Roger
Cornelis was
born in Brussels on 3rd November, 1933. He studied
music at the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music,
where he worked specifically under Maitre
André Souris and Jacques Leduc.
Over
the years, his musical activities have diversified
to cover composition ; musical critique with the
newspaper, La Libre Belgique ; teaching harmony at
the Braine-l'Alleud Academy ; author of a well
received treatise on musical analysis, and the
orchestra conducting, with the late Maitre
René Defossez.
Although
his works may be considered as néo-tonal,
they are open to all tendancies. However, one
constant dominates his conception : the search for
colour and atmosphere lend a chromatic vision and
modality to his works.
Translation
: Karen Dehaes
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