Boudewijn Buckinx
Encyclopedia
Boudewijn Buckinx is a Belgian
composer
and writer about music.
Buckinx attended the Antwerp Conservatory, and from 1964 studied composition and serial music with Lucien Goethals
in Ghent
, where he also studied electronic music at the IPEM (Visscher 2001). In 1968 he attended Stockhausen’s
composition studio in Darmstadt
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 (Ritzel 1970, 13, 60–61; Iddon 2004, 89). However, his principal influences are Mauricio Kagel
and John Cage
. He also studied musicology
at the Catholic University of Leuven
, graduating in 1972 with a dissertation on Cage’s Variations (Visscher 2001).
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and writer about music.
Buckinx attended the Antwerp Conservatory, and from 1964 studied composition and serial music with Lucien Goethals
Lucien Goethals
-Life:Lucien Goethals was born in Ghent, but spent his formative years in Argentina, where he studied at the Dima Conservatory of Buenos Aires. When he returned to Belgium, he continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent up to 1956, where he earned his first prize in organ, music...
in Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, where he also studied electronic music at the IPEM (Visscher 2001). In 1968 he attended Stockhausen’s
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
composition studio in Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
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 (Ritzel 1970, 13, 60–61; Iddon 2004, 89). However, his principal influences are Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel was a German-Argentine composer. He was notable for his interest in developing the theatrical side of musical performance .-Biography:...
and John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
. He also studied musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
at the Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven
The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull by Pope Martin V.During France's occupation of Belgium in the...
, graduating in 1972 with a dissertation on Cage’s Variations (Visscher 2001).
Writings
- 1994. De kleine pomo: of, de muziekgeschiedenis van het postmodernisme. Peer: Alamire. ISBN 9068530844.
- 1999. (With Yves Knockaert). Muziek uit de voorbije eeuw. Peer: Alamire. ISBN 9068531417.
- 2001. Aria van de diepe noot: verzamelde commentaren. Peer: Alamire. ISBN 9068531484.
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)