Pierre Bartholomée
Pierre Georges Édouard Bartholomée (Brussels, 5 August 1937) is a Belgian conductor and composer.[1]
Career
[edit]He began his musical studies at the age of six with piano lessons. Later on he graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he received a piano education by André Dumortier and where he won several prizes. His education was completed with a series of Beethoven piano performance classes given by Wilhelm Kempff.[2]
Together with Henri Pousseur, he founded the Ensemble Musique Nouvelle and the Centre de Recherches et de Création Musicales de Wallonie. He has performed internationally as a pianist and a conductor.[3]
Honours
[edit]- 1999 : created Knight Bartholomée, by king Albert II.
- 2004 : Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.[4]
- 2011 : President of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
- Officer of the Order of the Crown.
- Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite.
References
[edit]- Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel now houses most works and manuscripts of Bartholomée, after the bankruptcy of CeBeDeM in 2015.
- ^ Robert Wangermée, Pierre Bartholomée. Parcours d'un musicien, Conseil de la musique de la Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles, Mardaga, Liège, 2008 978-2-87009-989-6 , 250 p. online
- ^ Pierre Bartholomée's Official website
- ^ Pierre Bartholomée's Official website
- ^ "Détail". www.academieroyale.be.
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