98 Notable alumni of
Royal Conservatory of Brussels

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Royal Conservatory of Brussels is 656th in the world, 236th in Europe, and 6th in Belgium by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 98 notable alumni from Royal Conservatory of Brussels sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. André Rieu

    André Rieu
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    conductormusic arrangerrecord producerviolinist
    Biography

    André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.

  2. Lara Fabian

    Lara Fabian
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritersingermusicianfilm actorrecording artist
    Biography

    Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert, known professionally as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021 and is one of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time.

  3. Adolphe Sax

    Adolphe Sax
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1814-1894 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    university teachermusicianmusic teacherinventormusical instrument maker
    Biography

    Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used to the present day. He played the flute and clarinet.

  4. Isaac Albéniz

    Isaac Albéniz
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1860-1909 (aged 49)
    Occupations
    pianistconductorclassical pianistcomposervirtuoso
    Biography

    Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era who also had a significant influence on his contemporaries and younger composers. He is best known for his piano works based on Spanish folk music idioms. Isaac Albéniz was close to the Generation of '98.

  5. Mehdi Dehbi

    Mehdi Dehbi
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    theatrical directorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Mehdi Dehbi is a Belgian actor and theatre director, known for his roles in La Folle Histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy (2009, English title: He is My Girl), L'Infiltré (2011), Le Fils de l'Autre (2012, English title: The Other Son), Mary Queen of Scots (2013), and A Most Wanted Man (2014). In 2020, he played the title role in the Netflix series Messiah.

  6. Alexandra David-Néel

    Alexandra David-Néel
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1868-1969 (aged 101)
    Occupations
    anthropologistwriterdiaristcult leaderwomen's rights activist
    Biography

    Alexandra David-Néel was a Belgian–French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners. David-Néel wrote over 30 books about Eastern religion, philosophy, and her travels, including Magic and Mystery in Tibet, which was published in 1929. Her teachings influenced the beat writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, the popularisers of Eastern philosophy Alan Watts and Ram Dass, and the esotericist Benjamin Creme.

  7. Marius Petipa

    Marius Petipa
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1818-1910 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    dancerchoreographerlibrettistballet masterballet dancer
    Biography

    Marius Ivanovich Petipa, born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818 – 14 July [O.S. 1 July] 1910), was a French and Russian ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters and choreographers in ballet history.

  8. Lubna Azabal

    Lubna Azabal
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress.

  9. Eugène Ysaÿe

    Eugène Ysaÿe
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1858-1931 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    university teachercomposerconductormusic teacherviolinist
    Biography

    Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".

  10. Virginie Hocq

    Virginie Hocq
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Virginie Hocq is a Belgian actress and comedian.

  11. Charles-Marie Widor

    Charles-Marie Widor
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1844-1937 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    university teacherorganistteachermusic arrangermusic teacher
    Biography

    Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies, especially the toccata of his fifth organ symphony, which is frequently played as recessional music at weddings and other celebrations.

  12. Dimitri Mitropoulos

    Dimitri Mitropoulos
    Born in
    Greece Flag Greece
    Years
    1896-1960 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposerconductor
    Biography

    Dimitri Mitropoulos was a Greek and American conductor, pianist, and composer.

  13. Marianne Basler

    Marianne Basler
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Marianne Basler is a French actress. She has appeared in more than eighty films since 1980.

  14. Arthur Grumiaux

    Arthur Grumiaux
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1921-1986 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    music teacherpianistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Baron Arthur Grumiaux was a Belgian violinist, considered by some to have been "one of the few truly great violin virtuosi of the twentieth century". He has been noted for having a "consistently beautiful tone and flawless intonation". English music critic and broadcaster, Edward Greenfield wrote of him that he was "a master virtuoso who consistently refused to make a show of his technical prowess".

  15. Mélanie De Biasio

    Mélanie De Biasio
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    singercomposerflautist
    Biography

    Melanie De Biasio is a Belgian jazz singer, flutist and composer.

  16. José van Dam

    José van Dam
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    actoropera singermusician
    Biography

    Joseph, Baron Van Damme, known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone, described as having "a magnificent resonant and expressive voice" and being "an excellent actor".

  17. Tania Balachova

    Tania Balachova
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1902-1973 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Tania Balachova was a French actress and director of Russian origin. After World War II, she became one of the most influential actor training teachers in France.

