Philibert Mees

Philibert Mees (Mechelen, 13 May 1929 – Mechelen, 29 June 2006) was a Flemish composer and pianist. He was murdered in June 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 was 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, 13 July 2006
• Het Nieuwsblad, Speurders zoeken naar dader en motief, 4 July 2006
• VRT Nieuws, Flemish pianist murdered, 6 July 2006
• Radio 1 (VRT), Het Journaal (15h), 6 July 2006