Boudewijn Buckinx (born 28 March 1945, in

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) is a Belgian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and writer on music. Buckinx attended the Antwerp Conservatory, and from 1964 studied composition and serial music with Lucien Goethals in

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, where he also studied electronic music at the IPEM. In 1968 he attended Stockhausen's composition studio in

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and participated in the composition of Stockhausen's ''

Musik für ein Haus ''Musik für ein Haus'' is a Classical music written in collaboration, group-composition project devised by Karlheinz Stockhausen for the 1968 Darmstädter Ferienkurse. Fourteen composers and twelve instrumentalists participated, with the resultin ...

'', contributing a quintet for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, and cello titled ''Atoom''. However, his principal influences are

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and

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. He also studied

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at the

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, graduating in 1972 with a dissertation on Cage's Variations.

Writings

*1994. ''De kleine pomo: of, de muziekgeschiedenis van het postmodernisme''. Peer: Alamire. . *1999. (With Yves Knockaert). ''Muziek uit de voorbije eeuw''. Peer: Alamire. . *2001. ''Aria van de diepe noot: verzamelde commentaren''. Peer: Alamire. .

Compositions (selective list)

* ''Sløjd'', for mixed media (1968) * ''Piotr Lunaire'', for narrator, one singer, and piano (1985) * ''Ce qu’on entend dans la salle de concert'', for orchestra (1987) * ''In der buurt van Neptunus'', for cello and piano (1987) * 1001 Sonatas, for violin and piano (1988) * ''Symposion'', for violin and string orchestra (1991) * ''Nine Unfinished Symphonies'' (1992) * ''Kahk Deelah'', for solo violin (1994) * ''Karoena de zeemeermin'', chamber opera (1995) * Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1996) * String Quartet no. 15 (2003) * ''Embarkation for Uropia'', for orchestra (2004) * ''Renaissance Revisited'', for piano (2006) * Piano Quartet no. 3, for violin, viola, cello, and piano (2007) * Piano Quartet no. 4, for violin, viola, cello, and piano (2008)

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About Buckinx
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