Frédéric Devreese


Frédéric Devreese is a Belgian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a conductor.

Career

Born in Amsterdam, Devreese received his first musical training from his father, the composer-conductor Godfried Devreese.
He studied composition with Marcel Poot and conducting with :fr:René Defossez|René Defossez in Brussels, composition with Ildebrando Pizzetti at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome from 1952 to 1955 and conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna in 1955-56.
Devreese has composed music for piano, chamber music, orchestra, choir, opera and ballet, but became widely known initially for his film scores. In addition, he has written the imposed work for the Reine Elisabeth music competition in Brussels and the Adolphe Sax competition in Dinant.
He has served as conductor of the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra and has guest-conducted orchestras throughout the world. For his recordings for Marco Polo's series Anthology of Flemish Music, he was nominated for the Cultural Ambassador of Flanders in 1996-97.

Personal life

Devreese is married to Annie De Clerck.

Awards

Devreese received the following prizes:
He was knighted by Albert II of Belgium in 1996. His motto is Tenuto.

Selected works

Stage

;As composer
;As conductor