Education
He studied under the pianists Stevan Bergmann and Geza Anda.
He studied under the pianists Stevan Bergmann and Geza Anda.
He was murdered in June 2006. In 1952, Mees obtained a degree at the Koninklijk Conservatory, the Royal conservatory of Antwerp. Mees formed a duo with BRT violist Roger Nauwelaers since the 1980s.
Mees was killed in his home in Mechelen in July 2006 by two knife wounds to his chest.
His body was concealed in a bed cover and plastic hidden under his bed. Two days later, police apprehended a suspect after investigation of Mees" phone records.
The musician"s twenty-year-old neighbour, Bilel Gheribi, a Tunisian immigrant, was sentenced for his murder in 2009.