Vic Nees
Category: | componist, hedendaagse componist, koor |
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Mechelen, 08.03.1936 - Grimbergen, 14.03.2013 | |
Genre(s): | 21ste eeuw / hedendaags, 20ste eeuw |
Biography
Vic Nees was born in Mechelen on 8 March 1936, the son of carillon composer Staf Nees. After a year of study in arts at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, he enrolled at the conservatory in Antwerp, where he earned first prizes in harmony, counterpoint, fugue and composition, studying with Marcel Andries and Flor Peeters, among others. In 1964 he was a laureate of the Meisterkurs für Chorleitung given by Kurt Thomas at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg. From 1961, Nees worked for the BRT (Belgian Radio and Television), first as a choral music producer and from 1970 as conductor of the radio choir. From 1961 to 1969 he led the Vokaal Ensemble Philippus de Monte in Mechelen and the Ter Kamerenkoor in Brussels. Nees has received numerous awards for his compositions: in 1973 he won the Eugène Baie Prize for his complete output of choral music, in 1990 the AGEC Prize (awarded by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände) for Regina Coeli-Blue be it (1988) and in 1995 the Vondel Prize (from the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung in Hamburg). He is regularly asked to serve as a jury member for choral festivals (Arezzo, Cork, Tours, Neerpelt…) and through his courses in choral conducting, his contributions to periodicals and radio programmes and his editions of both contemporary and historical choral music, he has achieved an important position in the movement for innovative choral music.
Vic Nees passed away on March 14, 2013.
Selective discography
Schroyens Raymond - Chanson d'automne (2011) 20th century BRT Koor, Vic Nees, L'Ensemble Du Quartier, Erik Van Nevel, Raymond Schroyens, Marijke Pyck |
Lodewijk De Vocht - Koorwerken en liederen (2008) 20th century, romanticism Koninklijke Chorale Caecilia, Philharmonie van Antwerpen, Symfonisch Orkest van het NIR, Belgian National Orchestra, BRT Koor, Philharmonisch orkest van de BRT, Lodewijk De Vocht, Lodewijk De Vocht (...) |
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André Laporte - Symphonic & vocal works (2007) 20th century Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), André Laporte, Vlaams Radio Orkest, André Laporte, Koen Kessels, Vic Nees |
Lexicon van de muziek in West-Vlaanderen 5 (2007) 20th century Luk Vaes, Hans Ryckelynck, Frank Agsteribbe, Marcel Ketels, Philippe Souvagie, Peter Pieters, Jan Devlieger, Herman Roelstraete (...) |
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Flor Peeters - Missa Festiva, Concerto for organ (2003) 20th century Peter Pieters, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Vlaams Radio Orkest, Flor Peeters, Vic Nees, Yoel Levi |
Peter Benoit - Vingt Motets (2001) romanticism Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Peter Benoit, Vic Nees |
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Herman Roelstraete - Retrospectieve (1996) 20th century Els Crommen, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, BRTN Koor, Guido De Neve, Nico Baltussen, Leo De Neve, Jan Sciffer, Renaat Beheydt (...) |
Frank Agsteribbe - Composities 2 (1996) 21st century / contemporary, 20th century Noordlimburgs Mannenkoor, Frank Agsteribbe, Herman Baeten, Paul Mertens, Vic Nees, Dagmar Feyern, Jos Van Den Borre, Jeroen D'hoe (...) |
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The Flemish Radio Choir - Vic Nees (1992) 20th century Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Roland Coryn, Herman Roelstraete, Vic Nees, Luc Goosen, Rudi Tas, Vic Nees |
Benoit Peter - Requiem - 1863 (1992) romanticism BRT Koor, BRT Kamerorkest, Peter Benoit, Het Kortrijks Gemengd Koor, Vic Nees, Herman Roelstraete |
Selectieve discografie als componist
Aus der Tiefe (2014) 20th century, 21st century / contemporary Musa Horti, Eric Whitacre, Peter Dejans, Sven-David Sandström, Kurt Bikkembergs, Raymond Schroyens, Rudolf Mauersberger, Vic Nees (...) |
Dit denken aan u ....1936 (2013) 20th century Jean Lambrechts, Stefaan Desmet, Kurt Bikkembergs, Raoul De Smet, Capella di voce, Vic Nees, Frans Geysen, Jean Lambrechts (...) |
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Am Siebenten Tage (2013) choir music, 20th century Camerata Musica Limburg, Kurt Bikkembergs, Jan Schumacher, Roland Coryn, Vic Nees, Maarten Van Ingelgem, Rudi Tas, Noor Sommereyns (...) |
Choir Music from Poland and Belgium (2011) 20th century Liliana Pociecha, Józef Elsner, Herman Engels, Szczepan Kosior, César Franck, Andrzej Zwisza, Krzysztof Penderecki, Marcin Wolak (...) |
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Vic Nees - Requiem (2011) 21st century / contemporary Gents Madrigaalkoor, Johan Duijck, Vic Nees, Hilde Coppé, Noëlle Schepens, Michael Nowak, Amarylca, Jona Kesteleyn (...) |
Flemish Choral Music - Bij Stemband 8 (2010) romanticism, 20th century Peter Benoit, Herman Engels, August de Boeck, Johan Duijck, Diverse uitvoerders, Robert Herberigs, Marc Michael De Smet, Norbert Rosseau (...) |
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Caloroso (2010) 21st century / contemporary, 20th century Vic Nees, Kurt Bikkembergs, Maarten Van Ingelgem, Sebastiaan Van Steenberge |
Europese Volksliederen in de orginele taal uit de 27 EU-landen (2007) European folk Vic Nees, Jos Van Den Borre, Jos Van Den Borre |
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Nees & Nees (2006) 20th century Vic Nees, Capella SS Michaelis & Gudulae, Staf Nees, Kurt Bikkembergs |
Vic Nees - Trumpet Te Deum & Choral Works (2005) 20th century Manu Mellaerts, Steven Verhaert, Els Crommen, Peter Pieters, Vic Nees, Peter Dejans |
Author of
'k en hoore u nog niet...' | De Vlaamse koormuziek | ||
Column - Vic Nees | Column - Vic Nees | ||
Koorzang: lust voor oor én oog |
Selectieve discografie als medewerker
Peter Benoit - Hoogmis (2003) romanticism BRTN Filharmonisch Orkest, Donald George, Peter Benoit, Alexander Rahbari |
Related Items
News: | Jarige Vic Nees gevierd met een boek en concerten (04.03.2011) |
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Persons/artist(s): | Staf Nees (composer) |
Documents: | O Song (biography) Nieuwe koormuziek in Vlaanderen (thesis) |
External links: | Componistenfiche Vic Nees |