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PIET JOZEF SWERTS – BIO

Dr. Swerts, Piet Jozef (b. November 14, 1960, Tongeren) is a Belgian composer, conductor and pianist of international acclaim; his large catalogue of more than 240 works includes stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works.

Dr. Swerts studied from 1974-89 at the Leuven College of Arts (LUCA) Campus Lemmens in Leuven, where he obtained ten first prizes and for the first time in the history of the same institute the special Prize Lemmens Tinel for composition and piano with great distinction. Among his teachers were Alan Weiss (USA) and Robert Groslot.

Since1982, he is Professor of Composition and Orchestration at the same institute, now Department of Drama and Music associated with the Catholic University of Leuven. He has been invited as guest professor in the Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Department of Electronic Music at the University of Huddersfield, GB, the Polytechnic Institute in Castelo Branco, Portugal, as well as in the Polytechnic Institute North Karelia, Conservatory of Joensuu, Finland, and the Conservatory of Barcelona, Spain.

As a composer, he has received more than ten awards, including the Baron Flor Peeters Prize (1983) for Apocalyps I and the Prize of the Belgian Artistic Promotion (1985) for the song Ardennes. He has also received the SABAM Prize(1986) for his Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rotations), which was chosen as a compulsory concerto during the finals of the International Queen Elisabeth Competition later that year. Other awards include the Camille Huysmans Composition Prize (1986) for Dream pictures and the Prize for Composition of the Province Limburg (1986) for Capriccio for guitar and chamber orchestra In addition, he has received the Silver Trophy of the Cultural Youth Passport Belgium-

Netherlands (1988) as a promising young artist, the Prize of the Gazet van Antwerpen (newspaper) (1989) for Symphony No. 1 and the Prize for Composition of the Province Brabant (1993) for a choral work.

He considers himself as autodidactic. Nevertheless, in summer 1981, he participated in a composition summer course with Witold Lutoslawski and Vladimir Kotonsky in Poland. From 1985 until 2005, he became also conductor of the Ensemble for Contemporary Music at the Institute and since that time, he has mostly worked on the base of commissions. Among commissioners are the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders, the Symphony Orchestra of Flanders, the Opera of Antwerp, the Radio Orchestra, European Brass Band Championships, l’Orchestre de Strassbourg, Rubio String quartet, Gaggini Quartet, Flanders Recorder Quartet, the International Queen Elisabeth competition and many others.

In 1993, his violin concerto Zodiac was selected out of 154 works from 28 countries as the compulsory concerto for the finals of the International Queen Elisabeth Competition for Violin For this piece, he received the Grand Prix in the International Queen Elisabeth Composition Competition, 1993 (the first Belgian composer to win the prize). Included in the jury at the competition that year were Henryk Górecki and Franco Donatoni. In the same year, a double CD of the world première performance of his Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Marcum for four soloists, chorus and large orchestra (composed in 1988-89 and first performed in 1993) was released. In 1994, the international organization Jaycies awarded him as one of the Ten Outstanding Young People.

Dr. Swerts has been invited as a guest-conductor in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Poland, and China, where he conducted the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in 1994 with his own works. In October 2005, he was guest conductor of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela, where he conducted a full program Belgian music, including his own compositions. In 2019 he conducted the Radio and TV orchestra in Tirana with his double concerto Passions.

In December 1996-January 1997, his first opera Les liaisons dangereuses was premièred by the Flemish Opera (who commissioned it) in Ghent and Antwerp. In the magazine, Opera Now (UK), it was hailed as one of the most remarkable events of that season. In January 1997, there was a CD release by Eufoda devoted to his piano compositions (1985-95), recorded by the composer himself.

In September 2000, his Symphony No. 2 (Morgenrot) was given its world première to unanimous critical acclaim; since, his Clarinet Quintet, recently recorded by the Finnish Tempera String Quartet en Roeland Hendrikx, clarinet for the label In Flanders’ Fields has also been given a successful première. His fifth piano concerto Wings performed and recorded by the composer has received already many performances after the first year of its creation: 4 performances in Germany, December 2004, 3 performances in Japan August 2004, 6 performances in Belgium in 2003, 2 performances in Québec, Canada in April 2005, and performances in

Singapore, France 2006, USA December 2005. His Dance of Uzume for alto saxophone and concert band was his first commission from Japan for the famous EMIartist Nobuya Sugawa, recorded in January 2005 by the famous Tokio Kosei Wind Orchestra. His large-scale piece for choir and orchestra Living Stone, a set of 14 pieces and 60 minutes of music to be built in an exposition with the same name and content in the Museum site M in Leuven, from September 2005 until January 2006 has been recorded on CD.

