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Wim Mertens
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Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist
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It sits within the topics 1953 births, 20th-century Belgian composers and 20th-century Belgian male singers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Meubelen uit Mechelen 1820-1960
- IJdel stof
- American Minimal Music
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Wim Mertens - What you see is what you hear — Director2005
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 265,711
- Total plays
- 3,371,587
Tags
Wim Mertens (b. Neerpelt, Belgium, May 14, 1953) is a Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist. Mertens studied social and political science at the University of Leuven (graduating in 1975) and musicology at Ghent University; he also studied music theory and piano at the Royal Conservatories of Ghent and Brussels. In 1978, he became a producer at the then BRT (Belgian Radio and Television). For Radio 2 (Radio Brabant) he produced concerts by Philip Glass <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wim
- Family name
- Mertens
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Neerpelt
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Educated at
- Royal Conservatory of Brussels
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Dutch
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Windham Hill Records
- Official website
- www.wimmertens.be
- Image
- WimMertens1990.jpg
- Voice type
- countertenor
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- date of birth
- 1953-05-14
- Commons category
- Wim Mertens
- social media followers
- 42600
- name in native language
- Wim Mertens
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