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11 unusual facts about Royal Conservatory of Brussels


Adolphe Sax

He subsequently studied those two instruments at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Alexander Gurning

Born to both Polish and Indonesian parents, Alexander Gurning studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Antal Zalai

As a recitalist, Antal Zalai has performed in the Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C., the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Victoria Hall (Geneva), the Concert Hall of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver among others.

Charles Remue

Born in Brussels, Remue began studying music early in life and was admitted to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 1915.

Eva Ingolf

At the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, she was a student of Prof. Leon-Ara, followed by studies with Prof. Corrado Romano at the Conservatory of Geneva and Prof. Istvan Parkanyi at the Sweelink Conservatory in Amsterdam During these years she won many awards, as well as scholarships to study with world renowned pedagogues such as Stephan Gheorghiu, Victor Pikaizen, Zachar Bron and Tibor Varga.

Hedwig Swimberghe

Hedwig Swimberghe is a Belgian clarinetist, leading the Brussels Clarinet choir, and teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Henri Seroka

On 1 October 2008 it was played by 100 musicians in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels .

Irène Deliège

Shortly after graduating she began to attend the courses music writing and harmony given by Profressor Andre Souris at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, and as a result was invited to attend the Summer School for New Music in Darmstadt (Darmstädter Ferienkurse), where she met the Belgian musicologist Celestin Deliege, whom she married in 1954.

Kati Sebestyén

Kati Sebestyén, a native of Hungary, is Professor of Violin and head of the string department at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Lorenzo Gatto

At age 12 he joined the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Véronique Bogaerts class where, at 17, he earned a diploma for violin with the highest distinction.

Paul Dombrecht

He is a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and regularly teaches masterclasses in Spain, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Greece and Israel.