27 Notable alumni of
Royal Conservatory of Liege
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Royal Conservatory of Liege is 2212th in the world, 713th in Europe, and 13th in Belgium by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Royal Conservatory of Liege sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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André Rieu
- Occupations
- conductormusic arrangerrecord producerviolinist
- Biography
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André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
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César Franck
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- pianistteacherorganistmusic teachercomposer
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César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium.
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Olivier Gourmet
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- actorfilm actormusician
- Biography
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Olivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor.
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Eugène Ysaÿe
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- university teachercomposerconductormusic teacherviolinist
- Biography
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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".
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Fabrice Du Welz
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- actorfilm directorscreenwriter
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Fabrice Du Welz is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed several films including Calvaire in 2004, Vinyan in 2008 and Message from the King in 2016.
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Joseph Jongen
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- university teacherpianistcomposerconductormusic teacher
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Marie Alphonse Nicolas Joseph Jongen was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator.
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Hasan Cihat Örter
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- pianistguitaristmusicianclassical guitaristcomposer
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Hasan Cihat Örter is a Turkish composer, progressive guitarist and arranger.
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Bernard Foccroulle
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- conductororganistcomposeruniversity teacher
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Bernard Charles M. E. T. H. Foccroulle is a Belgian organist, composer, conductor and opera director.
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Sophie Karthäuser
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- performing artistopera singer
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Sophie Karthäuser is a Belgian operatic soprano. She has performed internationally, especially in roles by Mozart such as Ilia in Idomeneo and Pamina in The Magic Flute. She is also a recitalist, performing and recording for example the complete songs by Mozart and lieder by Hugo Wolf.
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Martin Pierre Marsick
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- music teacheruniversity teachercomposer
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Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, was a Belgian violin player, composer and teacher. His violin was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1705 and has since become known as the Ex Marsick Stradivarius. It was the instrument of David Oistrakh from 1966 to 1974. Marsick's nephew, Armand Marsick, the son of his brother Louis François, was a major violinist of the 20th century.
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Hubert de Blanck
- Enrolled in Royal Conservatory of Liege
- Studied in 1865
- Occupations
- music teacherclassical pianistcomposer
- Biography
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Hubertus Christiaan de Blanck (June 14, 1856 – November 28, 1932) was a Dutch-born professor, pianist, and composer who spent the better part of his life in Cuba.
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Camille Everardi
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- music teacheropera singer
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Camille Everardi was a Belgian operatic baritone who had an active international career during the 1850s through the 1870s. He particularly excelled in the works of Vincenzo Bellini and Gioachino Rossini. Several music critics of his day likened his voice to that of Antonio Tamburini. He later had a highly successful second career as a voice teacher in the Russian Empire.
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Théo Ysaÿe
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- pianistcomposerconductor
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Théophile Ysaÿe was a Belgian composer and pianist, born in Verviers, Belgium. His brother was the violinist and conductor Eugène Ysaÿe.
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César Thomson
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- music teacherconcertmastercomposer
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César Thomson was a Belgian violinist, teacher, and composer.
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Claude Ledoux
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- composer
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Claude Ledoux is a Belgian composer, born in 1960.
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Jacques Bouhy
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- opera singer
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Jacques-Joseph-André Bouhy was a Belgian baritone, most famous for being the first to sing the "Toreador Song" in the role of Escamillo in the opera Carmen.
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Adolphe Samuel
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- university teachercomposerconductormusic teachermusic critic
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Adolphe-Abraham Samuel was a Belgian music critic, teacher, conductor and composer.
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Ovide Musin
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- violinistconcertmastercomposer
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Ovide Musin was a Belgian violinist and composer.
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Pierre Kolp
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- musicologistcomposer
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Pierre Kolp is a Belgian composer and music pedagogue born in Cologne, Germany, on 23 March 1969.
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Frantz Jehin-Prume
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- music teacherviolinistcomposer
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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.
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Marc Laho
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- performing artistopera singer
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Marc Laho is a Belgian lyric tenor opera singer.
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Auguste Dupont
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- pianistcomposerteacher
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Auguste Dupont, full name Pierre-Auguste Dupont, was a Belgian pianist and composer.
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Jean-Théodore Radoux
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- composeropera composermusic teacheruniversity teacher
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Jean-Théodore Radoux was a Belgian composer and bassoonist. In 1859 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome for his cantata Le Juif errant which he had composed earlier that year. His other compositions include 2 operas, an oratorio, 2 symphonic poems, an overture, several choral works and vocal art songs, and music for the church.
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Gaston Dethier
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- music teachercomposerorganist
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Gaston Marie Dethier was an American organist, pianist, and composer of Belgian birth.
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Jean Delvoye
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Jean Delvoye was a Belgian baritone, who, after working in the French provinces, enjoyed a long career in Paris, centred on the Opéra-Comique, and left some recordings representative of his repertoire.
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Florence Austin
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- violinist
- Biography
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Florence Austin was an American violinist.
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Manu Louis
- Occupations
- singer
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Manu Louis is a Belgian musician, singer-songwriter, and composer, influenced equally by pop, jazz, 8-bit electronica, and 20th-century classical music.