In 2006, his Kotekan for saxophone and strings has been commissioned by the International Adolphe Sax Association as compulsory concerto during the finals of the competition in November 2006. He played recitals in USA in 2005, 2007, 2010 and in Ethiopa, Addis Abeba.

In 2011, he became Doctor Phd in Arts with the greatest distinction at the Leuven University College of Arts with a comparative research of compositional canonic techniques between the L’homme armé Masses of the late 15th Century and contemporary composers who utilized the same melody.

In 2012, he composed his 6th Piano concerto ‘Indian Summer’ and was also involved to realize the soundtrack for an international film ‘Atlantic.’ by the Dutch director Jan-Willem Van Ewijk from Amsterdam.

In 2013, he became appointed as member of the Royal Academy of Arts of Belgium.

In 2014, Vienna Philharmonic harpist Anneleen Lenaerts played the première of his Etoiles for harp and orchestra.

In 2016 he received a commission for the National Orchestra of Belgium for a new orchestral work named ‘l’Apogée’ which was premiered in May 2017, Hugh Wolff conducted.

In September 2017, his large oratorio ‘Symphony of Trees’ (86’) commissioned by the City of Ypres, was premiered as a commemoration of the First World War in the Cathedral of Ypres with Thomas Blondelle, tenor, Lee Bisset, soprano, a children’s choir of 60 singers, a 280-man mixed choir, two organs and the Flemish Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Angus. Its Cd is released by PHAEDRA.

In November 15th, 2017, he conducted the Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra at the Gala Concert in Kiev as closure of the Golden Saxophone Competition under surveillance of the Belgian Embassy.

In 2019, commissions led to first performances of Passions, a new Double Concerto for two pianos in Belgium and Nijmegen 2019, Serenata for wind ensemble, commissioned by Il Gardelino, a new Suite, Horta for saxophone and piano,

commissioned by Arno Bornkamp, presented at the World Congress in Zagreb in 2018.

In March 2020, the Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble created his large chamber music cycle Le bestiaire, for clarinet, piano and string quartet. It has been recorded on CD and will be released in September 2020. In June, his Dutch book Principes van de Orkestratie has been published, his adaptation and introduction of Korsakovs book.

Further first performances included his Third Symphony Yakara by the Zuidnederlandse Philharmonie in September 2020.

He's currently working on a Celloconcerto.

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CHAMBER MUSIC – PIANO

In this collection you will discover not only a complete edition of 71 pieces for piano solo collected in one book, containing pieces composed in different levels of difficulty, from beginner to concert pianist. The 24 Straight Strung Sonatas are published in a separate edition as well. Swerts' arrangements for piano four hands of Moussorgsky's Picture of an exhibition and his humorous four hand version of Johann Strauss' Radetzky March and an educational piece for children as the easy suite Nordic Walking for piano eight hands can be found in the Chamber Music Collection.

