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Jef Maes

Born: 5th April 1905, Antwerp, Belgium

Died: 30th June 1996, Anterp, Belgium

Nationality: Belgian

Jef "Joseph" Maes was a Belgian composer and violist.

Encouraged by his friend, André Cluytens, he completed his study at the Flemish conservatory in Antwerp. He studied viola with Napoleon Distelmans; chamber music with Albert van de Vijver; and counterpoint and fuge with Karel Candael.

When he was 23 years old, he composed his first work, which was a romantic Meditation for violin and piano.

After his studies, he was employed for two years as a violist in the opera orchestra in Antwerp; in 1926 he participated in an orchestra under the conductorship of Lodewijk de Vocht, Nieuwe Concerten.

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