Dr. Piet Swerts

Dr. Piet J.Swerts obtained his doctorate in 2011 with a comparative study on contrapuntal canon techniques in the fifteenth and twentieth centuries in polyphonic L'homme armé Masses. The artistic output consisted of an innovative macroform resulting in an idiosyncratic grand cycle for piano solo, 24 Emulations upon l'homme armé. Swerts is internationally professionally active as a composer and has been composing exclusively on base of commissions in all genres since 1985. His oeuvre consists currently of six piano concertos, five large oratorios, three symphonies, two operas and a lot of chamber music. In the saxophone world he has achieved iconic status with his work Klonos, which became part of the standard repertoire and exists in many versions of recordings. He teaches composition and orchestration and is currently completing his Dutch book 'Orkestrale principes', an introduction and adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov's Principles of Orchestration. Since 2006, he manages his own publishing house Zodiac Editions. He is also artistic leader of music tours and performs as pianist and conductor in Belgium and abroad. His expertise lies in the fields of composition, orchestration, analysis.

• Projects
  Stijn Vervliet:Tempo, rubato and expressive timing in recordings of Alexander Scriabin’s early piano preludes
  Vincent Caers: Living Scores Live - towards an extended and interdisciplinary contemporary percussion performance
  Lucia d'Errico: Powers of Divergence – An experimental approach to written music
  Piet Swerts: 'Imitatio et aemulatio. De l'homme armé-traditie in heden en verleden als inspiratiebron voor een vernieuwde toonspraak, renaissance van de polyfonie?'
   
• Contact
  piet.swerts@luca-arts.be
  KU Leuven: who's who
  www.pietswerts.be