Carl Verbraeken
Carl Verbraeken (born September 18, 1950 in Wilrijk Antwerp ) is a Belgian composer , pianist and music teacher.
Carl Verbraeken received his first musical diplomas at the Antwerp Conservatory. He then graduated from the University of Leuven in 1972 with a degree in engineering, where he subsequently received his doctorate. In 1975 he decided to pursue a musical career and began studying at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels . He successively obtained diplomas in music history and harmony (1976), piano (1977), chamber music (1978), counterpoint and piano accompaniment (1979), fugue (1982) and composition theory (1987). From 1987 to 2016 Verbraeken was director of the Music Academy in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe .
After his studies, he was a lecturer in applied harmony at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels until 1989 . Verbraeken composed around 1000 works for piano , chamber music and orchestra , a large number of which are works with an educational character for his students.
Since 2011 he has been chairman of the Union of Belgian Composers .
literature
- Flavie Roquet: Vlaamse componists born in 1800 . Roularta Books, Roeselare 2007, ISBN 978-90-8679-090-6 , (Dutch).
- Thierry Levaux: Le Dictionnaire des Compositeurs de Belgique du Moyen-Age à nos jours , p. 678, Editions: “Art in Belgium” 2006, ISBN 2-930338-37-7 , (French).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Carl Verbraeken in the International Music Score Library Project
- Personal website in Dutch
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verbraeken, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilrijk Antwerp |