Biography
Nederlandstalige versieSHORT VERSION
Composer Frederik Neyrinck (°1985) studied in Brussels, Stuttgart and Graz with Piet Kuijken (piano), Jan Van Landeghem, Marco Stroppa and Clemens Gadenstätter (composition).
His compositions were already performed by different ensembles and orchestras in Belgium and abroad. He often makes transcriptions of existing repertoire as well. His music has been recorded by, among others, I SOLISTI, Revue Blanche and SPECTRA.
In 2017-2018, he was season’s composer at Concertgebouw Brugge. He is Artist in Residence at I SOLISTI from 2020 until 2024. He received the Austrian Staatsstipendium for compostion in 2018 and the Förderpreis of Vienna in 2020.
He is also very active in the field of music theatre/opera. He is in residency at LOD muziektheater Ghent and collaborated with Kopergietery Ghent, makemake produktionen Vienna and the State Theatre in Oldenburg as well.
As a pianist, he currently has a duo together with Teresa Doblinger (bass clarinet/dance) with whom he recently won the NASOM-bursary for 2020-2021.
LONG VERSION
The Belgian composer Frederik Neyrinck (°1985) received his first piano lessons from Anne Buyck (Wevelgem/Menen). Afterwards, he studied piano and compostion in Brussel, Stuttgart and Graz with Piet Kuijken (piano), Jan Van Landeghem, Marco Stroppa and Clemens Gadenstätter (composition).
He also attended different composition courses and masterclasses like Acanthes (Metz), ENOA (residency at Gulbenkian Lisbon, workshops in Aix-en-Provence, Aldeburgh, Ghent, Luxembourg,…) the "Ferienkurse für Neue Musik" (Darmstadt), Impus (Graz), Opera Days Rotterdam, Totems (Avignon),…
He worked with various orchestras and ensembles like Asko|Schönberg, Bozzini Quartet, Brussels Philharmonic, Casco Phil, Duo Enβle-Lamprecht, Ensemble Kontrapunkte, Ensemble L'Itinéraire, Ensemble Reconsil, Flemish Radio Choir, Gulbenkian Orchestra Lisbon, I SOLISTI, Klangforum Vienna, Nadar Ensemble, National Orchestra of Belgium, Neue Vocalsolisten, Noise-Bridge, Odysseia Ensemble, Oxalys Ensemble, Revue Blanche, Schallfeld Ensemble, SPECTRA, Symphony Orchestra of Flanders, Tmesis Ensemble,…
Frederik Neyrinck collaborated with artists, conductors and soloists like Atelier Bildraum (Charlotte Bouckaert, Steve Salembier), Bart Bouckaert, Jan Decleir, Josse De Pauw, Marjan De Schutter, Lieselot De Wilde, Teresa Doblinger, Koen Dries, Nikolaus Feinig, Michela Flück, Myriam Garcia Fidalgo, Het Banket, Katelijne Lanneau, Thomas List, Joey Marijs, Jan Michiels, Sara Ostertag, Sabryna Pierre, Filip Rathé, Martina Rösler, Beltane Ruiz Molina, Peter Rundel, Fie Schouten, Seraphine Stragier & Tim Vandenbergh, Yukiko Sugawara-Lachenmann, Koenraad Tinel, Tibo Vandenborre,…
His works have been performed at festivals and venues such as Aldeburgh Festival, ARS MUSICA Brussel, BOZAR Brussel, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lissabon, Concertgebouw Brugge, D’Apostrof Meigem, De Link Tilburg, deSingel Antwerpen, Echoraum Wenen, Festival Manca Nice, Forme Uniche di Continuità nello Spazio Melbourne, Gaida Festival Vilnius, Grand Théâtre Luxemburg, Hörsturm Festival Ried im Innkreis, Klarafestival Brussel, Klara in deSingel Antwerpen, Konzerthaus Wenen, Kopergietery Gent, Musikverein Graz, Musikverein Wenen, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ Amsterdam, Narodowe Forum Muzyki Wroclaw, NEXT Festival Kortrijk, Novalis Festival Zagreb, November Music Den Bosch, Operadagen Rotterdam, Schäxpir Festival Linz, Staatstheater Oldenburg, TRANSIT Leuven, World Music Days ISCM (België, Wroclaw, Vancouver),…
Recordings of his music were made by, among others, I SOLISTI, Odysseia Ensemble, SPECTRA and Tmesis Ensemble.
He received the Austrian Staatsstipendium for compostion in 2018 and the Förderpreis of Vienna in 2020.
He regularly makes transcriptions of existing repertoire. The ensemble Revue Blanche recorded for instance in 2015 a cd with transcriptions of music by a.o. Debussy and Granados.
During 2017-2018, he was the season’s composer of Concertgebouw Brugge, which resulted in the project Take Out Obrecht, a concert trail through the historical city centre of Bruges performed by different soloists, choirs, ensembles and orchestras.
He is Artist in Residence at I SOLISTI from 2020 until 2024, with new projects like Landru (music theatre, 2020) and Wild (music theatre, 2021).
He is also very active in the field of (children’s) music theatre and opera. He currently has a residency at LOD muziektheater Ghent, which resulted in the chamber opera i c o n (2018) and the music theatre play Zolang hij niet zichzelve kent (2018).
Other projects include Der Bär der nicht da war (State Theatre Oldenburg, music theatre for children, 2017) and Homo Deus Frankenstein (Kopergietery, makemake produktionen, I SOLISTI, music theatre for children, 2019).
As a pianist Frederik Neyrinck was member of Ensemble Platypus (2013-2018), an ensemble for contemporary music in Vienna. He performed with them a.o. at Konzerthaus Vienna, Gustav Mahler Musikwochen Toblach, Wien Modern and during the project Re:construction in Tokio. He received also twice the NASOM-bursary: in 2016-2017 for his duo together with Doris Nicoletti (flute) and in 2020-2021 for his duo with Teresa Doblinger (bass clarinet/dance).
(last update: 16th of November 2020)