Boudewijn Buckinx (born 28 March 1945, in

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) is a

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and writer on music. Buckinx attended the Antwerp Conservatory, and from 1964 studied composition and serial music with Lucien Goethals in

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, where he also studied electronic music at the IPEM. In 1968 he attended Stockhausen's composition studio in

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and participated in the composition of Stockhausen's '' Musik für ein Haus'', contributing a quintet for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, and cello titled ''Atoom''. However, his principal influences are

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and

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. He also studied

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at the

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, graduating in 1972 with a dissertation on Cage's Variations.

Writings

*1994. ''De kleine pomo: of, de muziekgeschiedenis van het postmodernisme''. Peer: Alamire. . *1999. (With Yves Knockaert). ''Muziek uit de voorbije eeuw''. Peer: Alamire. . *2001. ''Aria van de diepe noot: verzamelde commentaren''. Peer: Alamire. .

Compositions (selective list)

* ''Sløjd'', for mixed media (1968) * ''Piotr Lunaire'', for narrator, one singer, and piano (1985) * ''Ce qu’on entend dans la salle de concert'', for orchestra (1987) * ''In der buurt van Neptunus'', for cello and piano (1987) * 1001 Sonatas, for violin and piano (1988) * ''Symposion'', for violin and string orchestra (1991) * ''Nine Unfinished Symphonies'' (1992) * ''Kahk Deelah'', for solo violin (1994) * ''Karoena de zeemeermin'', chamber opera (1995) * Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1996) * String Quartet no. 15 (2003) * ''Embarkation for Uropia'', for orchestra (2004) * ''Renaissance Revisited'', for piano (2006) * Piano Quartet no. 3, for violin, viola, cello, and piano (2007) * Piano Quartet no. 4, for violin, viola, cello, and piano (2008)

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About Buckinx
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