The Royal Conservatory of Brussels has appointed Lukas Liketi as Professor of Composition, starting immediately.
Lukas, 59, lives in Miami and will commute monthly until he moves to Belgium next year.
He is an Austrian percussionist and composer, focussed on African polythythms. He has previously been resident artist at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.
photo: Ian-Elfinn Rosiu/RCB
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