Philibert Mees

Philibert Mees (Mechelen, May 13 1929 - Mechelen, July 2 2006) was a Flemish composer and pianist. He was murdered in July 2006.

In 1952, Mees obtained a degree at the Koninklijk Vlaams Conservatorium, the royal conservatory of Antwerp. He studied under the pianists Stevan Bergmann and Geza Anda.

Mees formed a duo with BRT violist Roger Nauwelaers since the 1980s. In 1999, Mees was given the trophy Fuga, a prize handed out by the Belgian national composers union.

Mees got killed in his home in Mechelen in July 2006. He was killed by two knife cuts to his chest, was rolled up in a bed cover and plastic, and hidden under his bed. Two days later a suspect of foreign descent was apprehended by police, after investigation of the phone records of Mees. The twenty-year-old suspect would confess to the killing on July 13.

References

• De Standaard, Verdachte bekent moord op Mechelse pianist, July 13, 2006.
• Het Nieuwsblad, Speurders zoeken naar dader en motief, July 4, 2006.
• VRT Nieuws, Flemish pianist murdered, July 6, 2006
• Radio 1 (VRT), Het Journaal (15h), July 6, 2006