It became evening and it became morning... the first day... of the WEEK of the COMPOSER!
Enrich and inspire yourself with a short journey into the life of prominent Belgian composer Marcel De Jonghe:
Marcel De Jonghe (1943) initially obtained diplomas as a primary school teacher and a teacher of Germanic languages. Meanwhile, he also took music lessons at the academy in Anderlecht and graduated with top honors in piano and chamber music.
Later, he went to the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and won first prizes in music theory, harmony, counterpoint, fugue, and composition.
In 1972, he was appointed director of the music academy in Dilbeek and a year later as a teacher of musical notation at the conservatory in Brussels. He served as secretary of the V.V.S.M. (Association of Secondary Music Education) for a period and was secretary/treasurer of the U.B.C. (Union of Belgian Composers) for over 30 years.
To date, Marcel De Jonghe has composed approximately 150 works, including a piano concerto, a guitar concerto, a saxophone concerto, 3 symphonic poems for orchestra, chamber music, solo works, a musical, and numerous pedagogical works.