1. Walter Hus was born on 2 July 1959 and is a Belgian composer and musician.
12 Facts About Walter Hus
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Walter Hus studied at the music conservatories in Ghent and Brussels.
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Walter Hus performed improvised piano recitals ; occasionally flirted with free jazz and rock ; collaborated with painters and video artists.
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Walter Hus was commissioned by a number of music institutions and festivals, such as the Kaaitheater, deSingel, the Beursschouwburg, Automne en Normandie, Festival van Vlaanderen, Antwerpen '93, Happy New Ears, Vooruit, Felix Meritis, Hebbel Theater and the Rode Pomp.
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Walter Hus composed a cycle of twenty-four preludes and fugues in four volumes, for multiple combinations of instruments.
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In 2012, Hus created an opera based on Chris Ware's Lint.
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Since 2004, Walter Hus is artist in residence at Namahn.
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Walter Hus' recording studio, featuring a Decap organ, is located in the Namahn spaces.
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In recent years, Walter Hus is best known for his work with the Decap organ.
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Walter Hus started transcribing sheet music for Decap's new instruments in the early 2000s and "fell completely in love with the whole instrumentarium and saw far greater potential in it".
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Decap lent him an instrument, and Walter Hus continues composing for and performing with the organ.
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In 2010, Walter Hus composed a Decap version of Universal Nation for the documentary The Sound of Belgium.