Frederic D’haene is an avant-garde composer born in

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(Belgium) in 1961. After completing musicology at Ghent University and

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, he studied composition at

Royal Conservatory of Liège Royal Conservatoire of Liège The Royal Conservatoire of Liège (RCL) ( French Conservatoire royal de Liège, Dutch Koninklijk Conservatorium Luik) is one of four conservatories in the French Community of Belgium that offers higher education cou ...

with

Frederic Rzewski Frederic Anthony Rzewski ( ; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. His major compositions, which often incorporate social an ...

, Walter Zimmerman,

Henri Pousseur Henri Léon Marie-Thérèse Pousseur (23 June 1929 – 6 March 2009) was a Belgian classical composer, teacher, and music theorist. Biography Pousseur was born in Malmedy and studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 1947 to ...

and

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. He later worked as assistant of Frederic Rzewski at the Conservatory of Liège (1990–96). He was introduced to

Gagaku is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. was developed as court music of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and its near-current form was established in the Heian period (794-1185) around t ...

Music through Tadatoshi Miyagawa and Kanehiko Togi (former head of Kunai-cho Gakubu; the Music Department of the Imperial Household Agency). His own composition technique is called ‘paradoxophony’.
'Paradoxophony'', Gramophone review, UK

Collaborations

* Conductors: James Wood (musician), James Wood, Mark Foster, Michael Wendeberg, Robin Engelen, Kasper de Roo. * Performers:

Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries. Hi ...

, Ensemble Contrechamps,

Danel Quartet The Danel Quartet (or Quatuor Danel) is a French/Belgian string quartet established in June 1991. Known for classical, early modern and contemporary repertoire, they tour internationally and have an extensive discography. They have both recorded a ...

, Champ d’Action, Het Collectief, Geoffrey Madge,

, Armand Angster, Jean-Pierre Peuvion, Daan Vandewalle,

Marianne Schroeder Marianne Schroeder (born 1949 in Reiden) is a Swiss pianist and composer. She studied with Giacinto Scelsi. She played at Carnegie Hall, Lucerne Festival and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. She worked with John Cage and Shigeru Kan-no. She ...

, Claude Coppens, Wibert Aerts, David Cohen, Wim Konink, Takao Hyakutome. * Concert halls & festivals: deSingel (BE),

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Festival (BE), Transitfestival (BE), Blackheath Halls (UK), Edmonton New Music Festival (CA),

The Music Gallery The Music Gallery is an independent performance venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known as a space for musical and interdisciplinary projects in experimental genres. The Music Gallery is publicly funded through arts grants from the city, pr ...

in Toronto (CA), Gesellschaft für akustische Lebenshilfe (DE), Studio Ernest-Ansermet, Genève (CH), Watanabe Jun-ichi Bungakukan, Sapporo (JP), Frankfurter Positionen festival (DE).

List of Compositions

Frederic D'Haene writes mainly commissioned work: Orchestral and chamber music, pieces for solo instruments and vocal music. * 2016: (in progress) ''Resist to exist'' opera for 4 singers, 2 rappers and chamber orchestra. With texts by

Mahmoud Darwish Mahmoud Darwish ( ar, محمود درويش, Maḥmūd Darwīsh, 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine ...

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, Sade and Palestinian solidarity campaigners. * 2011 - 2012 ''Fluxus-static friction'' for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano * 2009 (in progress) ''Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra'' * 2010 - 2011 ''Hearing from nowhere - part three'' for flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano * 2008 ''Zen et Révolte'' for solo violin * 2007 ''Voiding Streams'' for piano solo * 2003 - 2006 ''Music with Silent Aitake's'' for Gagaku and chamber orchestra. CD with Reigakusha Gagaku Ensemble (Japan) and Ensemble Modern (Germany), conductor Kasper De Roo (Ravello Records). * 2001 ''Désert axiomatique'' for percussion and string quartet * 2000 ''Hearing from Nowhere-part two'' for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano * 1998 - 1999 ''Poet of Liberty'' for soprano, flute, cello, piano and percussion obligate * 1998 ''MusicAnarchy I- to breathe that void'' for solo voice (score) * 1997 – 1998 ''Dissociations centromériques'' for piano, percussion and chamber orchestra * 1995 ''Scorci del Mocciolo'' for rock combo and symphony orchestra * 1994 ''Hearing from Nowhere-part one'' for flute, bass clarinet, viola, cello, percussion and piano * 1993 ''Inert Reacting Substance'' for chamber orchestra * 1993 ''A-centroid'' for string quartet * 1992 ''Objets retrouvés pour la collectivité'' for two trombones * 1992 ''Wozu Dichter - Millimètres'' for soprano, flute, cello, piano and percussion obligate * 1992 ''The peaks were... The Valleys came in-Musik für Lara'' for piano solo * 1992 ''Brief an kandinsky'' for bass clarinet solo * 1992 (in progress) ''Trilogyfragments'': great cycle of seven works, in which four of the above compositions will be included * 1991 ''Sans identité'' for bass clarinet quartet * 1991 ''Pessoa Revisited'' for flute, cello and piano * 1991 ''For declining Times'' for piano solo * 1998 ''Allelujàssemblage'' for choir a cappella (score) * 1990 ''Ohne Titel mit Text'' for soprano, piano, strings and tape * 1991 Stagework ''Tirannie der hulpverlening'' for flute, trombone, harp, percussion and two actors * 1989 ''Communio'' for two pianos

Bibliography

* LEVAUX, T., ''Frederic D’Haene'' in ''Dictionnaire des compositeurs de Belgique du Moyen Age à nos jours'', Editions ART IN BELGIUM, , p. 402-403, 2004 * KNOCKAERT, Y., ''FREDERIC D'HAENE - SONORE METAFOREN'', Kunst & Cultuur, Oct 1993, ''reeks Vlaamse componisten aflevering 13'' (in Dutch) * KNOCKAERT, Y., ''Nieuwe Muziek in Vlaanderen'', p. 156-158 (chapter ''De Postmodernisten''), 1998 * BUCKINX, B., ''De kleine Pomo of de muziekgeschiedenis van het postmodernisme'', Peer, 1994

Discography

* 2001 ''Nouvelles musiques de chambre'' with music by Henri Pousseur, Bernard Foccroulle, Michel Fourgon, Frederic D'Haene, Edison Denisov, Giacinto Scelsi. Cyprès, 1997. * 2018 ''Music with silent aitake's'' by Frederic D'Haene. Reigakusha Gagaku Ensemble,

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, conductor. Ravello Records, 2018.

References

External links

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