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Benoît Mernier
12+ albums
composerbelgiancontemporary classicalClassicalbelgian classical
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Belgian composer and organist, born 1964 in Bastogne. He studied organ and improvisation with Firmin Decerf and harpsichord with Charles Koenig. He continued his studies at Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Liège where he graduated in many subjects, including the Higher Diploma in organ in the class of Jean Ferrard, for whom he was the assistant for several years. He also studied organ with Bernard Foccroulle and with Jean Boyer at the National Regional Conservatoire of Lille, where he obtained the Diplôme de Perfectionnement. Along with the organ, Benoît Mernier has devoted himself to composition. In this field, he was able to profit from the counsels of Claude Ledoux, Henri Pousseur, Luca Francesconi ; Emmanuel Nunes, Bernard Foccroulle, Célestin Deliège. He studied the composition with Philippe Boesmans. His organ work Artifices was the prizewinner of the 1990 UNESCO International Composers' Tribune. In 1995 the Royal Academy of Belgium awarded him the Fuérison Prize for his Blake Songs for voice and chamber orchestra. His Clarinet Quintet was awarded the Paul Gilson Prize of the French-speaking Public Radios in 1999. His works have been performed in leading festivals as Ars Musica, Présences, Wien Modern, Gaudeamus, World Music Days (ISCM), Prague Premieres, and have been played by groups and performers such as the Arditti Quartet, the Ensemble Modern, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, the Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orc
top songs
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Dickinson Songs: I. My Garden - Like the Beach
312An die nacht: An die nacht
173Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 562: I. Fantasia
164Concerto pour Orgue: I. Vif
155Cinq Inventions pour Orgue: Invention 1
146Missa Christi Regis Gentium: Kyrie
137Les Idées Heureuses pour 2 pianos et 2 percussions à clavier
128Dickinson Songs: II. Of Being Is a Bird
129Dickinson Songs: III. Snow Flakes
1210Dans I'interminable ennui de la plaine
12albums
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Benoît Mernier: A Wake of Music
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Bach | Buxtehude | Bruhns
Mernier: An die nacht, Trio à clavier, Blake Songs
Mernier: Missa Christi Regis Gentium, Cinq Inventions pour Orgue
Mernier: Quintette, Les Niais de Sologne, Les Idées Heureuses
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Green
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Hymnes (Escaich, Farago, Mernier, Paulet, Robin, Grigny)
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Mernier: Missa Christi Regis Gentium, 5 Inventions Pour Orgue
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Les trésors de Studio SM - Orgue
Musiques Nouvelles 2012
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Mernier: Les Idées Heureuses
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Les Idées Heureuses