Vic Nees

Category:componist, hedendaagse componist, koor
Mechelen, 08.03.1936 - Grimbergen, 14.03.2013
Genre(s):20ste eeuw, 21ste eeuw / hedendaags

Biography

Vic Nees was born in Mechelen on 8 March 1936, the son of carillon composer Staf Nees. After a year of study in arts at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, he enrolled at the conservatory in Antwerp, where he earned first prizes in harmony, counterpoint, fugue and composition, studying with Marcel Andries and Flor Peeters, among others. In 1964 he was a laureate of the Meisterkurs für Chorleitung given by Kurt Thomas at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg. From 1961, Nees worked for the BRT (Belgian Radio and Television), first as a choral music producer and from 1970 as conductor of the radio choir. From 1961 to 1969 he led the Vokaal Ensemble Philippus de Monte in Mechelen and the Ter Kamerenkoor in Brussels. Nees has received numerous awards for his compositions: in 1973 he won the Eugène Baie Prize for his complete output of choral music, in 1990 the AGEC Prize (awarded by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände) for Regina Coeli-Blue be it (1988) and in 1995 the Vondel Prize (from the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung in Hamburg). He is regularly asked to serve as a jury member for choral festivals (Arezzo, Cork, Tours, Neerpelt…) and through his courses in choral conducting, his contributions to periodicals and radio programmes and his editions of both contemporary and historical choral music, he has achieved an important position in the movement for innovative choral music.

Vic Nees passed away on March 14, 2013.

Selective discography

Boerenpsalm - A peasant's psalmBoerenpsalm - A peasant's psalm (1989)
soundtrack
Kamerorkest Sinfonia, BRT Koor, Dirk Brossé, Dirk Vermeulen, Vic Nees
E. Hullebroeck - De gilde viertE. Hullebroeck - De gilde viert (1989)
choir music, 20th century, operette
BRT Koor, Emiel Hullebroeck, Fernand Terby, BRT filharmonisch orkest, Vic Nees
60 jaar Radio (deel 3)60 jaar Radio (deel 3) (1983)
20th century, early music, romanticism
Perotinus, Franz André, Omroeporkest N.I.R., Hector Berlioz, BRT Koor, Léonce Gras, Irwin Hoffman, Darius Milhaud (...)
P. Benoit - RequiemP. Benoit - Requiem (1982)
choir music, romanticism
BRT Koor, Peter Benoit, Vic Nees, Het Kortrijks Gemengd Koor, Herman Roelstraete, Kamerorkest van de BRT
Komitas - J.P. Byloo - B. Britten - V. Nees - W. KerstersKomitas - J.P. Byloo - B. Britten - V. Nees - W. Kersters
20th century, romanticism
BRT Koor, Komitas, Vic Nees, Jean-Paul Byloo, Benjamin Britten, Vic Nees, Willem Kersters

Selectieve discografie als componist

De nieuwe oogst. Nationale koorcompositiewedstrijd 2005De nieuwe oogst. Nationale koorcompositiewedstrijd 2005 (2005)
20th century
Capella di voce, Kurt Bikkembergs, Jan Van Landeghem, Dirk Van Croonenborch, Vic Nees, Peter Lejaeghere, Noor Sommereyns, Kristiaan Van Ingelgem (...)
A Tribute to Vic NeesA Tribute to Vic Nees (2004)
20th century, 21st century / contemporary
Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Vic Nees, Johan Duijck
Op de hoogteOp de hoogte (2003)
20th century, romanticism, classical crossover
Helicon, Jan Van Elsacker, Freddy Mariën, Karen Peeters, Griet Jochems, Danny Van Hoof, Lucienne Van Deyck, I SOLISTI (...)
Music for Children's and Girl's Choirs by Flemish ComposersMusic for Children's and Girl's Choirs by Flemish Composers (2001)
20th century
Oxalys, Jan Van Der Roost, Jan Coeck, Peter Pieters, Kurt Bikkembergs, Martin Valcke, Vic Nees, Johan Van Bouwelen (...)
Koor van het jaar 1999-2000Koor van het jaar 1999-2000 (2000)
classical
Diverse uitvoerders, Jos Wuytack, Vic Nees, Peter Cabus, Marie-Madeleine Durufle, Erika Budai, Akira Miyoshi, Ludo Claesen (...)
Liedjes voor de slapelozenLiedjes voor de slapelozen (1999)
20th century
Capella Beatae Mariae Ad Lacum, Vic Nees, Kurt Bikkembergs
Gildebroeders maakt plezierenGildebroeders maakt plezieren (1994)
Traditional folk, 20th century
Philippe Souvagie, Ludo Mariën, Nuove Musiche Orchestra, Vic Nees, Willem Kersters, Arthur Meulemans, Hugo Roels, Marinus de Jong (...)
Nog klaarder dan die zonneNog klaarder dan die zonne (1994)
Traditional folk
Griet De Volder, Lieve Van Lancker, Karen Peeters, Kristiaan Van Ingelgem, Vic Nees, Flor Peeters, Piet Stryckers, Juliaan Wilmots (...)
The Flemish Radio Choir - Vic NeesThe Flemish Radio Choir - Vic Nees (1992)
20th century
Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Roland Coryn, Herman Roelstraete, Vic Nees, Luc Goosen, Rudi Tas, Vic Nees
IntroiboIntroibo (1992)
20th century, romanticism, early music
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkoor van Mechelen, Kris Wittevrongel, Josquin Desprez, Flor Peeters, Vic Nees, Jacques Arcadelt, Gabriel Fauré, Franz Liszt (...)

Author of

'k en hoore u nog niet...'
'k en hoore u nog niet...'
De Vlaamse koormuziek
De Vlaamse koormuziek
Column - Vic Nees
Column - Vic Nees
Column - Vic Nees
Column - Vic Nees
Koorzang: lust voor oor én oog
Koorzang: lust voor oor én oog

Selectieve discografie als medewerker

Peter Benoit - HoogmisPeter Benoit - Hoogmis (2003)
romanticism
BRTN Filharmonisch Orkest, Donald George, Peter Benoit, Alexander Rahbari

Related Items

News:Jarige Vic Nees gevierd met een boek en concerten (04.03.2011)
Persons/artist(s):Staf Nees (composer)
Documents:O Song (biography)
Nieuwe koormuziek in Vlaanderen (thesis)
External links:Componistenfiche Vic Nees