CHAMBER MUSIC – PIANO

ZEP01 SONETTO 63 DEL PETRARCA

ZEP02 PARTITA in memoriam J.S.Bach

ZEP03 GALOP

ZEP04 FIVE TWO ART INVENTIONS

ZEP05 12 EASY STUDIES

ZEP06 EASY VARIATIONS I

ZEP07 SEEKER OF TRUTH A piano fantasy

ZEP08 EASY VARIATIONS II

ZEP09 PROFILE

ZEP10 EIGHT LITTLE PIECES

ZEP11 EASY VARIATIONS III

ZEP12 EASY VARIATIONS IV

ZEP13 LE JARDIN A GIVERNY Prelude

ZEP14 LICHTENBERG Prelude

ZEP15 SONATA

ZEP16 SHADOWPLAYS

ZEP17 FOUR EASY PIECES

ZEP18 L’ESPOIR Concert Etude

ZEP19 DIX VALSE ENIGMATIQUES

ZEP20 24 EMULATIONS UPON L’HOMME ARME

ZEP21 CINQ PRELUDES

ZEP22 HISTOIRE PERDUE Hommage à Debussy

ZEP23 NOCTURNE in D flat major

ZEP24 CHANSON D’AMOUR

ZEP25 SICILIENNE POUR NADINE

ZEP26 24 STRAIGHT STRUNG SONATAS

ZEP27 LAKE OF LOVE

ZEP28 TROIS AQUARELLES

ZEP29 COMPLETE PIANO EDITION

CHAMBER MUSIC – PIANO

FOUR HANDS

ZEPFH01 SONETTO 63 DEL PETRARCA

ZEPFH02 VESALIUS SUITE

ZEPFH03 RADETZKY MARCH

ZEPFH04 PICTURES OF AN EXHIBITION

CHAMBER MUSIC – PIANO

EIGHT HANDS

ZEPEH01 NORDIC WALKING

CHAMBER MUSIC – DUO

CHAMBER MUSIC – DUO

ZEDU01 SONETTO 63 DEL PETRARCA for viola and piano

ZEDU01b SONETTO 63 DEL PETRARCA for violin and piano

ZEDU02a SIGNALS for horn and piano

ZEDU02b SIGNALS for trumpet and piano

ZEDU02c SIGNALS for trombone and piano

ZEDU02d SIGNALS for euphonium/baritone and piano

ZEDU03a MAI TAI for alto flute and marimba

ZEDU03b MAI TAI for clarinet and piano

ZEDU04 ZODIAC

for violin and piano (pianoreduction)

ZEDU05 LE TOMBEAU DE RAVEL for piccolo and piano

ZEDU06 LA CARPE

for clarinet and piano

CHAMBER MUSIC – TRIO

ZETR01 MAIA

vocalise for voice, violin and piano

ZETR02 TRIO

for violin, violoncello and piano

ZETR03 NURSERY SONGS

for high voice, flute and piano

CHAMBER MUSIC – QUARTET

ZEQT01 STRING QUARTET N°1 (1991) for two violins, viola and violoncello

ZEQT02 STRING QUARTET N°2 (1997) for two violins, viola and violoncello

ZEREC01 THREE GADGETS for recorder quartet

ZEREC02 TANGO IN TROUBLE for recorder quartet

ZESXQ01 KLONOS for saxophone quartet

ZESXQ02 BLACK PAINTINGS Book I for saxophone quartet

CHAMBER MUSIC – QUINTET

ZEQI01 QUINTET

for A-clarinet and string quartet

ZEQI02 MOMENT MUSICAL

for horn and string quartet

ZEREC03 MOTION

for cembalo and recorder quartet

ZESX11 QUINTET

for alto saxophone and string quartet

in preparation MI-PARTI

for flute and string quartet

in preparation RAPHSODY

for bassoon and string quartet

CHAMBER MUSIC – SEXTET

ZESXT01 INTERACTION

for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano

ZESXT02 LE BESTIAIRE

for clarinet, piano and string quartet

ZESXT03 CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX

for clarinet, piano and string quartet

VOCAL MUSIC

ZEVC01 LES ROSES

24 Songs for high voice and piano

ZEVC02 THREE CUMMINGS SONGS for high voice and piano

ZEVC03 NURSERY SONGS

9 Songs of long ago for high voice and piano

ZEVC03 NURSERY SONGS

9 Songs of long ago for high voice, flute and piano

ZETR01 MAIA

vocalise for voice, violin and piano

CHOIR MUSIC

ZE-Digital ALFABETICA

Three equal voices (SSS) and piano

ZE-Digital DEATH IS NOTHING

for mixed choir (SATB) and piano

ZE-Digital EIN GLEICHES

for female choir (SSSSAAAA)

SAXOPHONE MUSIC

ZESX01 KLONOS (revised 2007)

for alto saxophone and piano

ZESX02 HAT CITY SONATA

for alto saxophone and piano

ZESX03 QUITE A RIDE

Encore piece for alto saxophone and piano

ZESX04 PAGANINI CAPRICCIO

for alto saxophone and piano

ZESX05 MAI TAI

for alto saxophone and piano

ZESX06 HORTA SUITE

for alto saxophone and piano

ZESX07 KOTEKAN(revised 2019)

for alto saxophone and piano

ZESX08 LE TOMBEAU DE RAVEL

for soprano saxophone and piano

ZESX09 COMPLETE WORKS

for soprano/alto saxophone and piano

ZESX10 LAKE OF LOVE

for alto saxophone and piano

SAXOPHONE – QUARTET

ZESXQ01 KLONOS for saxophone quartet

ZESXQ02 BLACK PAINTINGS Book I for saxophone quartet

SAXOPHONE – AND STRINGS

ZESX04b PAGANINI CAPRICCIO for alto saxophone and string orchestra

ZESX07b KOTEKAN for alto saxophone and 15 solo strings

ZESX12 DOUBLE CONCERTO for soprano saxophone, piano and strings

PIANO AND STRINGS

Swerts developed this new Collection of Piano Solo and Strings especially for his 60th Anniversary Concert 14.11.2020 where he would perform himself this program together with the String Ensemble Ataneres. Due to corona this concert is postponed to 2021. He selected though some pieces from his own works and of his beloved composers Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Satie and Soler as well and created completely new arrangements for piano solo and string orchestra. Most of these score have no divided parts and can be performed therefore also with a limited number of strings.

