Marc Michael De Smet

Category:dirigent, componist, artistiek leider, docent, hedendaagse componist, koor, hedendaagse muziek
Gavere, 1948
Genre(s):21ste eeuw / hedendaags, 20ste eeuw
Instrument(s):cello
Contact of:Aquarius

Biography

Conductor and cellist Marc Michael De Smet (°1948) studied at the Conservatories of Music in Ghent, Brussels, The Hague and Maastricht. He received his training as a conductor from Lucas Vis. He also attended master classes with Franco Ferrara in Sienna (IT), and with Laszlo Heltay. De Smet took composition lessons with Norbert Rousseau (BE) and Louis Andriessen (NL). He has written music for theatre and more than 150 songs for voice and cello. In 1983, De Smet founded De Nieuwe Muziekgroep, a larger instrumental ensemble which he led for seven years. In 1989, he conducted the premiere series of Karel Goeyvaerts’s opera for chamber orchestra ‘Aquarius’ with the Dutch Aquarius Ensemble, and in 1995, he founded the Goeyvaerts Consort, which in 2007 was transformed in Aquarius, a chamber choir specialising in contemporary vocal music. De Smet also teached choir, choir conducting, vocal ensemble and chamber music at the Ghent Conservatory

Selective discography

Voorslaap: 22 gedichten van Herman de ConinckVoorslaap: 22 gedichten van Herman de Coninck (2021)
21st century / contemporary, spoken word
Mady Bonert, Marc Michael De Smet, Marc Michael De Smet
Anthony Ritchie - SurvivorsAnthony Ritchie - Survivors (2018)
21st century / contemporary
Aquarius, Anthony Ritchie, Marc Michael De Smet
Douces nuitsDouces nuits (2017)
classical
Aquarius, Marc Michael De Smet, Diverse componisten
Arvo Pärt - Magnificent MagnificatArvo Pärt - Magnificent Magnificat (2015)
21st century / contemporary
Aquarius, Arvo Pärt, Marc Michael De Smet
Kristiaan van Ingelgem, Maarten van Ingelgem - In Joyful DismayKristiaan van Ingelgem, Maarten van Ingelgem - In Joyful Dismay (2014)
21st century / contemporary
Aquarius, Maarten Van Ingelgem, Marc Michael De Smet, Jutta Troch, Kristiaan Van Ingelgem
World Première Recordings - A meeting with Roland CorynWorld Première Recordings - A meeting with Roland Coryn (2013)
21st century / contemporary
Aquarius, Roland Coryn, Marc Michael De Smet
Arvo Pärt - Kanon PokajanenArvo Pärt - Kanon Pokajanen (2013)
20th century
Aquarius, Marc Michael De Smet, Arvo Pärt
Posman Lucien - Welcome StrangerPosman Lucien - Welcome Stranger (2012)
20th century
Marc Michael De Smet, Evelyne Bohen, Lucien Posman, Mieke de Blieck, Robert Luts, Lilya Umnova, Timur Sergeyenia, Jan Devlieger (...)
AquariusAquarius (2012)
21st century / contemporary, 20th century
Aquarius, Marc Michael De Smet, Arvo Pärt
Flemish Choral Music - Bij Stemband 8Flemish 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 (...)

Selectieve discografie als componist

Voorslaap: 22 gedichten van Herman de ConinckVoorslaap: 22 gedichten van Herman de Coninck (2021)
21st century / contemporary, spoken word
Mady Bonert, Marc Michael De Smet, Marc Michael De Smet
Miniaturen voor archipelMiniaturen voor archipel (2000)
20th century
Kris Matthynssens, Pieter Stas, Goeyvaerts Strijktrio, Jan Van Landeghem, Bart Meynckens, Stefaan De Bruyne, Bart Van Kerchove, Boudewijn Buckinx (...)

Author of

Over Lucien Posman & William Blake
Over Lucien Posman & William Blake

Selectieve discografie als medewerker

Voorslaap: 22 gedichten van Herman de ConinckVoorslaap: 22 gedichten van Herman de Coninck (2021)
21st century / contemporary, spoken word
Mady Bonert, Marc Michael De Smet, Marc Michael De Smet

Related Items

Persons/artist(s):Aquarius (choir, ensemble (vocal))
Documents:Nieuwe koormuziek in Vlaanderen (thesis)