The multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Lens is a contemporary Belgian author/composer and (recently as well) director.
Nicholas Lens (sometimes wrongly credited as Nicolas Lens or Nicolas Lenz) was born in Ypres, a small provincial town near the French border in Flanders, Belgium. His godfather taught him violin when he was five. He studied trumpet and double-bass with Maurice Aerts, first at local academies and then at Royal conservatories. Late...
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The multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Lens is a contemporary Belgian author/composer and (recently as well) director.
Nicholas Lens (sometimes wrongly credited as Nicolas Lens or Nicolas Lenz) was born in Ypres, a small provincial town near the French border in Flanders, Belgium. His godfather taught him violin when he was five. He studied trumpet and double-bass with Maurice Aerts, first at local academies and then at Royal conservatories. Later on he studied viola da gamba with Sophie Watillon.
While he was studying at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, he started composing professionally for theatrical projects, film and television. While a member of the National Orchestra of Belgium, the conductor Mendi Rodan offered him a contract as a double bass player in the Israel Sinfonietta in Beersheeva, Israel.
He had to make an important choice between the career of a professional musician and the uncertain life conditions of an autodidact composer. He made his choice....
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