Biography
Kurt Bikkembergs builds on years of experience as a conductor and composer with a particular fondness for contemporary choir music. Being a neoconservative, he recognizes and accepts the attainments and qualities of music and society from the past, without losing sight of the current generation’s achievements. In addition to this, he consciously resists socioeconomic pitfalls, like the unreliability of present-day media. Devoting his life to the service of music and of people who want to learn about music is his primary motive. Bikkembergs likes to work with people who are young at heart, who want to put music first in their lives and during concerts, to let the listener experience beauty. This inevitably means self study, self reflection and self development, both for those in charge and for those who perform.
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Kurt Bikkembergs kan bogen op jarenlange ervaring als dirigent en componist met een grote voorliefde voor de hedendaagse koormuziek. Als neoconservatief herkent en aanvaardt hij de verworvenheden en kwaliteiten uit het verleden, zonder de positieve verwezenlijkingen van de huidige generatie uit het oog te verliezen. Evenwel is hij zich bewust van maatschappelijk-economische valkuilen, zoals de onbetrouwbaarheid van de media, en verliest hij zich hier niet in. Je leven ten dienste stellen van de muziek en van mensen is zijn leidmotief. Bikkembergs werkt graag met jongeren (van geest) die de muziek centraal willen stellen in hun leven en tijdens concerten, om luisteraars schoonheid te laten ervaren. Dit houdt onvermijdelijk zelfstudie, zelfreflectie en zelfontwikkeling in; zowel voor de leiding als voor de uitvoerders.
Collection
The Silver Trumpets

Kurt Bikkembergs
for trumpet, soprano and organ
Danz, danz Quieselche

folksong
Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SSA of a folksong from Aachen (D)
Over the Rainbow

Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SSAATBB and Bariton solo, a capella
Sankta Lucia

folksong
Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SSA with harp
Sankta Lucia

folksong
Kurt Bikkembergs
an arrangement for SSA with instruments ad libitum
TFAL

folksong
Kurt Bikkembergs
a song from Malta for SA
TFAL

folksong
Kurt Bikkembergs
a song from Malta for SABar
I wandered lonely as a cloud

Kurt Bikkembergs
a madrigal for SSAA, words from William Wordsworth
TRAM 11

Kurt Bikkembergs
SATB a capella
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 SATB & Carillon
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Kurt Bikkembergs
official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 for Carillon
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - TBB - version
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - SSA - version
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - SABar - version
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - original version
Santa Messa per i non vedenti

Kurt Bikkembergs
SATB a capella
Desfile nocturno

Kurt Bikkembergs
Wind orchestra with obligatory piano
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - version with strings
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - version with wind band
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Kurt Bikkembergs
Official song for the Choir Games Flanders 2021 - version with symfonic orchestra
Tariq Al-Alamis

Kurt Bikkembergs
The Way of the Cross for Harp and great Organ
Marieke

Kurt Bikkembergs
a fantasy for bells
Panta r(h)ei

Kurt Bikkembergs
Wind Orchestra (with obligate Harp)