Luc Brewaeys

Luc Brewaeys (25 October 1959 in Mortsel, Belgium – 18 December 2015 in Antwerp, Belgium) was a Belgian composer, conductor, pianist and recording producer at the VRT (Flemish Radio & Television). He studied composition with André Laporte in Brussels, with Franco Donatoni in Siena (Italy) and with Brian Ferneyhough in Darmstadt (Germany).

Prizes and distinctions

 * 3rd prize of the European Competition for Young Composers (1985).
 * 1st prize in the category "young composers" from the international tribunal of composers of UNESCO (1986).
 * 1st prize "Prix de Musique Contemporaine du Québec" (1988) for the work entière.
 * 1st prize for the competition of European composers at the International meeting of contemporary music in Metz (1988).
 * The prize for the "Musique de la Communauté Flamande" (1989)
 * The SABAM prize (1990)
 * 1st prize for "Premio Musicale Città di Trieste" for symphonic composition (1991).

Vocal and Choral works

 * 2015             On a day  9'
 * 2010             speechless song, seeming many, being one ‘Sonnet n° 8’ by William Shakespeare  ca. 6'
 * 2009             vogliamo inneggiare all’uomo 3'
 * 2007             Fantasia con tre canzoni popolare Napoletane     8'
 * 2006             L'uomo dal fiore in bocca   Opera in one Act  ca 45'
 * 2003             Jocasta     22'
 * 2003             I' vidi / La vita fugge     8'30"
 * 2002             Come here, Ulysses     4'30"
 * 2000             Credeva...   in memoriam Franco DONATONI  14'
 * 1999             Schumann's Ghosts     2'35"
 * 1991             Antigone   Lyric Tragedy  ca. 70'
 * 1990             Non lasciate ogni speranza     33'20"
 * 1989             Réquialm     21'

Orchestral works

 * 2015             …sciolto nel foro universale del vuoto…  ca. 17'
 * 2008             Shadows with Melodies      15'
 * 2007             Symphony n° 7   (2001–02, rev. 2007)  17'
 * 2006             L'uomo dal fiore in bocca   Opera in one Act  ca. 45'
 * 2005             Préludes Book II by Claude Debussy   recomposed for orchestra  40'
 * 2005             Along the Shores of Lorn     12'
 * 2004             Préludes Book I by Claude Debussy   recomposed for orchestra  40'
 * 2004             Symphony n° 8     12' -in pr
 * 2002             5 Préludes from Book I by Claude Debussy   recomposed for orchestra  16'
 * 2000             Credeva...   in memoriam Franco DONATONI  14'
 * 2000             Symphony n° 6     21'30"
 * 1997             Fasten Seat Belts !   Nightmare for Orchestra  4'
 * 1996             Introduction     4'40"
 * 1993             Laphroaig - Symphony n° 5     27'
 * 1993             Talisker     30'
 * 1992             Only Very Unusual Matters     3'30"
 * 1992             Kientzyphonie (Symphony n° 4)   Symphony n° 4  22'
 * 1991             Dalì's Dream?     9'
 * 1991             Symphony n° 3 : Hommage     10'30"
 * 1990             Non lasciate ogni speranza     33'20"
 * 1988             Cheers !     2'30"
 * 1987             Komm ! Hebe dich... (Symphony n° 2)   Symphony n° 2  15'
 * 1985             .., e poi c'era... (Symphony n° 1)   Symphony n° 1  15'

Chamber music (more than 5 musicians)