PIANO AND STRINGS

ZEPSTR01 MARTENIZZA

ZEPSTR02 LAKE OF LOVE

ZEPSTR03 CHANSON D’AMOUR

ZEPSTR04 ADAGIO from Emperor Concert (Beethoven)

ZEPSTR05 L’ABSENCE

ZEPSTR06 ESPACE

ZEPSTR07 L’ASSAULT

ZEPSTR08 CLAIR DE LUNE (Debussy)

ZEPSTR09 NOCTURNE (Chopin)

ZEPSTR10 SONATA N°17 ‘Grief’

ZEPSTR11 GYMNOPéDIE (Satie)

ZEPSTR12 FANDANGO (Soler)

ZEPSTR13 DRIVE EXTENDED

STUDY SCORES

ZE-Digital A SYMPHONY OF TREES for soloists, children’s choir, choir and orchestra

ZE-Digital ATLANTIC. Suite for harp and strings

ZE-Digital DRIVE for string orchestra

ZE-Digital ELEGIA For violin, cello and string orchestra

ZE-Digital L’Apogée for symphonic orchestra

ZE-Digital MAGMA

Concerto grosso for violin, cello and strings

ZE-Digital MARTENIZZA for symphonic orchestra

ZE-Digital PASSIONS for two pianos and orchestra

ZE-Digital TALBOT HYMN for harmonium, 4 gongs and harp and strings

ZE-Digital YAKARA Symphony N°3 for baritone, female choir and orchestra

ZE-Digital ZODIAC for violin and orchestra

SYMPHONIC WORKS

ZE-Digital ATLANTIC. Suite for harp and strings

ZE-Digital DRIVE for string orchestra

ZESX12 DOUBLE CONCERTO for soprano saxophone, piano and string orchestra

ZE-Digital ELEGIA

For violin, cello and string orchestra

ZE-Digital L’APOGéE for symphonic orchestra

ZE-Digital MAGMA

Concerto grosso for violin, cello and strings

ZE-Digital MARTENIZZA for symphonic orchestra

ZE-Digital PASSIONS for two pianos and orchestra

ZE-Digital TALBOT HYMN for harmonium, 4 gongs and harp and strings

ZE-Digital YAKARA Symphony N°3 for baritone, female choir and orchestra

ZE-Digital ZODIAC for violin and orchestra

DIGITAL EDITIONS

Whereas the digital possibilities for reading and studying music are evolving more and more, musicians tend to utilize a digital screen while performing, making notes on these files as well. In this particular collection you discover purchasable pdf-files. Some of these editions are only available in digital format.

ADAGIO from Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto (Full Set)

for piano and strings

ALFABETICA

for 3 equal voices and piano

ATLANTIC. Suite

for strings and harp

CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX (Study Score)

for clarinet, piano and string quartet

CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX (Full Set)

for clarinet, piano and string quartet

CHANSON D’AMOUR (Full Set)

for piano and strings

CLAIR DE LUNE (Full Set) Debussy

for piano and strings

DEATH IS NOTHING

for mixed choir and piano

DRIVE (Study Score)

for strings

DRIVE (Full Set)

for strings

DRIVE EXTENDED (Full Set)

for piano and strings

EIN GLEICHES for female choir (SSSSAAAA)

ELEGIA (Full Sett) for violin, cello and strings

ELEGIA (Study Score) for violin, cello and strings

EMULATIONS Upon L’homme Armé for piano solo

ESPACE (Full Set) for piano and strings

FANDANGO (Full Set) Soler for piano and strings

GYMNOPéDIE N°1 (Full Set) Satie for piano and strings

IDANHA-A-VELHA

for flute solo

INTERACTION (Full Sett)

for fl., ob., cl., bsn., hrn. and piano

L’ABSENCE (Full Set)

for piano and strings

L’APOGéE (Study Score)

for symphonic orchestra

L’ASSAULT (Full Set)

for piano and strings

LAKE OF LOVE (Full Set)

for piano and string

LA FOLLIA

for violin solo

LA FOLLIA

for viola solo

LA FOLLIA

for violoncello solo

LE BESTIAIRE (Study Score)

for clarinet, piano and string quartet

LE BESTIAIRE (Full Set)

for clarinet, piano and string quartet

LES ROSES

for high voice and piano

MAI TAI

for flute alto and marimba

MAI TAI for clarinet and piano

MARTENIZZA (Full Set) for symphony orchestra

MARTENIZZA (Study Score) for symphony orchestra

MARTENIZZA (Full Set)

for piano and string orchestra

MAGMA (1989)(Full Set)

