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Invitation to UBC Festival 2026 – FUGA Trophy 2025
UBC Festival 2026
FUGA Trophy 2025
Congratulations to Wilfried Westerlinck and Patrick Dheur and warm thanks to them for their commitment to promoting Belgian works through their concerts and recordings.
A meeting to create videos introducing the composers will be held at SABAM on Thursday, March 5, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the 7th Culture Club..
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UBC Festival February 1st, 2026
UBC Festival 2026
A huge thank you to Bruno Ispiola and Gauvain de Morant for the UBC Festival concert on February 1, 2026. What a beautiful concert, what beautiful works! Thank you to the composers for their warm presence. And thank you to the Wallonia-Brussels Federation - Music, Art and Life Department and to SABAM for allowing us to share such wonderful musical moments.
Presents : Michel Béro, Vincent Ghadimi, Bart Verstraeten, Renier Doutrelepont, Nicole De Paepe, Marc Matthys, Luc Van Hove en/et Anne Martin, Vigdis Hans-Elst, Renata Rsayakhova, Hans Sluys, Fabio Schinazi.
Bruno Ispiola, cello
Gauvain de Morant, piano
Works by
Vincent GHADIMI, Michel BÉRO, Bart VERSTRAETEN, Renier DOUTRELEPONT
Alain CRAENS, Nicole DE PAEPE, Marc MATTHYS, Luc VAN HOVE
Enjoy records on our Youtube channel:
Bart Verstraeten : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ae130-z7CQ
Nicole De Paepe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFOxbjGpl7Y
Michel Béro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqikxI1Qr6c
Alain Craens : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hmoVEokjeo
Luc Van Hove : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs0sw_UBgs0
Renier Doutrelepont : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVNG3hCfwLY
Marc Matthys : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mafra-mTwg
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Invitation: Meeting of Thursday February 5th, 2026
Meeting of Thursday February 5th, 2026 from 11h00 to 14h00
Dear Composers and Musicians,
The Belgian Composers' Union (UCB) is organizing a meeting in the first quarter of 2026 for musicians—saxophonists and clarinetists, violinists, pianists—and UCB member composers (and publishers).
This meeting will allow us to choose the repertoire for the upcoming UCB 2027 concert.
Composers are invited to bring unpublished works, or published works, which you can give to the musicians free of charge.
- for solo saxophone - for solo clarinet
- for saxophone and piano duo / for clarinet and piano duo
- for clarinet, violin, and piano trio
- for clarinet quartet
to be presented to the musicians in attendance. This is contemporary classical music.
Please feel free to share this information with your contacts, musicians, and composers who wish to join or support the Union of Belgian Composers (UCB-UBC website).
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, February 5th, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at SABAM, 41/43 Rue des Deux Eglises, 1000 Brussels, in the Expo Room, 1st floor.
Registration required for the organization: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
Present: Alain Crepin, Valentin Bouland, Akiko Okawa, Cédric De Bruycker, Quentin Meurisse, Shahriar Sharifpour, Michel Déom, Nicolas Gianniodis, Kris De Baerdemacker, Michel Defourny, Irma Bilbao, Stefaan Vanheertum, Christiane Ghiette, Renier Doutrelepont, Danielle Baas, Cornelia Zambila, Juan Marco Albarracin, Jean-Pierre Deleuze, Jean Paul Carrière, Stephane Vande Ginste, Mieke Van Haute.
With the support of SABAM.