  18. Louis Soutter

    Louis Soutter
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1871-1942 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    painterviolinistdrawer
    Biography

    Louis Adolphe Soutter was a Swiss painter and graphic artist in the Art Brut style, who produced most of his work while under care in a hospice. He also worked as a musician, playing the violin.

  19. Raymond Rouleau

    Raymond Rouleau
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1904-1981 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    theatrical directorfilm directorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Raymond Rouleau was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. Rouleau studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he met Tania Balachova. They emigrated to Paris together and collaborated with a variety of directors at the cutting edge of French theatre, including Charles Dullin and Gaston Baty. They married in France and separated in 1940. He subsequently married the actress Françoise Lugagne.

  20. Sigiswald Kuijken

    Sigiswald Kuijken
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    university teachercomposerconductormusic teacherviolinist
    Biography

    Sigiswald Kuijken is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments.

  21. Viviane De Muynck

    Viviane De Muynck
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    theatrical directordramaturgeauthoractorperforming artist
    Biography

    Viviane de Muynck is a Belgian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films since 1982.

  22. Peter Benoit

    Peter Benoit
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1834-1901 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    musicologistconductorcomposerpolitician
    Biography

    Peter Benoit was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality.

  23. Saule

    Saule
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Enrolled in Royal Conservatory of Brussels
    Studied theatre
    Occupations
    singersinger-songwriter
    Biography

    Baptiste Lalieu better known as Saule sometimes stylized SAULE in all capital letters, is a Belgian singer-songwriter who has found recognition and chart success with his single "Dusty Men" (featuring Charlie Winston) followed by his album Géant, that includes French music with Anglo-Saxon rock sound and country music influences. He is signed to the "30 février" record label.

  24. Jean-Paul Comart

    Jean-Paul Comart
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Jean-Paul Comart is a Belgian actor best known for his appearances in French film in the 1980s. He has appeared in films, TV and in the theatre.

  25. Eduardo Fabini

    Eduardo Fabini
    Born in
    Uruguay Flag Uruguay
    Years
    1882-1950 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    violinistcomposerteacher
    Biography

    Eduardo Fabini was a Uruguayan composer and musician.

  26. Madeleine Ozeray

    Madeleine Ozeray
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1908-1989 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Madeleine Ozeray, was a Belgian stage and film actress. She appeared in many films between 1932 and 1980. She is the godmother of theater actor, dancer and singer Frédéric Norbert.

  27. Arnold Dolmetsch

    Arnold Dolmetsch
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1858-1940 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    violinistmusical instrument makerharpsichordistmusicianmusic theorist
    Biography

    Eugène Arnold Dolmetsch, was a French-born musician and instrument maker who spent much of his working life in England and established an instrument-making workshop in Haslemere, Surrey. He was a leading figure in the 20th-century revival of interest in early music.

  28. Richard Hageman

    Richard Hageman
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1881-1966 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    conductorpianistfilm score composerfilm actor
    Biography

    Richard Hageman was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and composer.

  29. Jean Absil

    Jean Absil
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1893-1974 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    music teachermusicologistcomposer
    Biography

    Jean Absil was a Belgian composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatoire.

  30. Paul Viardot

    Paul Viardot
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1857-1941 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    musicologistconductorcomposerviolinist
    Biography

    Paul Viardot was a French violinist and composer who appeared with great success in Paris and London.

  31. Bruno Studer

    Bruno Studer
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    politicianteacher
    Biography

    Bruno Studer is a French teacher and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the 3rd constituency of Bas-Rhin.

  32. Lucien Petipa

    Lucien Petipa
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1815-1898 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    dancerchoreographerballet dancerballet master
    Biography

    Lucien Petipa was a French ballet dancer in the early 19th century (Romantic period), who was the brother of Marius Petipa, the famous ballet master of the Russian Imperial Ballet. He was born in Marseilles and died in Versailles.

  33. Berthe Bovy

    Berthe Bovy
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1887-1977 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    film actorstage actor
    Biography

    Berthe Bovy, sometimes known as Betty Bovy, was a Belgian actress who appeared in theatre, films and television programmes for over 60 years.

  34. Enrique Fernández Arbós

    Enrique Fernández Arbós
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1863-1939 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    university teachercomposerconductormusic teacherviolinist
    Biography

    Enrique Fernández Arbós was a Spanish violinist, composer and conductor who divided much of his career between Madrid and London. He originally made his name as a virtuoso violinist and later as one of Spain's greatest conductors.

