Union of Belgian Composers (Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

: Unie der Belgische Componisten - French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

: Union des Compositeurs Belges) is a Belgian professional organization of composers founded in 1960. It is closely linked to the Belgian copyright society Sabam and the Belgian Music Documentation Centre Cebedem.
Its aim is to promote and defend the Belgian composers and their works locally and abroad.

The Union of Belgian Composers is run by a council of twelve composers.

Presidents:

1. 1960 - 1972 : Marcel Poot

Marcel Poot

Marcel Poot was a Belgian composer, professor, and musician. His father, Jan Poot, was Director of the Vlaamse Schouwburg in Brussels....

 (1901-1988)

2. 1972 - 1981 : Willem Pelemans (1901-1991)

3. 1981 - 1985 : Max Vandermaesbrugge (1933- )

4. 1985 - 1992 : Vic Legley

Vic Legley

Vic Legley was a Belgian violist and composer of classical music, of French birth. He first studied in Ypres with Lionel Bromme...

 (1915-1994)

5. 1992 - 2010 : Jacques Leduc

Jacques Leduc

Jacques Leduc is a Canadian film director and cinematographer.-Biography:Leduc began his career in 1961 working as a film critic for the magazine Objectif. The following year, at the age of 21, he was hired as a camera assistant by the NFB...

 (1932- )

6. 2010 - : Carl Verbraeken

Carl Verbraeken

Carl Verbraeken is a Belgian composer.Verbraeken studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He wrote more than 700 works, including piano music, chamber music and orchestral works...

 (1950- )
Dutch speaking members :
Raoul De Smet, Marcel de Jonghe, André Laporte

André Laporte

André Laporte is a Belgian composer.-Biography:Laporte studied music with Edgard de Laet, Flor Peeters, and Marinus De Jong at the Lemmens Institute in Mechelen, and musicology and philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven from 1953 to 1957...

, Luc van Hove

Luc van Hove

Luc Van Hove is a Belgian composer.Van Hove studied at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. His works are in a broadly contemporary classical style and written in a range of forms and for a variety of ensembles.-External links:...

, Carl Verbraeken

Carl Verbraeken

Carl Verbraeken is a Belgian composer.Verbraeken studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He wrote more than 700 works, including piano music, chamber music and orchestral works...

and Wilfried Westerlinck.
French speaking members :
Edwin Clapuyt, Jean-Pierre Deleuze, Robert Janssens, Michel Lysight, Jean-Marie Simonis, and Felix Snyers.