Classical & Contemporary composer
Orchestral/ Chamber Music / Solo
BELGIAN CONTEMPORARY COMPOSER
Orchestral & Instrumental
Contemporary Music
Works for symphonic orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments, performed across Europe by leading new music ensembles.
"Dense, layered, built from the tension between weight and lyricism."
ERIC BETTENS — Belgian contemporary composer
Self-taught before everything else
Eric Bettens writing orchestral Music
Eric Bettens writing orchestral Music
Eric Bettens portrait
Eric Bettens writing orchestral Music
Eric Bettens (born 1973, La Hestre, Belgium) is a contemporary composer whose orchestral and instrumental works are performed by leading new music ensembles across Europe. Before enrolling at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège, where he completed a Specialised Master's degree in Composition and Classical Writing (2011–2016), he had already composed Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion, a nearly two-hour operatorio for choir, orchestra, three soloists and narrator.
His works have been performed by Musiques Nouvelles, Ensemble21, Quatuor Tana and Sturm & Klang, among others.
Selected works
From the catalog
A selection of orchestral, chamber and solo works. Specimen scores available to view — parts and performance scores on request.