  35. Pierre Jansen

    Pierre Jansen
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1930-2015 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    film score composercomposerteacher
    Biography

    Pierre Georges Cornil Jansen was a French film scores composer. He was in particular the permanent collaborator of Claude Chabrol for whom he composed the music for many films.

  36. Charles-Marie Courboin

    Charles-Marie Courboin
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1884-1973 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    virtuosoorganist
    Biography

    Charles Marie Courboin was a Belgian–American organ virtuoso who enjoyed popularity during the 1920s. During this time he was engaged by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker to oversee the second enlargement of the Wanamaker Organ. He added the huge string and orchestral sections bringing it to 461 ranks and 28,482 pipes. He also served as Director of Music for St. Patrick Cathedral, New York City from 1943 until his retirement in 1968.

  37. Paul Kochanski

    Paul Kochanski
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1887-1934 (aged 47)
    Occupations
    musicianviolinistmusic teachercomposerconcertmaster
    Biography

    Paul Kochanski was a Polish violinist, composer and arranger active in the United States.

  38. Irina Lankova

    Irina Lankova
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Irina Lankova is a Belgian concert pianist.

  39. Jesús de Monasterio

    Jesús de Monasterio
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1836-1903 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    conductorcomposermusic teacherviolinist
    Biography

    Jesús de Monasterio y Agüeros was a Spanish violinist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was one of the main promoters of instrumental music in Madrid during the nineteenth century.

  40. Paul Gilson

    Paul Gilson
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1865-1942 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    university teacherpianistcomposermusic teachermusician
    Biography

    Paul Gilson was a Belgian musician and composer.

  41. Antal Zalai

    Antal Zalai
    Born in
    Hungary Flag Hungary
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Enrolled in Royal Conservatory of Brussels
    Studied in 2009
    Occupations
    violinist
    Biography

    Antal Zalai is a Hungarian concert violinist.

  42. Arthur De Greef

    Arthur De Greef
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1862-1940 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    musicologistpianistcomposermusic teacher
    Biography

    Arthur De Greef was a Belgian pianist and composer.

  43. August De Boeck

    August De Boeck
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1865-1937 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    university teachercomposermusic teachermusicianorganist
    Biography

    Julianus Marie August De Boeck was a Flemish composer, organist and music pedagogue. He was the son of organist and director Florentinus (Flor) De Boeck (1826-1892)

  44. Edgar Tinel

    Edgar Tinel
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1854-1912 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    head teacherpianistcomposeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel was a Belgian composer and pianist.

  45. Carole Karemera

    Carole Karemera
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    danceractorperforming artist
    Biography

    Carole Umulinga Karemera is a Rwandan actress, dancer, saxophone player, and playwright.

  46. Henry Schradieck

    Henry Schradieck
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1846-1918 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    music teacherconcertmastercomposer
    Biography

    Henry Schradieck was a German violinist, music pedagogue and composer. He was one of the foremost violin teachers of his day. He wrote a series of etude books for the violin which are still in common use today.

  47. Alain Crépin

    Alain Crépin
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    university teachercomposersaxophonistconductormusic teacher
    Biography

    Alain Crepin is a Belgian saxophonist, composer, music educator and conductor.

  48. Marcel Ponseele

    Marcel Ponseele
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    oboistmusician
    Biography

    Marcel Ponseele is a Belgian oboist.

  49. Eduard Lassen

    Eduard Lassen
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1830-1904 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    music teachercomposerconductor
    Biography

    Eduard Lassen was a Belgian-Danish composer and conductor. Although of Danish birth, he spent most of his career working as the music director at the court in Weimar. A moderately prolific composer, Lassen produced music in a variety of genres including operas, symphonic works, piano works, lieder, and choral works among others. His most successful pieces were his fine vocal art songs for solo voice and piano which often used elements of German and Belgian folk music.

  50. Julien Libeer

    Julien Libeer
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Julien Libeer is a Belgian classical pianist. Libeer has won several awards for his compositions, and regularly performs his works at a variety of international stadiums. He is the host of Belgian television show Studio Flagey Klassik, a television show about classical music.

  51. Alfred Eugene Megerlin

    Alfred Eugene Megerlin
    Years
    1880-1941 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    violinist
    Biography

    Alfred Eugene Megerlin was a violinist. He was the concertmaster and first violinist of the New York Philharmonic.

  52. Oskar Back

    Oskar Back
    Born in
    Austria Flag Austria
    Years
    1879-1963 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    music teacherviolinist
    Biography

    Oskar Back was a noted Austrian-born Dutch classical violinist and pedagogue. He taught at the Amsterdam Conservatory for 42 years, and also had a significant earlier teaching career in Belgium.

