Erik Van Nevel (1956) is a Belgian singer and conductor. He is the nephew of
Paul Van Nevel.
He pursued instrumental and vocal studies at the
Lemmensinstituut in
Leuven
Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipalit ...
, the
Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussels) and the
Koninklijk Conservatorium (Antwerp).
Van Nevel is both founder and conductor of the
Currende choir, the chamber ensemble Currende Consort and the Baroque orchestra known as Concerto Currende, and has also directed the wind ensemble
Concerto Palatino. He was choirmaster of
Brussels Cathedral from 1983 to 2000, and there founded the
Cappella Sancti Michaelis. From 1980 to 1985, he was assistant conductor of the Belgian Radio Choir (Flemish section). Since 1994, van Nevel and Currende have been accorded the title of Cultural Ambassadors of Flanders by the Flemish Community.
Van Nevel has concentrated on Flemish Renaissance repertoire, recording for Flemish labels Accent, Eufoda and Etcetera. A major recording milestone was the 10-CD collection of Flemish
polyphony
Polyphony ( ) is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice ( monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chord ...
produced for Davidsfonds to accompany the book ''Flemish Polyphony'' by musicologist
Ignace Bossuyt.
He was director of the research project ''Sound of the cathedral'' into acoustics and performance space conflicts.
University of Leuven
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Belgian male musicians
Belgian male conductors (music)
Living people
21st-century Belgian conductors (music)
21st-century Belgian male musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)