{{Short description|Belgian composer}} '''Luc Van Hove''' (born 1957, Wilrijk, Belgium) is a Belgian composer of contemporary classical music.
== Biography == Luc Van Hove received his musical training at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. He studied composition with Willem Kersters and music analysis with August Verbesselt. Afterwards he pursued advanced studies at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg (orchestral conducting) and at the University of Surrey. He has gained several awards, including the Sabam Prize for Contemporary Music (1993).
He is an honorary professor of composition and music analysis at Luca, School of Arts, campus Lemmensinstituut of Leuven and former professor of composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, department of the Artesis Plantijn University College of Antwerp. He is also a former extraordinary professor at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts (President of the Class of the Arts in 2011), and Commander in the Order of Leopold II.
Luc Van Hove received commissions from and was performed by numerous Belgian orchestras, ensembles and soloists, e.g. the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Flemish Radio Orchestra (Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra), Belgian National Orchestra, Beethoven Academie, Belgian cellist Roel Dieltiens, Ensemble Explorations, I Fiamminghi, Cultural Capital of Europe Antwerp 93, November Music, DeSingel in Antwerp, and pianist Levente Kende. His works were performed by international orchestras, ensembles and soloists, amongst which the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet, Arditti Quartet, Xenakis Ensemble, Asko/ Schönberg Ensemble, Cappella Amsterdam, Cleveland Quartet, and cellist Pieter Wispelwey.
In 2008 his opera ''La Strada'', based on the film by Federico Fellini, received its first performance in the Royal Flemish Opera of Antwerp (Belgium). In 2010 he wrote a symphonic adaptation of ''Stradella'', a youth opera of César Franck. It had its world premiere in 2012, in the Opéra Royal de Wallonie.<ref name=":0" />
== Musical style == Luc Van Hove's works include symphonic settings, chamber music, works for solo instruments, and choral works. In general, his oeuvre shows a preference for absolute and instrumental music, and interest in traditional genres such as the sonata, concerto, string quartet, and symphony. Traditional genres and forms are combined with modern techniques, and an interest in quickly evolving, dense textures. Composers such as György Ligeti, Béla Bartók, and Wítold Lutoslawski had a noticeable influence on his musical style. Techniques of variation and thematic development occupy a central role in his music. Typically, whole movements or even entire compositions are constructed out of the constant variation and thematic reworking of one limited pitch collection, which is stated at the beginning of a piece, creating a strong harmonic coherence. According to Van Hove, his "ultimate goal is to create exciting music, by building up logical and coherent networks of basically harmonic relationships, in which every second of the music can either point back or forth to other moments of the piece."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Flanders Arts Institute {{!}} Music {{!}} Luc Van Hove|url=http://flandersmusic.be/lucvanhove|access-date=2022-01-29|website=flandersmusic.be}}</ref>