  53. Philippe Pierlot

    Philippe Pierlot
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    viol playerconductoracademic musician
    Biography

    Philippe Pierlot is a Belgian viola da gamba player and a conductor in historically informed performance. He is also an academic teacher at the royal conservatories of The Hague and Brussels.

  54. Carl Verbraeken

    Carl Verbraeken
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    university teacherpianistcomposermusic teachermusician
    Biography

    Carl Gustav Verbraeken is a Belgian composer.

  55. Anna Bochkoltz

    Anna Bochkoltz
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1815-1879 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    opera singercomposervoice teacher
    Biography

    Anna Juliane Bochkoltz was a German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer. She performed her first concert in 1843, then studied in Brussels and Paris. After singing concerts in Paris, London and Berlin, she appeared in the 1850s on opera stages in Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Munich and Coburg. She was known for the range of her voice, and was regarded as one of the important dramatic coloratura sopranos of her era, appearing as Mozart's Donna Anna, Beethoven's Fidelio and Bellini's Norma. She later taught singing in Vienna, Strasbourg and Paris.

  56. Houshang Ostovar

    Houshang Ostovar
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1927-2016 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Amir Houshang Ostovar was a Persian symphonic music composer and Instructor.

  57. Walter Hus

    Walter Hus
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    pianistmusiciancomposerperforming artistcreator
    Biography

    Walter Hus is a Belgian composer and musician.

  58. Nathalie Loriers

    Nathalie Loriers
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    jazz musicianpianist
    Biography

    Nathalie Loriers is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer.

  59. Julius Eichberg

    Julius Eichberg
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1824-1893 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    writercomposer
    Biography

    Julius Eichberg was a German-born composer, musical director and educator who worked mostly in Boston, Massachusetts.

  60. Pierre Kolp

    Pierre Kolp
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    musicologistcomposer
    Biography

    Pierre Kolp is a Belgian composer and music pedagogue born in Cologne, Germany, on 23 March 1969.

  61. Joan Massià

    Joan Massià
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1890-1969 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    music teacherviolinistcomposer
    Biography

    Joan Massià i Prats was a Catalan composer and violinist.

  62. Frantz Jehin-Prume

    Frantz Jehin-Prume
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1839-1899 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    music teacherviolinistcomposer
    Biography

    Frantz Jehin-Prume was a Canadian violinist, composer, and music educator of Belgian birth. He began his career as a highly successful concert violinist in Europe. From 1865 on he lived and worked mainly in Montreal, Canada; becoming one of the most important 19th century musical figures in Quebec. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1868.

  63. Maurice Renaud

    Maurice Renaud
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1861-1933 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Maurice Arnold Renaud was a cultured French operatic baritone. He enjoyed an international reputation for the superlative quality of his singing and the brilliance of his acting.

  64. Isabelle Kabatu

    Isabelle Kabatu
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Isabelle Kabatu is a Belgian operatic soprano with a father from Belgian Congo and a Belgian mother. She has appeared internationally, with a focus on the Italian repertoire such as Verdi's La traviata and Aida, and Puccini's Manon Lescaut and Tosca. She appeared as Bess in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess beginning at the Houston Grand Opera and touring the world. In 2012, she appeared in the world premiere of Franck's early work Stradella.

  65. Annette Vande Gorne

    Annette Vande Gorne
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Annette Vande Gorne is a Belgian electroacoustic music composer currently living in Ohain, Belgium.

  66. Joseph Dupont

    Joseph Dupont
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1838-1899 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    conductorcomposeruniversity teachermusic teacher
    Biography

    Henri-Joseph Dupont was a Belgian violinist, leader, theatre director (manager) and conductor. The pianist Auguste Dupont was his brother.

  67. Berthe Bady

    Berthe Bady
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1868-1921 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Berthe Bady was a French actress of Belgian origin. She was the companion of Lugné-Poe and Henry Bataille. The fortunes she had won as an actress were devoted to her household with Bataille. Berthe died in isolation at Jouy-sur-Eure.

  68. Louis van Waefelghem

    Louis van Waefelghem
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1840-1908 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    viola d'amore playercomposer
    Biography

    Louis van Waefelghem was a Belgian violinist, violist and one of the greatest viola d'amore players of the 19th century. He also composed several works and made transcriptions for viola and viola d'amore.