Concerto grosso for violin, cello and strings

MAYA

for soprano, violin and piano (vocalise)

MOMENT MUSICAL (Full Set)

for horn and string quartet

MOTION (Full Set)

for cembalo and 4 alto recorders

NOCTURNE (Full Set) Chopin

for piano and strings

NURSERY SONGS (Full Set) for high voice, flute and piano

PASSIONS (Study Score)

double concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra

PASSIONS (Full Set)

double concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra

QUINTET (Full Set) for A-clarinet and string quartet

SIGNALS

for euphonium/baritone and piano

SIGNALS

for horn and piano

SIGNALS for trombone and piano

SIGNALS for trumpet and piano

SONATA N°17 ‘Grief’ (Full Set) for piano and strings

SONETTO 63 DEL PETRARCA

for piano four hands

STRING QUARTET N°1 (1991)(Full Set)

for 2 violins, viola, violoncello

STRING QUARTET N°2 (1997)(Full Set)

for 2 violins, viola, violoncello

TALBOT HYMN (Full Set)

for harmonium, 4 gongs, harp and strings

TALBOT HYMN (Full Set) for harmonium, 4 gongs, harp and strings

TANGO IN TROUBLE (Full Set) for recorder quartet

THREE GADGETS (Full Set) for recorder quartet

TRIO (Full Set) for violin, violoncello and piano

YAKARA, Symphony N°3 (Full Set) for baritone, female choir and orchestra

YAKARA, Symphony N°3 (Study Score) for baritone, female choir and orchestra

ZODIAC (Study Score) A3 format for violin and orchestra

ZODIAC (Full Set) for violin and orchestra

zodiaceditions@gmail.com

pietswerts@gmail.com

piet.swerts@luca-arts.be

We strive to publish as many of Dr. Swerts' works as possible on a regular basis. There remain still a great number of works to be published and edited. Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Swerts if you have any further questions.

RETAILERS

BELGIUM

CRESCENDO MUSIC, Antwerp

MUSIGRAFICA PUBLICATIONS, Diksmuide

ORCHESTRA, Hasselt

POINT D’ORGUE, Brussels

ROMBAUX, Bruges

FRANCE

JS MUSIQUE, Lyon,

DAMAMME MUSIQUE, Rouen

BOULOGNE MUSIQUE, Boulogne

LA FLUTE DE PAN, Paris

VANDOREN, Paris,

WOODBRASS, Paris

GERMANY

BARTELS NOTEN, Bremen

GRAHL&NICKLAS, GmbH, Frankfurt/Main

MUSIK CANTSURIEDEL, GmbH, Berlin

MUSIKLAEDE SCHUNDER, Karlsruhe

NOTENFACHGESCHÄFT ZERLUTH, München

PRESTO MUSIC VERSAND, München

STRETTA MUSIC, GmbH, Eisingen

JAPAN

ACEDMIA MUSIC Ltd., Tokyo

DOLCE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS C°. Ltd., Tokyo

NETHERLANDS

CWH HAL LEONARD ‘THE WAREHOUSE’ HEERENVEEN

POLAND

WYDAWNICTWO EUTERPE, Krakow

PORTUGAL

ARPEGGIO, Livraria Musical, Lda, Vila Nova de Gaia

SOUTH-KOREA

EUMAKPLUS, Seoul

SPAIN

PILES, Partitures, Valencia

TAIWAN

LA VENT MUSIC CORPORATION, Taipei

UNITED KINGDOM

RECORDER MUSIC MAIL, Hebden Bridge

JONATHAN MYAL MUSIC, Croydon

JUNE EMERSON WIND MUSIC, Ampleforth York

USA

AMBASSADOR BOOKS AND MEDIA, New York

CAROLYN NUSSBAUM COMPANY, Texas

CEDAR MUSIC, Arizona

EBLE MUSIC, Iowa

ELKIN MUSIC INTERNATIONAL Inc., Asheville

GROTH MUSIC, Bloomington

HICKEYS MUSIC CENTER, New York

LIVERIGHT PUBLISHING CORPORATION, New York

PERFORMERS MUSIC, Chicago