100 Notable alumni of Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Updated: May 27, 2026 EliteDegrees

Royal Conservatory of Brussels is ranked #6,218 in the world and #18 in Belgium by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 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. Many individuals affiliated with Royal Conservatory of Brussels won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Elsa Ruegger

1. Elsa Ruegger

1881-1924 (aged 43)
musician
Elsa Ruegger, later Elsa Ruegger-Lichtenstein, was a Swiss cellist, who was sometimes billed as "the greatest woman cellist in the world."
Désiré Magnus

2. Désiré Magnus

1828-1883 (aged 55)
composer pianist
Désiré Magnus was a Belgian concert pianist, teacher and composer of salon music who published under the pseudonym D. Magnus.
Gustave Langenus

3. Gustave Langenus

1883-1957 (aged 74)
clarinetist
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.
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Sylvie Mamy

4. Sylvie Mamy

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

5. Raymonde Delaunois

1885-1984 (aged 99)
opera singer
Raymonde Delaunois was a Belgian mezzo-soprano opera singer.
Camille Babut du Marès

6. Camille Babut du Marès

musician
Camille Babut du Marès is a Belgian violinist.
Édouard Devernay

7. Édouard Devernay

1889-1952 (aged 63)
composer organist
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.
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Georges Cloetens

8. Georges Cloetens

1871-1949 (aged 78)
inventor organ builder
Georges Cloetens was a Belgian organ builder and inventor, mainly known for the invention of the orphéal (1908) and the luthéal (1919).
Berthold Tours

9. Berthold Tours

1838-1897 (aged 59)
conductor music arranger composer organist violinist
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...
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Manuel Posadas

10. Manuel Posadas

1860-1916 (aged 56)
musician professor
Manuel L. Posadas was a leading Afro-Argentine musician from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Luigi Agnesi

11. Luigi Agnesi

1833-1875 (aged 42)
composer conductor opera singer singer
Luigi Agnesi was a Belgian operatic bass-baritone, conductor and composer.
Gustave Huberti

12. Gustave Huberti

1843-1910 (aged 67)
composer
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...
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Claude Coppens

13. Claude Coppens

1936-. (aged 90)
composer pianist
Claude Coppens is a Belgian pianist and composer.
Édouard Jacobs

14. Édouard Jacobs

1851-1925 (aged 74)
cellist
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...
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Hector Dufranne

15. Hector Dufranne

1870-1951 (aged 81)
opera singer singer
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...
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Helen Lemmens-Sherrington

16. Helen Lemmens-Sherrington

1834-1906 (aged 72)
opera singer
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...
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Diane Andersen

17. Diane Andersen

1934-. (aged 92)
pianist
Diane Andersen is a Danish born, Belgian classical concert pianist born in Copenhagen to a French mother and a Danish father.
Auguste van Biene

18. Auguste van Biene

1849-1913 (aged 64)
actor cellist composer
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.
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Bram Eldering

19. Bram Eldering

1865-1943 (aged 78)
university teacher editor concertmaster music educator violinist
Abraham "Bram" Eldering was a Dutch violinist and music pedagogue.
Alexi Tuomarila

20. Alexi Tuomarila

1974-. (aged 52)
composer pianist
Alexi Tuomarila is a Finnish jazz pianist and composer.
Brian Priestman

21. Brian Priestman

1927-2014 (aged 87)
music educator conductor composer
Brian Priestman was a British conductor and music educator.
Anna Bochkoltz

22. Anna Bochkoltz

1815-1879 (aged 64)
voice teacher composer opera singer
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...
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Marie Heilbron

23. Marie Heilbron

1851-1886 (aged 35)
opera singer
Marie Heilbron was a Belgian operatic lyric coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the French repertory, creator of Jules Massenet's quintessential French heroine Manon.
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Armand Limnander

24. Armand Limnander

1814-1892 (aged 78)
composer pianist
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.
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Pierre Froidebise

25. Pierre Froidebise

1914-1962 (aged 48)
university teacher organist composer
Pierre Froidebise was a Belgian organist, composer, and musicologist.
Juan Carlos Tolosa

26. Juan Carlos Tolosa

1966-. (aged 60)
composer pianist conductor sound designer
Juan Carlos Tolosa is an Argentinian composer, pianist, and conductor.
Berthe Bady

27. Berthe Bady

1868-1921 (aged 53)
actor
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.
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Maurice Renaud