  69. Hippolyte Fierens Gevaert

    Hippolyte Fierens Gevaert
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1870-1926 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    university teacherart historianwritercuratoropera singer
    Biography

    Hippolyte Gevaert or Fierens-Gevaert was a Belgian art historian, philosopher, art critic, singer, and writer.

  70. Joseph Hollman

    Joseph Hollman
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1852-1926 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    cellistcomposer
    Biography

    Joseph Hollman, was a Dutch cellist.

  71. Brian Priestman

    Brian Priestman
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1927-2014 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    conductormusic teacher
    Biography

    Brian Priestman was a British conductor and music educator.

  72. Valentin Tournet

    Valentin Tournet
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    choir directorviol playerconductor
    Biography

    Valentin Tournet is a French conductor, choral conductor and viola da gamba player.

  73. Juan Carlos Tolosa

    Juan Carlos Tolosa
    Born in
    Argentina Flag Argentina
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    conductorpianistcomposersound designer
    Biography

    Juan Carlos Tolosa is an Argentinian composer, pianist, and conductor.

  74. Hugo Heermann

    Hugo Heermann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1844-1935 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    music teacherviolinist
    Biography

    Hugo Heermann was a German violinist. He studied the violin with Lambert Joseph Meerts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, and later with Joseph Joachim. From 1864 he lived in Frankfurt am Main, where he taught violin from 1878 to 1904 at the Hoch Conservatory. He played 1st violin with Hugo Becker, Fritz Bassermann and Adolf Rebner in the "Museums-Quartett" (also called the "Heermann-Quartett" and "Frankfurter Quartett"). Between 1906 and 1909 he taught at the Chicago Musical College, in 1911 at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and 1912 at the Conservatoire de musique in Geneva. In 1909 and 1910 he briefly was a member of The Dutch Trio, which transposed into the Heermann-van Lier String Quartet. He served as concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for a period beginning in 1909; he was succeeded in that post by his son Emil. He has the distinction of having been the first to have played Brahms' Violin Concerto in Paris, New York City and Australia. After his retirement in 1922 he lived mostly in Meran, Italy.

  75. Auguste van Biene

    Auguste van Biene
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1849-1913 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    actorcomposercellist
    Biography

    Auguste van Biene was a Dutch composer, cellist and actor. He became best known for his composition The Broken Melody, performed by the composer as part of a musical play of the same name.

  76. Armand Limnander

    Armand Limnander
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1814-1892 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Baron Armand-Marie Ghislain Limnander van Nieuwenhove was a Belgian composer of choral and orchestral works and church music. Knight of the Order of Leopold, he was the founder and conductor of the choral chamber ensembles Société Symphonique and Réunion Lyrique in Belgium.

  77. Bram Eldering

    Bram Eldering
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1865-1943 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    editoruniversity teacherviolinistmusic teacherconcertmaster
    Biography

    Abraham "Bram" Eldering was a Dutch violinist and music pedagogue.

  78. Marie Heilbron

    Marie Heilbron
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1851-1886 (aged 35)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Marie Heilbron was a Belgian operatic coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the French repertory, creator of Jules Massenet's quintessential French heroine Manon.

  79. Manuel Posadas

    Manuel Posadas
    Born in
    Argentina Flag Argentina
    Years
    1860-1916 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    professormusician
    Biography

    Manuel L. Posadas was a leading Afro-Argentine musician from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

  80. Luigi Agnesi

    Luigi Agnesi
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1833-1875 (aged 42)
    Occupations
    opera singerconductorcomposersinger
    Biography

    Luigi Agnesi was a Belgian operatic bass-baritone, conductor and composer.

  81. Pierre Froidebise

    Pierre Froidebise
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1914-1962 (aged 48)
    Occupations
    university teachercomposerorganist
    Biography

    Pierre Froidebise was a Belgian organist, composer, and musicologist.

  82. Alexi Tuomarila

    Alexi Tuomarila
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Alexi Tuomarila is a Finnish jazz pianist and composer.

  83. Gustave Huberti

    Gustave Huberti
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1843-1910 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Gustave Huberti was a Flemish composer. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where he won prizes for piano, organ, harmony and chamber music in 1858. He won the prestigious Belgian Prix de Rome in 1865 with this cantata La fille de Jephté, which allowed him to travel through Italy and Germany for three years. During his career, he worked as a composer, a music critic, a teacher, an inspector of music education of the state schools of Antwerp, and as a director. He led the musical academies of Mons and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, and taught harmony at the Brussels Conservatory. He also directed the Grisar-choir and was part of the musical organisation of the World's Fair of 1885.

