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Rudi Tas (born 1957 in Aalst, Belgium) is a Flemish composer of choral music, a conductor and an organist.

He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and Ghent.

Style
Tas combines modern compositional techniques with more traditional techniques or stylistic idioms such as tonality, neo-romanticism or neo-impressionism. A cantabile quality is always given pride of place. Within this polystylistic compositional approach, the eclectic element also continues to play a crucial role.

Selective prizes

 * Flor Baron Peeters Prize for organ composition (1989)
 * Provincial Prize of East Flanders (1992)
 * B.A.P. prize awarded by SABAM (1993)
 * European AGEC prize (1996) for his choral work Flowers of life
 * International composition competition in Tours first prize (1998) for La chanson d’Eve
 * Jef Van Hoof Prize (2001) for his Sonata for violin and piano

Representative works

 * Chamber music: String Quartet in memoriam Pau Casals (2002)
 * Vocal music : 4 motets for mixed choir (1995) ;La chanson d’ève, six songs for mixed choir (1997); Magnificat for solo soprano, 3 choir soloists and mixed choir (1998); Miserere for violoncello and mixed choir (1999)  ; Ballet for voices for bariton, mixed choir, piano and flute (2001)) ;  Salve Regina for soprano, violin and mixed choir (2004)
 * Orchestra: Symphonia da Requiem for soprano, reciter, solo chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra (1989-90) ; Silent Tears’ Symphony II for soprano and orchestra (2002-3)