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- Gaston Nuyts was born on March 26, 1922 in Deurne, Flanders, Belgium. He was a composer and actor, known for Cocktail (1965), Cupido Dictator (1963) and Sextet (1965). He died on February 27, 2016 in Deurne, Belgium.
- Besides his work as a creative musician, Nuyts developed a wide range of other professional activities. From 1971 until 1987, he taught tone technique at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
- His 2002 composition 'Canticum Canticorum Salomonis', which he wrote for the mixed choir Musica Nova, won the 2005 Golden Tuning Fork, an award he received from the European Choral Society (AGEC).
- From 1950 until 1983, Nuyts worked for Flemish national broadcaster NIR (later renamed BRT), initially mainly as a guitarist in various radio ensembles, amongst which the Amusementsorkest (Variety Orchestra) of Francis Bay (1955-'56).
- Most famously, with a combo of twelve musicians of which he was the conductor, Nuyts worked on the immensely popular televised KRO circus show 'Piste', which ran for an incredible sixteen years (1959-1975) and was broadcast in Belgium and Switzerland as well.
- In 1966, Nuyts was awarded with the Franz Andelhoff Prize for his folk song arrangements.
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