FRArt Micro-Percussion Hybridization. A First Approach to a New Instrument

1. biographies

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Tom De Cock (1982) is Doctor of Arts (VUB and KCB). He received the Horlait Dapsens prize in 2007. Next to his position as percussion soloist at the Brussels Philharmonic orchestra, he has been working as a freelance musician with Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, etc. He is a fixed member of Ictus, Nadar, and Triatu. He is now working as the assistant percussion teacher at Conservatoire Royal de Liège.

Gerrit Nulens (1972) studied with Robert Van Sice at the Rotterdam Conservatory. He is a laureate of the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (Darmstadt). Besides being a regular member of Ictus, he worked with Champ d’Action, Spectra, and the London Philharmonia Orchestra. Under the label PME he is publishing contemporary music with an emphasis on music with/for percussion.