Lucien Goethals

Lucien Goethals (1931-2006) was a Belgian composer, born and died in Ghent. He spent his youth in Argentina, where he began studying music in Buenos Aires, before completing his training at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent. He is known above all for his work at IPEM, the electronic music studio in Ghent, where he served as artistic director. Goethals studied serial technique and electronic composition with Gottfried Michael Koenig and worked at IPEM from its early years, producing the tape series Studies I-VIIb.