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Beenhouwer succeeded his teacher Lode Backx as a professor of piano at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp in 1983. he was also in charge of a chamber music course at the conservatory until 2013, when he reached the mandatory retirement age. Until 2020, he continued as a guest
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On 12 March 2019 the Peter Benoit Fund awarded its Peter Benoit Prize to Jozef De
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ErgÀnzt und instrumentiert von Jozef De Beenhouwer. (PB 5280.) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & HÀrtel, c1994.
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Rekonstruiert und ergÀnzt von Jozef De Beenhouwer. (PB 5181.) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf und HÀrtel, 1988.
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