  84. Claude Coppens

    Claude Coppens
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Claude Coppens is a Belgian pianist and composer.

  85. Édouard Jacobs

    Édouard Jacobs
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1851-1925 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    cellist
    Biography

    Édouard Jacobs was a Belgian cellist. He was a pupil of Joseph Servais (a son of Adrien-François Servais), at the Brussels Conservatory. He played in the Weimar court orchestra for some years. In 1885 he succeeded his teacher as cello professor at the Brussels Conservatory. He also played viol da gamba in concerts of early music. Among his pupils was Fernand Quinet.

  86. Hector Dufranne

    Hector Dufranne
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1870-1951 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    singeropera singer
    Biography

    Hector Dufranne was a Belgian operatic bass-baritone who enjoyed a long career that took him to opera houses throughout Europe and the United States for more than four decades. Admired for both his singing and his acting, Dufranne appeared in a large number of world premieres, most notably the role Golaud in the original Opéra-Comique production of Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at the Salle Favart in Paris in 1902, which he went on to sing 120 times at that house. He had an excellent singing technique which maintained the quality of his voice even into the latter part of his career. His wide vocal range and rich resonant voice enabled him to sing a variety of roles which encompassed French, German, and Italian opera.

  87. Helen Lemmens-Sherrington

    Helen Lemmens-Sherrington
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1834-1906 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Helen Lemmens-Sherrington was an English concert and operatic soprano prominent from the 1850s to the 1880s. Born in northern England, she spent much of her childhood and later life in Belgium, where she studied at the Brussels Conservatory. After engagements in mainland Europe she made her London debut in 1856. Her singing career was mostly in concert, but in the first half of the 1860s she appeared in opera at Covent Garden and other leading London theatres.

  88. Georges Cloetens

    Georges Cloetens
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1871-1949 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    organ builderinventor
    Biography

    Georges Cloetens was a Belgian organ builder and inventor, mainly known for the invention of the orphéal (1908) and the luthéal (1919).

  89. Elsa Ruegger

    Elsa Ruegger
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1881-1924 (aged 43)
    Occupations
    musician
    Biography

    Elsa Ruegger, later Elsa Ruegger-Lichtenstein, was a Swiss cellist, billed as "the greatest woman cellist in the world."

  90. Berthold Tours

    Berthold Tours
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1838-1897 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    conductorviolinistorganistcomposermusic arranger
    Biography

    Berthold Tours was a Dutch-born English violinist, composer and music editor. His first music teacher was his father, Barthelemy Tours (1797-1864), who was organist of the Groote or St Laurens Kerk in Rotterdam for thirty years, a conductor, and a violinist of European wide reputation, while he studied composition with Johannes Verhulst. Later, he studied composition with François-Joseph Fétis at the conservatory in Brussels and then continued his studies in Leipzig.

  91. Désiré Magnus

    Désiré Magnus
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1828-1883 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposer
    Biography

    Désiré Magnus was a Belgian concert pianist, teacher and composer of salon music who published under the pseudonym D. Magnus.

  92. Diane Andersen

    Diane Andersen
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1934-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Diane Andersen is a Danish born, Belgian classical concert pianist born in Copenhagen to a French mother and a Danish father.

  93. Gustave Langenus

    Gustave Langenus
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1883-1957 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    clarinetist
    Biography

    Gustave Langenus was a Belgian clarinetist. He is known for his mouthpiece design and 1913 method book, an important early pedagogical device for the Boehm system clarinet. He was principal clarinetist with the New York Symphony.

  94. Raymonde Delaunois

    Raymonde Delaunois
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1885-1984 (aged 99)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Raymonde Delaunois was a Belgian mezzo-soprano opera singer.

  95. Sylvie Mamy

    Sylvie Mamy
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    musicologist
    Biography

    Sylvie Mamy, born in Besançon, is a French writer and musicologist, Docteur d'État ès lettres, and research director at the CNRS.

  96. Camille Babut du Marès

    Camille Babut du Marès
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    musician
    Biography

    Camille Babut du Marès is a Belgian violinist.

  97. Édouard Devernay

    Édouard Devernay
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1889-1952 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    organistcomposer
    Biography

    Édouard Henri Devernay Jnr. was a French musician, composer and organist who held the position of organiste titulaire of the great organ of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy.

  98. Yin Zheng

    Yin Zheng
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Zheng Yin is a Chinese pianist from Shanghai.