Boudewijn Buckinx was born in 1945 in Lommel (Belgium) and was dedicated to music from an early age. Since 1963, he introduced a lot of new music to Flanders with his group WHAM, including music by Christian
Wolff, Cornelius Cardew and John Cage was also the subject of his licenciate's thesis.
As a composer, he is a typical exponent of Postmodernism. The series of 1001
Sonates in their totality were performed in Darmstadt [Germany] (1988),
Brussels (1989), Ghent (1994) and Kiel [Germany] (1998). Special Buckinx
concerts have been held in Ghent, Brussels and Kiel, and his music has
also been performed at important festivals such as the Contemporary
Music Week in Ghent [Belgium], the "Ferienkurse" in Darmstadt
[Germany], the Tampere Biennale [Finland] and the North American New
Music Festival in Buffalo [USA], Bucarest and Arad [Rumania].
In 1993 a 9-day Buckinx Festival was held in De Rode Pomp in Ghent.
Buckinx composed four operas: a chamber opera Karoena in
Russian (premiered in De Rode Pomp, Ghent, in 1995), his opera on the
life and philosophy of Socrates (premiered in Ghent in 1997), Le
Valchirie (performed by the Opera Class of the Music Conservatory in
Antwerp in 1997), and the opera Van Alle Tijden, based on the
mythological character of Reinaert (commissioned by Stichting Aa in
Groningen, The Netherlands, and premiered there in May 1998). In 1998,
Buckinx composed La Sonate de Vinteuil for mezzo soprano, piano and
violin on texts by Marcel Proust. Also from 1998 is his work Erwachen
der Liebe on texts by Philipp Schober, for soprano, violin solo and
chamber orchestra. In 2000, Buckinx completed his Zen Requiem for tenor,
baritone, male chorus and chamber orchestra, as well as the Nietzsche
Talk Show for tenor and band.
THE key anthology of New Consonant Music. A radiant affirmation of the unity of this major musical current, through the main works of three composers each stylistically different from the others. Contains Adagio, the famous one, of course (Buckinx), Deuxième Sonate (Lachert) and Taciturne (Lawalrée).
THE CD of New Consonant Music. Pianist Mireille Gleizes performs Quatre Préludes (Knittel), Variaçoès "Frère Jacques" (Morozowicz), Quatrième Suite (Pelecis), Monochrone (Lysight), Três Contos de Cortazar (Mendes), Deuxième Sonate (Lachert) and Adagio, the famous one, of course (Buckinx). Recorded in the famous Studio 4 in the Brussels Flagey building, in co-production with the BRTN (Belgian Radio and Television, Flemish secion). Artistic direcor Mikhaïl Bezverkhny.
Short interludes linked by a series of variations and musical "snapshots" in the pure Buckinx style.
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