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The Belgian choral conductor, singer, organist and composer, Aldo Platteau, entered music very early on with choral singing, the study of the accordion and the organ, instruments which he will study at the Conservatoire Royal de Mons. He continued his musical studies there and graduated in singing, early music, harmony, counterpoint, fugue, composition and composition of applied and interactive music.
In 1998, Aldo Platteau joined the Choeur de Chambre de Namur (Director: Jean Tubéry) as well as the Quartz ensemble. He performs, in Belgium and abroad, as a soloist and chorister in prestigious ensembles with which he would participate in several recordings. In 2000, he was selected by the Fondation Royaumont, from which he received a grant, to participate in the international musical composition seminar led by the English composer Brian Ferneyhough. His works are performed by the Musiques Nouvelles, Sturm und Klang, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne de Montréal ensembles and by numerous soloists and chamber musicians. They are created in Europe and the USA (New York). His Concerto for organ, cello and string orchestra was premiered in 2006 in Cuba (Havana). His enthusiasm for electro-acoustic music with the use, among other things, of modular synthesizers and the computer, led him to compose and create the work, Lassus, enfant Montois, for the great Schijven organs of the Église Saint-Nicolas in Mons, the Chœurs d’enfants et de jeunes de la Monnaie, cello, solo singers and electronic instruments - commissioned by the Fondation Mons 2015. He also composes music for theater and cinema.
With Benoît Giaux, Aldo Platteau takes care of the children's and youth choirs at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. He directs the vocal ensemble Mezza Voce de Mons. Organist in the same city since 1994, he holds, in particular, the great historical organ Schijven of the Église Saint-Nicolas in Mons.
Aldo Platteau taught ensemble composition and singing at the Académie de musique d'Auderghem, and in-depth writing at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège. He currently teaches counterpoint and the different styles of musical writing, from the Renaissance to the 20th century, at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and the composition of applied and interactive music at the Conservatoire Royal de Mons (Arts2). |
