SEBÖK Ferenc Composer- Artist painter

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His music is influenced by traditional, folk hungarian music, but also by transylvanian and askenaze colours, with modulations. He didn't take a dodecaphonic or atonal way of music, thinking that tonal world of sound remains the natural for human ears in harmony with nature. But he is also agree with the trend which says that music can be written rather free of rules of the barock period.He often composed for piano, violon, flute, clarinet and for strings or other instrumental ensembles and a lot of duos, trio, quartet for music schools level but also for high level. His Master in composition was Berthe Divito-Delvaux. He obtained medals for piano and violin trainings (Seraing Academy) but he also trained piano with Marcelle Mercenier (Conservatory of Liège).

He participated at several international composition contests like in the Netherlands where he successively won Prizes for his music at Song Expo International Festival 2001, 2002, 2003. During the MIDEM 2001 (France), his Fantaisie 18 was selected and the SABAM (B)created a collectif Cd with the selected belgian composers. 

For the International violin Contest Henri Koch 2004, he was selected with another composer, J. Fontyn,  to create the imposed score for violonists. He composed  the Fantaisie opus 67 Douceur et Passion pour piano et violon (A cat.). Many of his compositions are of romantic mood with a little eastern colours. He is member of the Union of Belgian Composers.

SEBÖK ferenc is also artist painter since 1971. He trained a time at Académie des Beaux-Arts, Liège before continuing his way as autodidact, but he also attended iconography school at Liège (St Séraphim de Sarov) where he trained ancient methods of painting icons. He won two prizes in Belgium : Cockerill Prize (1977) and Phoenix Works Prize (1978). He began with figurative painting (1970-1990) but since 90' he took the way of symbolism, becoming a skilled and wellknown artist painter for his masonic themes and the esoteric mood in his painting. He is member of KASSAK association of Artist painters of Budapest and member of Sabam (B). You can find his paintings in private collections and some Museums or Lodges. He is mentionned in two dictionnary :

Dictionnaire des Compositeurs de Belgique du Moyen-âge à nos jours, Th. Levaux, Ed. Art in Belgium, 2006, Conseil de la Musique, Communauté française de Belgique.

Dictionnaire des Artiste Plasticiens des XIXe et XXe  siècles, Ed. Piron, Vol. 3, 2006, Art in Belgium.