In Flanders' Fields vol.76 - Lodewijk de Vocht - Memorare

Lodewijk de Vocht is one of the most unforgettable personalities of the Antwerp Music scene in the first half of the 20th century. He was a composer, as well as a conductor and a teacher. At the age of ten he became a chorister in the Antwerp Cathedral Choir, where he received a general music education from Emile Wambach and Karel Weymans. In 1899 he joined the orchestra class of the Antwerp Royal Flemish Conservatory. After his studies he returned to the conservatory as a teacher and, later, as its headmaster. In 1903 De Vocht was the youngest violinist of the orchestra of the New Concerts Society and had the opportunity to play under the greatest conductors of his time, including Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Hans Richter, Bruno Walter, and Felix Weingartner.