | Kurt Bikkembergs - Sacred works (2011) 20th century Kurt Bikkembergs, Capella di voce, Kurt Bikkembergs, Joris Lejeune, Inge Feyen |
![]() | Kurt Bikkembergs - Sacred works II (2011) 20th century, 21st century / contemporary Kurt Bikkembergs, Kurt Bikkembergs, Capella di voce, Capella Sanctorum Michaelis et Gudulae, Inge Sykora, Caloroso, Bart Jacobs |
![]() | Fingerprints - Signaturen van componerend Vlaanderen (2011) 20th century, 21st century / contemporary Bert Van Herck, Filip Rathé, Spectra Ensemble, Simon De Poorter, Annelies Van Parys, Klaas Coulembier, Stéphane Vande Ginste, Noor Sommereyns (...) |
![]() | Flemish Choral Music - Bij Stemband 8 (2010) 20th century, romanticism Peter Benoit, Herman Engels, August de Boeck, Johan Duijck, Diverse uitvoerders, Robert Herberigs, Marc Michael De Smet, Norbert Rosseau (...) |
Author of
![]() | Schroyens 80 | ![]() | Goede smaak bij het maken van een kinderlied |
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Selectieve discografie als medewerker
![]() | Cantus Gallicanus (2003) Gregorian Frans Mariman, Schola Trunchiniensis, Gregoriaans |
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Documents: | Nieuwe koormuziek in Vlaanderen (thesis) |
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