Philibert Mees
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Philibert Mees (13 May 1929, in Mechelen – 29 June 2006, in Mechelen) was a Flemish composer and pianist. He was murdered in June 2006.
In 1952, Mees obtained a degree at the Koninklijk Conservatory, the Royal conservatory of Antwerp. He studied under the pianists and Geza Anda.
Mees formed a duo with BRT violist since the 1980s. In 1999, Mees received the Fuga prize, awarded by the Union of Belgian Composers.
Mees was killed in his home in Mechelen in July 2006 by two knife wounds to his chest. His body was concealed in a bed cover and plastic hidden under his bed. Two days later, police apprehended a suspect after investigation of Mees' phone records. The musician's twenty-year-old neighbour, Bilel Gheribi, a Tunisian immigrant, was sentenced for his murder in 2009.
References[]
- De Standaard, Verdachte bekent moord op Mechelse pianist, 13 July 2006
- Het Nieuwsblad, Speurders zoeken naar dader en motief, 4 July 2006
- VRT Nieuws, Flemish pianist murdered, 6 July 2006
- Radio 1 (VRT), Het Journaal (15h), 6 July 2006
- "Gheribi schuldig aan moord op pianist Philibert Mees" [Gheribi guilty of killing pianist Philibert Mees]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 25 November 2009. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
- 1929 births
- 2006 deaths
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- Belgian male musicians
- Belgian pianists
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- People murdered in Belgium
- 20th-century pianists
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