28. Maurice Renaud

1861-1933 (aged 72)
opera singer
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.
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Joseph Dupont

29. Joseph Dupont

1838-1899 (aged 61)
composer conductor music educator university teacher
Henri-Joseph Dupont was a Belgian violinist, leader, theatre director (manager) and conductor. The pianist Auguste Dupont was his brother.
Joseph Hollman

30. Joseph Hollman

1852-1926 (aged 74)
composer cellist
Joseph Hollman, was a Dutch cellist.
Isabelle Kabatu

31. Isabelle Kabatu

opera singer
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....
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Valentin Tournet

32. Valentin Tournet

1996-. (aged 30)
viol player choir director conductor
Valentin Tournet is a French conductor, choral conductor and viola da gamba player.
Hippolyte Fierens Gevaert

33. Hippolyte Fierens Gevaert

1870-1926 (aged 56)
curator writer art historian university teacher philosopher
Hippolyte Gevaert or Fierens-Gevaert was a Belgian art historian, philosopher, art critic, singer, and writer.
Louis van Waefelghem

34. Louis van Waefelghem

1840-1908 (aged 68)
composer viola d'amore player
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.
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Hugo Heermann

35. Hugo Heermann

1844-1935 (aged 91)
violinist music educator
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 in the first performance of Dvořák's second Piano Quartet. He played 1st violin...
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Carl Verbraeken

36. Carl Verbraeken

1950-. (aged 76)
music educator composer pianist university teacher musicologist
Carl Gustav Verbraeken is a Belgian composer.
Julius Eichberg

37. Julius Eichberg

1824-1893 (aged 69)
composer writer
Julius Eichberg was a German-born composer, musical director and educator who worked mostly in Boston, Massachusetts.
Walter Hus

38. Walter Hus

1959-. (aged 67)
musician pianist creator performing artist composer
Walter Hus is a Belgian composer and musician.
Nathalie Loriers

39. Nathalie Loriers

1966-. (aged 60)
pianist jazz musician
Nathalie Loriers is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer.
Joan Massià

40. Joan Massià

1890-1969 (aged 79)
violinist music educator composer
Joan Massià i Prats was a Catalan composer and violinist.
Annette Vande Gorne

41. Annette Vande Gorne

1946-. (aged 80)
composer
Annette Vande Gorne is a Belgian electroacoustic music composer currently living in Ohain, Belgium.
Eduard Lassen

42. Eduard Lassen

1830-1904 (aged 74)
music educator conductor composer
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...
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Philippe Pierlot

43. Philippe Pierlot

1958-. (aged 68)
viol player academic musician conductor
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.
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Oskar Back

44. Oskar Back

1879-1963 (aged 84)
violinist music educator
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.
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Houshang Ostovar

45. Houshang Ostovar

1927-2016 (aged 89)
composer
Amir Houshang Ostovar, also transcribed as Hoochang Ostovar, was a Persian symphonic music composer and Instructor.
Antal Zalai

46. Antal Zalai

1981-. (aged 45)
violinist
Antal Zalai is a Hungarian concert violinist.
August De Boeck

47. August De Boeck

1865-1937 (aged 72)
music educator composer university teacher musicologist organist
Julianus Marie August De Boeck was a Belgian composer, organist and music pedagogue. He was the son of organist and director Florentinus (Flor) De Boeck (1826-1892)
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Carole Karemera

48. Carole Karemera

1975-. (aged 51)
actor dancer performing artist
Carole Umulinga Karemera is a Belgian-born Rwandan actress, saxophone player, theater director, festivals producer and culture policy expert.
Edgar Tinel

49. Edgar Tinel

1854-1912 (aged 58)
composer pianist head teacher university teacher
Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel was a Belgian composer and pianist.
Henry Schradieck

50. Henry Schradieck

1846-1918 (aged 72)
concertmaster music educator composer
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.
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Julien Libeer

51. Julien Libeer

1987-. (aged 39)
pianist
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.
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Marcel Ponseele

52. Marcel Ponseele

1957-. (aged 69)
musician oboist
Marcel Ponseele is a Belgian oboist. He is known for his performances of Bach. In 2025 he was awarded the Bach Medal of Leipzig.
Alain Crépin

53. Alain Crépin

1954-. (aged 72)
music educator conductor saxophonist composer university teacher
Alain Crepin is a Belgian saxophonist, composer, music educator and conductor.
Alfred Eugene Megerlin

