Author: admin4500 (Page 4 of 5)

Invitation: Meeting of Thursday February 5th, 2026

Views: 4

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Composers are invited to bring unpublished works, or published works, which you can give to the musicians free of charge.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.

Invitation to UBC Festival 2025, November 8th

Views: 0

 

 

UBC FESTIVAL 2025

Maxime Désert, viola and Mariane Marchal, piano

 

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: Anne MARTIN, Jean-Paul DESSY, Nicole DE PAEPE, Wilfried WESTERLINCK, Raoul DE SMET

UBC Festival 2026: call for score

Views: 0

 

       

 

 

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.

Invitation to the UBC Festival 2025, La Boverie in Liège

Views: 0

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.

CVs: Marc-Henri Cykiert, Johan Sluys, Sarah Wéry, Danielle Baas, Michel Defourny, Patrick Dheur, Kris De Baerdemacker, Stéphane Vande Ginste, Pieter Schuermans

UBC FESTIVAL 2025, October 4th

Views: 0

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 BAASBernard GENON, David BALTUCH, Patrick DHEURBéatrice LIBERT, Johan SLUYS-MULTATULI

Program :2025 10 04 Livret Trio van Dieren Leuridan Otte

Biographies : Marc-Henri CYKIERT, Kris DE BAERDEMACKER, Pieter SCHUERMANS, Raoul DE SMET, Danielle BAAS, David BALTUCH, Patrick DHEUR, Johan SLUYS

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.

Invitation to UBC Festival 2025, 24th May

Views: 0

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

Roland Coryn

Walter Hus

Jean-Pierre Deleuze

Frank Agsteribbe

Wilfried Westerlinck

 

 

 

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.

Invitation to the General Assembly on April 15th, 2025

Views: 0

 

       

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.

Invitation to UBC Festival 2025, March 15th, 2025

Views: 0

 

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

Marcel De Jonghe E-motions

 

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

Invitation to a meeting Composers/Musicians on January 23rd, 2025

Views: 0

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

« Older posts Newer posts »