Michel Lysight
Michel Lysight (born 1958) is a Belgian-Canadian composer. Career. Born in Brussels, after two years of study in art history, Lysight entered the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles where he obtained the first prizes in music history, music theory, psycho-pedagogy, harmony, counterpoint, fugue and bassoon. He also holds advanced degrees in music theory and chamber music. He has worked as an orchestra conductor with and Robert Janssens in whose class he received his first prize with distinction in 1997 and the higher diploma in 2002. His first composition prize was awarded in 1989 at the in Paul -Baudouin Michel's class. "Quatrain" for wind quartet won the 1990 from the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. The Silver Medal with mention from the Académie Internationale de Lutèce (Paris) was awarded to him in 1992 on the occasion of its international composition competition. The Union of Belgian Composers awarded him the 1997 Trophée Fuga for his work in favor of the national repertoire. The influence of musicians such as Steve Reich, John Adams, Arvo Pärt and Henryk Górecki is felt in his music and makes him one of the leading figures of the current in Belgium. Lysight is a  member of the SABAM, the Union of Belgian Composers, and the Belgian Centre for Music Documentation (). His catalogue contains about a hundred works, many of which are recorded on discs. Most of his works are included in the catalogue of . Lysight is a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and at the Academies of Schaerbeek and Brussels. He regularly gives lectures on contemporary music, chairs the jury of the Kaufmann European Music Competition and has been a visiting professor at the Bilkent University in Ankara.