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  • UBC Festival February 1st, 2026

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    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

  • Invitation: Meeting of Thursday February 5th, 2026

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    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    Composers are invited to bring unpublished works, or published works, which you can give to the musicians free of charge.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 on February 1st, 2026

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    Sunday February 1st, 2026 au 15:00

    Auditorium Maene Pianos Argonne street, 37 1060 Brussels

     Fee 10€ 

    Reservation compulsory : ucb-ubc@proximus.be

  • Invitation to UBC Festival 2025, November 8th

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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 : 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

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    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

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    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

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    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