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Invitation to UBC Festival on February 1st, 2026
Sunday February 1st, 2026 au 15:00
Auditorium Maene Pianos Argonne street, 37 1060 Brussels
Fee 10€
Reservation compulsory : ucb-ubc@proximus.be
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Invitation to UBC Festival 2025, November 8th
UBC FESTIVAL 2025
Maxime Désert, viola and Mariane Marchal, piano
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Saturday November 8th, 2025 at 15:00
Auditorium Pianos Maene 'Argonne street, 37 1060 Brussels
Fee 15€ Gratis for UBC-members
Reservation compulsory: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
Works by
Anne MARTIN, Jean-Paul DESSY, Claude Evence JANSSENS, David NUÑEZ ,
Nicole DE PAEPE, Wilfried WESTERLINCK, Raoul DE SMET
Program :2025 11 08 Programme Maxime Desert Mariane Marchal
CVs : CVs of Composers
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UBC Festival 2026: call for score
UBC Festival 2026
Maxime Désert, viola and Mariane Marchal, piano
Dear UCB members,
We extend our warmest thanks to the Wallonia-Brussels Federation – Music Department for their invaluable financial support, which allows us to organize the 2026 UCB Festival.
To offer a wider selection of works for viola and piano to the musicians of the 2026 Festival, we invite you to send us the scores in PDF format or a link to your publisher to the following email address: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
We will then add them to the online library on our website.
Marc Grauwels, flute and Jean-Noël Remiche, piano
FUGA Trofies
To offer a wider selection of flute and piano pieces to the musicians of the 2026 Festival, we invite you to send us the scores in PDF format or a link to your publisher to the following email address: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
We will then add them to the online library on our website.
Astrid Gallez, flute, Marie-Carmen Suarez, violin, Nezrin Efendiyeva, piano – Trio Manestri
To offer a wider selection of works – for flute, violin, and piano (trio, duo, solo) – to the musicians of the 2026 Festival, we invite you to send us the scores in PDF format or a link to your publisher to the following email address: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
We will then add them to the online library on our website.
Our sincere thanks to the Wallonia-Brussels Federation – Music Department for the invaluable financial support that allows us to organize the UCB Festival 2026.
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Invitation to the UBC Festival 2025, La Boverie in Liège
UBC FESTIVAL 2025
We hope to see many of you at La Boverie in Liège this Saturday, October 11th, to applaud the magnificent Trio of Clotilde van Dieren, mezzo-soprano, Maïté Leuridan, cello, and Charlotte Otte, piano.
A warm thank you to Patrick Dheur for the organization.
Reservations: rvmliegeois@gmail.com
In the presence of composers Marc-Henri Cykiert, Johan Sluys, Sarah Wéry, Danielle Baas, Michel Defourny, Patrick Dheur, Kris De Baerdemacker, Stéphane Vande Ginste, Pieter Schuermans et des auteurs Béatrice Libert et Bernard Genon.
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UBC FESTIVAL 2025, October 4th
UBC FESTIVAL 2025
Clotilde van Dieren, mezzo, Maïté Leuridan, cello, Charlotte Otte, piano
Saturday October 4th, 2025 at 15:00
Auditorium Pianos Maene Argonne street, 37 1060 Brussels
Fee 15€ - Gratis for UBC-members
Reservation compulsory: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
Works by
Marc-Henri CYKIERT, Sarah WÉRY, Kris DE BAERDEMACKER-Rainer Maria RILKE, Pieter SCHUERMANS, Raoul DE SMET-Charles BAUDELAIRE, Danielle BAAS-Bernard GENON, David BALTUCH, Patrick DHEUR-Béatrice LIBERT, Johan SLUYS-MULTATULI
Program :2025 10 04 Livret Trio van Dieren Leuridan Otte
Biographies : CVs of Composers
With the support of
SABAM for Culture - National Lotery - Thanks to all players ofthe National Lotery
Made with the help of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles - Service des Musiques / les Tournées Art et Vie de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
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Invitation to UBC Festival 2025, 24th May
UBC Festival
Thérèse Malengreau, piano
FUGA Trophy 2000
Saturday 24th May 2025 at 15:00
Auditorium Pianos Maene Argonne street, 37 1060 Brussels
Fee 10€ - Gratis for UBC-members
Reservation compulsory: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
Works by
Wilfried WESTERLINCK, Boudewijn BUCKINX, Jacqueline FONTYN, Jean-Pierre DELEUZE,
Jean-Marie SIMONIS, Roland CORYN, Walter HUS, Frank AGSTERIBBE
Thérèse Malengreau, piano
Program
Over 290 km as the crow flies !
