Biography
Kurt Bikkembergs builds on years of experience as a conductor and composer with a particular fondness for contemporary choir music. Being a neoconservative, he recognizes and accepts the attainments and qualities of music and society from the past, without losing sight of the current generation’s achievements. In addition to this, he consciously resists socioeconomic pitfalls, like the unreliability of present-day media. Devoting his life to the service of music and of people who want to learn about music is his primary motive. Bikkembergs likes to work with people who are young at heart, who want to put music first in their lives and during concerts, to let the listener experience beauty. This inevitably means self study, self reflection and self development, both for those in charge and for those who perform.
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Kurt Bikkembergs kan bogen op jarenlange ervaring als dirigent en componist met een grote voorliefde voor de hedendaagse koormuziek. Als neoconservatief herkent en aanvaardt hij de verworvenheden en kwaliteiten uit het verleden, zonder de positieve verwezenlijkingen van de huidige generatie uit het oog te verliezen. Evenwel is hij zich bewust van maatschappelijk-economische valkuilen, zoals de onbetrouwbaarheid van de media, en verliest hij zich hier niet in. Je leven ten dienste stellen van de muziek en van mensen is zijn leidmotief. Bikkembergs werkt graag met jongeren (van geest) die de muziek centraal willen stellen in hun leven en tijdens concerten, om luisteraars schoonheid te laten ervaren. Dit houdt onvermijdelijk zelfstudie, zelfreflectie en zelfontwikkeling in; zowel voor de leiding als voor de uitvoerders.
Collection
Radix Jesse Floruit
Kurt Bikkembergs
Ouverture for four hands and four feets
Ik ben er
Kurt Bikkembergs
Song for the Virga Jesse Procession, Hasselt 2024 with Jazz combo
Ik ben er
Kurt Bikkembergs
Song for the Virga Jesse Procession, Hasselt 2024, with Strings & Harp
Ik ben er
Kurt Bikkembergs
Song for the Virga Jesse Procession, Hasselt 2024, with Brass quintet
Ik ben er
Kurt Bikkembergs
Song for the Virga Jesse Procession, Hasselt 2024, original version
Et respice in servos tuos
Kurt Bikkembergs
a short motet for SATB
Fidelis servus et prudens
Kurt Bikkembergs
a short motet for SATB
Rhyme Spells
Kurt Bikkembergs
4 canons on medieval spels
Sex motetti in honorem Sancti Benedicti
Kurt Bikkembergs
for Tenors, Basses & Organ
Semel iuravi in sancto meo
Kurt Bikkembergs
for Tenors, Basses & Organ
Desiderium animae eius
Kurt Bikkembergs
for Tenors, Basses & Organ
Laeta dies magni ducis
Kurt Bikkembergs
for Tenors, Basses & Organ
Vir Dei Benedictus
Kurt Bikkembergs
for Tenors, Basses & Organ
Domine prae venisti eum
Kurt Bikkembergs
for Tenors, Basses & Organ
Gaudeamus omnes in Domino
Kurt Bikkembergs
for Tenors, Basses & Organ
Evensong for Gent
Kurt Bikkembergs
Choir, Organ and Community
All through the Night
Traditional
Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SABar and orchestra (2222 0000 Glockenspiel ad libitum and strings)
The Silver Trumpets
Kurt Bikkembergs
for trumpet, soprano and organ
Danz, danz Quieselche
Traditional
Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SSA of a folksong from Aachen (D)
Over the Rainbow
Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SSAATBB and Bariton solo, a capella
Sankta Lucia
Traditional
Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SSA with harp
Sankta Lucia
Traditional
Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SSA with instruments ad libitum
TFAL
Traditional
Kurt Bikkembergs
a song from Malta for SA
TFAL
Traditional
Kurt Bikkembergs
a song from Malta for SABar
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Kurt Bikkembergs
a madrigal for SSAA, words from William Wordsworth
TRAM 11
Kurt Bikkembergs
SATB a capella
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 SATB & Carillon
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Kurt Bikkembergs
official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 for Carillon
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - TBB - version
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - SSA - version
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - SABar - version
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - original version
Santa Messa per i non vedenti
Kurt Bikkembergs
SATB a capella
Desfile nocturno
Kurt Bikkembergs
Wind orchestra with obligatory piano
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - version with strings
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - version with wind band
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - version with symfonic orchestra
Tariq Al-Alamis
Kurt Bikkembergs
The Way of the Cross for Harp and great Organ
Marieke
Kurt Bikkembergs
a fantasy for bells
Panta r(h)ei
Kurt Bikkembergs
Wind Orchestra (with obligate Harp)