Logos Foundation
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The Logos Foundation is a professional organisation for the promotion of new music
s and audio related arts by means of new music production, concerts, performances, composition, technological research projects and other contemporary music related activities.
The Logos Foundation (and its concert hall, the Logos Tetrahedron
) is based in Ghent
, Belgium
(Flanders
region).
Godfried-Willem Raes
is the founder and major driving force behind the Logos Foundation.
Since the last decades of the 20th century the Logos Foundation encourages publication of music in a copyright-free
format.
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
s and audio related arts by means of new music production, concerts, performances, composition, technological research projects and other contemporary music related activities.
The Logos Foundation (and its concert hall, the Logos Tetrahedron
Logos Tetrahedron
The Logos Tetrahedron is a concert hall in Ghent, Belgium adjacent to the Logos Foundation recording studio and offices. It has seating for 150 people and is equipped with sound and light infrastructure. Since the concert hall is in the shape of a tetrahedron, it has no straight angles and, as a...
) is based 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...
, Belgium
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...
(Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
region).
Godfried-Willem Raes
Godfried-Willem Raes
Godfried-Willem Raes is a Belgian composer, performer and instrument maker. He is the founder of the Logos Foundation of which he is still the president. He holds a PhD from Ghent University and is professor of experimental music composition at the Ghent Royal Conservatory.Godfried-Willem Raes was...
is the founder and major driving force behind the Logos Foundation.
Since the last decades of the 20th century the Logos Foundation encourages publication of music in a copyright-free
Copyright-free
Copyright-free is a conventional expression extensively used in Japan by authors whose works can be used freely regardless of copyright. It is distinguished from public domain but is not entirely a commitment to copyleft.-External links:...
format.