== Works == '''Vocal''': ''Nacht-stilte voor gemengd koor'' op. 7 (1981); ''Twee liederen voor bariton en piano'' op. 8 (1981); ''Drie liederen voor sopraan en klarinettenkwartet'' op. 12 (1983); ''Trois Poèmes de Paul Verlaine voor sopraan, koor en kamerorkest'' op. 14 (1984); ''Four Sacred Songs'' op. 42 ''voor gemengd koor'' (2003); ''Psalm 22'' ''(2-22) voor gemengd koor'' op. 44 (2004); ''La Strada: opera in twee bedrijven'' op. 45 (2007), orchestration of ''Stradella'' (2011): youth opera of César Franck; ''Cantico di Frate sole'' op. 51 (2014) (chamber choir and cello solo); ''Cantata'' opus 54 (2017) (choir and orchestra), ''Two War Songs'' op. 55 (2017) (bariton and piano quintet; also bariton and piano)
'''Orchestral''': ''Largo per orchestra'' op. 13 (1984); ''Scherzo'' op. 16 (1985); ''Carnaval op het strand'' op. 17 (1985); ''Elise’s Dance voor orkest'' op. 21 (1987); ''Eerste Symfonie'' op. 25 (1989); ''Stacked Time. Concerto voor elektrische gitaar'' ''en orkest'' op. 26 (1990); ''Triptiek. Concerto voor hobo en orkest'' op. 29 (1993); ''Pianoconcerto I'' op. 32 (1995); ''Tweede Symfonie'' op. 34 (1997); ''Derde Symfonie'' op. 39 (2001); ''Diabelli Veränderung'' op. 43 (2004), ''La Sfida'' op. 47 (2010), ''Pianoconcerto II'' op. 48 (2010); ''Symphonic Music I'' op. 56 (2019) (parts I, II, III of symphony IV); ''Symphony IV'' op. 56 (2019)
'''Ensemble and Chamber Music''': ''Trio'' op. 1 nr. 1 (1977); ''Klarinetkwintet'' op. 1 nr. 2 (1977); ''Vijf Preludiën'' op. 2 (1979); ''Divertimento voor slagwerkorkest'' op. 5 (1980); ''Prelude en toccata voor slagwerk en piano'' op. 6 (1981); ''Tema con variazioni voor ensemble van 13 instrumenten'' op. 9 (1981); ''Kwintet voor houtblazers'' op. 10 (1982); ''Sonatine voor piano'' op. 11 (1982); ''Three Guildford dances'' op. 19 (1986); ''Five inventions voor piano'' op. 20 (1987); ''Two pieces for three trumpets'' op. 22 (1988); ''Dansen voor vier handen'' op. 23 (1988); ''Septet'' op. 24 (1988); ''Sonate voor cello en piano'' op. 27 (1991); ''Aria voor cello'' op. 28 (1992); ''Strijkkwartet'' op. 30 (1994); ''Nonet'' op. 31 (1994); ''Strings'' op. 33 (1997) (string orchestra); ''Le vieux port de Marseille voor klarinet en piano'' op. 35 (1998); ''Kammerkonzert voor cello en ensemble'' op. 36 (1998); ''Klarinetkwintet'' op. 37 (1999); ''Modo perpetuo voor cello'' op. 38 (2000); ''Piano Quartet'' op. 40 (2002); ''Haydn-Veränderung'' op. 41 (for string quartet) (2003), ''Octet'' op. 46 (2009); ''Chamber Symphony'' op. 49 (2012) (for sinfonietta (15 instrumentalists)); ''Triptiek II voor viool en piano'' op. 50 (2013); ''Percussion Trio'' op. 52 (2015); ''Piano Trio'' op. 57 (2020); ''Triptiek'' op. 29 bis (2021) (oboe and piano); ''Tre Pezzi per Archi'' op. 58 (2021) (string orchestra)
'''Revisions:''' ''Divertimento'' op. 5 (revised) (2014)''';''' ''Triptiek. Concerto voor hobo en orkest'' op. 29 (revised) (2014); ''Pianoconcerto I'' op. 32 (revised) (2014)''';''' ''Kammerkonzert'' op. 36 (revised) (2015)''';''' ''Haydn Veränderung'' op. 41 (for string quartet) (revised) (2021); ''Triptiek. Concerto voor hobo en orkest'' op. 29 (revision II) (2022)
The following works have been published by Donemus: opus 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 (both versions), 57, 29 bis, en 58. Soon to be published are ''Haydn Veränderung'' op. 41 (for string quartet) (revised) (2021) and ''Triptiek. Concerto voor hobo en orkest'' op. 29 (Revision II) (2022). All musical scores can also be borrowed from the library of the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Weytjens, S. Luc Van Hove: Compositions for Symphonic Orchestra (liner notes to CD). Megadisc, 2001. * Van Hove Luc (1957) - MATRIX [New Music Centre] (matrix-new-music.be)
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170916153852/http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/h/82-hove-luc-van HOVE, Luc Van] - maintained by the Belgian Centre for Music Documentation * [http://www.flandersmusic.be/lucvanhove Luc Van Hove] - page at the Flanders Music Centre website
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