 * 2015             On a day  9'
 * 2014             Eppur si muove  ca. 11'30"
 * 2012             Fêtes à tensions : (les) eaux marchent  ca. 15'
 * 2009             Double Concerto  ca. 15'
 * 2008             Cardhu      ca. 15'
 * 2008             Painted Pyramids     16'
 * 2008             Nobody is Perfect ! (Frank Nuyts Fifty)     1'45"
 * 2007             Fantasia con tre canzoni popolare Napoletane     8'
 * 2006             Mozart's Ghosts     8'
 * 2005             Hermesfanfare     2'30"
 * 2004             Stolen Silence     4'33"
 * 2003             Jocasta     22'
 * 2001             Benché nessuno.., sorride     13'30"
 * 1999             Schumann's Ghosts     2'35"
 * 1999             Beyond the Deadline     2'15"
 * 1997             Works by Frank ZAPPA     15'
 * 1996             OBAN     10'
 * 1996             Nobody is Perfect ! (André Laporte sixty-five)     1'45"
 * 1992             Le Concert   Music for a film by Samy BRUNETT.  6'
 * 1989             Réquialm     21'
 * 1986             Due cose belle ha il mondo: l'amore e la morte...     12'
 * 1982             Trajet     9'

Chamber music (5 or less musicians)

 * 2008             3 Miniatures      1'
 * 2007             Nobody is Perfect ! (Jonathan Harvey Sixty)   (1999, rev. 2007)  2'30"
 * 2004             Utopia     9'
 * 2003             Haydn ?     5'30"
 * 2000             Violacello     1'
 * 1999             Nobody is Perfect ! (João Pedro Oliveira forty)     3'30"
 * 1998             Nobody is Perfect ! (Lukas Foss seventy-five)     4'00"
 * 1997             Les Méandres de la Mémoire     12-13'
 * 1996             Last Minute Piece     1'30"
 * 1995             Bowmore   String Quartet nr. 2  17'30"
 * 1993             Unicorn Telex     4'30"
 * 1992             Jocaste's (grand-) daughter     15'30"
 * 1991             Antigone   Lyric Tragedy  ca. 70'
 * 1991             Knockando     8'
 * 1989             Namk'Cotts
 * 1989             The Zappa Album   works by Frank Zappa  42'
 * 1989             String Quartet n° 1     15'
 * 1988             Aouellaouellaouelle!     10'
 * 1988             Works by George GERSHWIN     12'
 * 1983             Het Raadsel van de Sfinks (The Riddle of the Sphinx)   Music for a film by Jef CORNELIS.  55'
 * 1981             Conuflinicty - 1 + 1 = 3     13'30"

Solo works

 * 2013             Ni fleurs ni couronnes : Monument pour Jonathan Harvey  ca. 13'
 * 2011             Per André L. 80  ca. 3
 * 2010             speechless song, seeming many, being one ‘Sonnet n° 8’ by William Shakespeare ca. 6'
 * 2009             Fred’s Hallucination  1'
 * 2009             Black Rock Unfolding 16'
 * 2001             Si sentiva un po' stanco...      6'30"
 * 1999             Metastudy     1'
 * 1997             Per Roberto F.     6'30"
 * 1997             In between...     1'30"
 * 1996             Il fiume del tempo passava...     7'30"
 * 1996             Nobody is Perfect ! (Michael Finnissy Fifty)     2'30"
 * 1995             "... far !.."     2'30"
 * 1994             Attention : Alto Solo !     7'25"
 * 1994             Le Chant de la Sirène     5'15"
 * 1991             Dirge for Dina     3'30"
 * 1991             Jacquerie - Jacques qui rit     5'30"
 * 1990             Very Saxy     4'30"
 * 1989             Pyramids in Siberia     16'
 * 1989             Again     12'
 * 1988             Immer weiter, oder..?     5'
 * 1982             Parametric Permutations     5'
 * 1977             Epitaphium     4'

Electronic music

 * 2013             Ni fleurs ni couronnes : Monument pour Jonathan Harvey  ca. 13'
 * 2009             Double Concerto  ca. 15'
 * 2009             Black Rock Unfolding 16'
 * 2008             Painted Pyramids      16'
 * 2003             Jocasta     22'
 * 2000             Symphony n° 6     21'30"
 * 1993             Laphroaig - Symphony n° 5     27'
 * 1992             Jocaste's (grand-) daughter     15'30"
 * 1991             Antigone   Lyric Tragedy  ca. 70'
 * 1989             Metallofonie     30'
 * 1986             Due cose belle ha il mondo: l'amore e la morte...     12'
 * 1982             Trajet     9'