Alain Van Kerckhoven

Current

• Manager at CeBeDeM
• Owner at New Consonant Music
• Writer and redactor at Self Employed

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Past

• Vice-chairman at Mensa Be
• General manager at Fibonacci
• RnD Director at GOTIM sa

• Owner at Music 'n Gravers

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Education

• Université catholique de Louvain

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Industry

Music

Alain Van Kerckhoven’s Summary

Publishing is sharing knowledge and pleasure. I like this.

Alain Van Kerckhoven’s Specialties:

publishing, non-profit organisations management, databases, webdesign

Alain Van Kerckhoven’s Experience

• Manager

  CeBeDeM

  (Music industry)

  January 2002 — Present (8 years )

  Director : Management of a music library (16.000 titles), a music documentation centre and a music publishing house (2.100 titles). Staff of 6 people and team of 150 composers. The Belgian Centre for Music Documentation is a federal institution of the Belgian government. I computerized it and widely renewed its administrative structures and production processes.

• Owner

  New Consonant Music

  (Music industry)

  1989 — Present (20 years )

  Founder and manager of this music publishing house devoted to 'classical' postmodern music. We published more than 200 great works from worldwide composers. Most of them were recorded and are worldwide performed by fantastic musicians and orchestras.

• Writer and redactor

  Self Employed

  (Publishing industry)

  1982 — Present (27 years )

  • More than 750 published articles, mainly about art and technology ;
  • Lexique d'informatique musicale (ACME Publisher, Brussels) ;
  • The Computer music lexicon (ACME Publisher, Brussels) ;
  • L'Audience planétaire (Mensa Be, Brussels) ;
  • Pomo Inc. (New Consonant Music, Brussels) ;
  • Lyrics (Anamnèse ; Les Chants de Casanova ; La Complainte des esclaves).

• Vice-chairman

  Mensa Be

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years )

  Co-founder of Mensa Be and vice-chairman from 2000 to 2003. I was before administrator of Mensa B/L since 1995. Responsible of internal communication, of the rewriting of the constitution. Numerous collaborative achievements including a newsletter, the mailing lists, the website, the renewal of the management processes and the creation of a publishing house.

• General manager

  Fibonacci

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

  1992 — 2002 (10 years )

  Co-founder and manager of this label (now called 'Kallidisc'). I quit the management is order to avoid any conflict of interest with CeBeDeM when I became General Manager. Experience in music engraving, graphical publishing and CD production.

• RnD Director

  GOTIM sa

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Environmental Services industry)

  1992 — 1996 (4 years )

  Director of research and development from 1992 to 1996 and administrator from 1990 till now. Company active in eco-management and alternative media.

• Owner

  Music 'n Gravers

  (Public Company; Myself Only; Music industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years )

  Music engraving company I co-founded. We worked for composers, European publishing houses, radios and orchestras. In 1999, we decided to extend the fields of activities and Music 'n Gravers became Fibonacci.

Additional Information

Alain Van Kerckhoven’s Interests:

Borges, photography, publishing, Single Malt, technology, writing

Alain Van Kerckhoven’s Groups:

ACME, Art Exists!, CeBeDeM, Kaufmann European Music Competition, L'Intermédiaire des Casanovistes, Mensa, Sabam, Sobeps, The Planetary Society.

•    Mensa - International
•    UCL Université Catholique de Louvain
•    Music Industry Forum
•    New Music Industry
•    MusicBiz
•    Living/working in Brussels
•    Music Industry Network

Alain Van Kerckhoven’s Honors:

Secretary of the High Committee of Mensa Be (Brussels, since 2008)
Honorary member of the Gdanska Fundacja Twórców i Wykonawców Muzyki Wspólczesnej (Gdansk, since 2008)
Honorary member of the committee of the Concours International Adolphe Sax (Dinant, since 2006)

Alain Van Kerckhoven’s Contact Settings

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