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Frédéric Devreese was born June 2, 1929 Amsterdam. Devreese
received his first musical training from his father, Godfried Devreese
(1893-1972), a composer and conductor. He studied composition with Marcel Poot and conducting with René Defossez in Brussels.
At the age of nineteen, in 1949, he received the Prize of the Town of Ostend for his Piano Concerto No. 1. Due to this, he was national
noticed and received scholarships to study in Rome and Vienna.
At the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome he studied composition
with Ildebrando Pizzetti from 1952 to 1955, and conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the Wiener Staatsakademie in 1955-56.
Career: The works of Devreese are very diverse. He wrote four pianoconcertos, a violin concerto, a cello concerto, a symphony and
chamber music, two operas, ballet suites and songs.
In the course of his career he evolved from an irrepressible vitalism
with jazz effects to a more universal style, which has deeper
expression and more balanced structure.
However, he is most famous for his many memorable film scores . He wrote essentially for André Delvaux, Un Soir, un Train, Benvenuta , Rendez-vous à Bray and for Marion Hänsel ‘Noces Barbares' and ‘Il Maestro’. His film music would exert a major influence on his other works.
Frédéric Devreese has conducted orchestras all over the world. As a conductor, he has made various recordings for Marco Polo's series Anthology of Flemish Music. He was nominated for this serie Cultural Ambassador of Flanders.
Devreese has great interest in young musicians, whom he wanted to stimulate and promote by initiatives such as Tenuto, a national music competition for young talent . Also, he was chief conductor of the Belgian Youth Orchestra.
His works are recorded on labels such as Marco Polo, Naxos, Emi,
Milan, Barclay, Cyprès,Virgin, Classics, Beriato.
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