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Renier Doutrelepont was born on November 26, 1939, in Malmedy.
His early musical training began with Octave Micha (Stavelot) for solfège and piano. Later, he studied harmony with Francis de Bourguignon. After de Bourguignon’s death, Jean Absil took him on as a student of harmony, counterpoint, and composition.
He joined RTBF in 1966. He wrote scores for documentaries: “To Illustrate Magritte” (Christian Bussy), “The Memory of Stones” (Françoise Lempereur), and later for films: “Murders at Home” (Marc Lobet), “The Metamorphoses of Rachel” (Robert Lombaerts), etc.
He continues to compose (in atonal style): two concertos for piano and violin, chamber music for various ensembles (with guidance from Georges Octors), and lieder set to poems by Marcel Mariën, Louis Scutenaire, Charles Vanlerberghe, Andrée Sodenkamp, and Jean-Claude Lalanne Cassou.
He has recorded six CDs of his works.
He currently lives in Brussels, is an administrator of the Union of Belgian Composers (UCB), and frequently participates in the Osmose Festival thanks to Danielle Baas.