Wilfried Westerlinck Stèle 1 (2008/ 2019)
Boudewijn Buckinx Far and Near (2003)
Jacqueline Fontyn Moon people - Akiko - La luna y la muerte (Moon Drops, 2007)
Jean-Pierre Deleuze Cloches dans la brume (2014)
Wilfried Westerlinck Stèle 2 (2008/ 2019)
Jean-Marie Simonis Terre de feu (Le secret des images op.53, III - 1999)
Wilfried Westerlinck Stèle 3 (2008/ 2019)
Roland Coryn Una melodia melanconica - Hello, Mister Gershwin - Una marcia un po'strana (Suite for piano, 1979)
Walter Hus (The theory of) love … - Sweet boiling underwater machine - You … (1988/s2019)
Frank Agsteribbe Elegie voor het Verdronken Land van Saeftinge (2017)
Réception
Composers tell
With the support of
SABAM for Culture - Nationale Lotery -Thanks to the National Lotery players/ Made with the help of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles - Service des Musiques / les Tournées Art et Vie de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
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Invitation to the General Assembly on April 15th, 2025
Dear UCB Members,
You are warmly invited to attend the Ordinary General Meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 12:00 PM.
Address: SABAM, Rue des Deux Eglises 41/43, 1000 Brussels, Main Stage Room, 1st floor.
Please confirm your attendance.
AGENDA
Approval of the minutes of October 16, 2024 - Approval of the 2024 annual accounts and review of the already approved 2025 provisional budget - Discharge of the administrators- 2024 activity report - Miscellaneous: Queen Elisabeth Competition - concert dates UCB Festival 2025 - Absil - Legley KBR brochure - General Assembly of Thursday, October 16, 2025: Application for the presidency of the Union of Belgian Composers - FUGA Trophy 2025 proposals. Document signatures.
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Invitation to UBC Festival 2025, March 15th, 2025
UBC FESTIVAL
Auditorium Pianos Maene
Argonne street, 37 1060 Brussels
ZSaturday March 15th, 2025 at 14:30
Fee 10€ - Gratis for UBC-members 2025
Reservation compulsory: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
Introduction
Presentation of the FUGA 2024 Trophy
Benny Wiame, Trompet Pierre Fontenelle, Violoncelle
Concert Festival UCB Pierre Fontenelle
Works by
Jean-Paul Dessy Philia
Christiane Ghiette Canzona 2 opus 24
Anne Martin A Chiamar Voi
Maarten Van Ingelgem Berienza
Marcel De Jonghe E-motions
Michel Déom Pièce de concert
André Laporte Un poco nostalgico
Pierre Risopoulos Sonate
Composers tell
With the support of
SABAM for Culture - National Lotery- Thanks to all National Lotery players/ Made with the help of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles - Service des Musiques / les Tournées Art et Vie de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
Reception
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Invitation to a meeting Composers/Musicians on January 23rd, 2025
Meeting 2025
Dear Composers and Musicians,
The Belgian Composers' Union (UCB) is organizing a meeting in the first quarter of 2025 between musicians and publishers—flautists, violinists, pianists, and composers who are members of the UCB.
This meeting will allow us to choose the repertoire for the upcoming UCB 2026 concert.
Composers are invited to bring unpublished works, or published works that you can give to the musicians free of charge.
- for solo flute - for solo violin - for solo piano
- for flute and piano and for violin and piano
- for flute and violin
- for trio (flute, violin, and piano)
to offer them to the musicians in attendance. This is contemporary classical music.
Please feel free to share this information with your contacts, musicians, and composers who wish to join or support the Belgian Composers' Union.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, January 23, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at SABAM, 41/43 Rue des Deux Eglises, 1000 Brussels, Main Stage on the 1st floor and Culture Club on the 7th floor.
Free registration is mandatory for the organization: ucb-ubc@proximus.be
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