54. Alfred Eugene Megerlin

1880-1941 (aged 61)
violinist
Alfred Eugene Megerlin was a violinist. He was the concertmaster and first violinist of the New York Philharmonic.
Alma Moodie

55. Alma Moodie

1898-1943 (aged 45)
violinist
Alma Mary Templeton Moodie was an Australian violinist who established an excellent reputation in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. She was regarded as being among the foremost female violinists during the inter-war years, along with such players as Erica Morini, Jelly d'Arányi and Kathleen Parlow; and she premiered violin concertos by Kurt Atterberg, Hans Pfitzner and Ernst Krenek. She...
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Arthur De Greef

56. Arthur De Greef

1862-1940 (aged 78)
composer pianist musicologist music educator
Arthur De Greef was a Belgian classical pianist and composer of the romantic era.
André Vandernoot

57. André Vandernoot

1927-1991 (aged 64)
conductor
André Vandernoot was a Belgian conductor. He studied at the Royal Music Conservatory in Brussels, and later flute and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik, Vienna. In 1951, he was a prize-winner in a conducting competition in Besançon, France.
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Enrique Fernández Arbós

58. Enrique Fernández Arbós

1863-1939 (aged 76)
music educator conductor composer university teacher concertmaster
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.
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Irina Lankova

59. Irina Lankova

1977-. (aged 49)
pianist
Irina Alexandrovna Lankova is a Russian-born Belgian concert pianist.
Paul Kochanski

60. Paul Kochanski

1887-1934 (aged 47)
musician concertmaster composer music educator violinist
Paul Kochanski was a Polish violinist, composer and arranger active in the United States.
Jesús de Monasterio

61. Jesús de Monasterio

1836-1903 (aged 67)
composer conductor violinist music educator
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.
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Charles-Marie Courboin

62. Charles-Marie Courboin

1884-1973 (aged 89)
organist virtuoso
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....
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Pierre Jansen

63. Pierre Jansen

1930-2015 (aged 85)
film score composer teacher composer
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.
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Paul Gilson

64. Paul Gilson

1865-1942 (aged 77)
music educator composer pianist university teacher musicologist
Paul Gilson was a Belgian musician and composer.
Jean-Paul Comart

65. Jean-Paul Comart

1953-. (aged 73)
actor television actor
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.
Eduardo Fabini

66. Eduardo Fabini

1882-1950 (aged 68)
violinist teacher composer
Eduardo Fabini was a Uruguayan composer and musician.
Arnold Dolmetsch

67. Arnold Dolmetsch

1858-1940 (aged 82)
musical instrument maker musicologist luthier harpsichordist music theorist
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. With his family, he was a leading figure in the 20th-century revival of interest in early music.
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Richard Hageman

68. Richard Hageman

1881-1966 (aged 85)
pianist conductor film actor film score composer
Richard Hageman was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and composer.
Jean Absil

69. Jean Absil

1893-1974 (aged 81)
musicologist music educator composer
Jean Absil was a Belgian composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatoire.
Paul Viardot

70. Paul Viardot

1857-1941 (aged 84)
composer conductor musicologist violinist
Paul Viardot was a French violinist and composer who appeared with great success in Paris and London.
Bruno Studer

71. Bruno Studer

1978-. (aged 48)
professors scientific professions teacher politician
Bruno Studer is a French teacher and politician who represented the 3rd constituency of Bas-Rhin in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2024. He is a member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!) which he joined in 2016.
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Lucien Petipa

72. Lucien Petipa

1815-1898 (aged 83)
ballet dancer choreographer dancer ballet master
Lucien Petipa was a French ballet dancer during the Romantic period, and the elder brother to Marius Petipa, the famous ballet master of the Russian Imperial Ballet. He was born in Marseille and died in Versailles.
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Berthe Bovy

73. Berthe Bovy

1887-1977 (aged 90)
stage actor film actor
Berthe Bovy, sometimes known as Betty Bovy, was a Belgian actress who appeared in theatre, films and television programmes for over 60 years.
Arthur Grumiaux

74. Arthur Grumiaux

1921-1986 (aged 65)
pianist music educator university teacher
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...
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José van Dam

75. José van Dam

1940-. (aged 86)
actor musician opera singer
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".
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Tania Balachova

76. Tania Balachova

1902-1973 (aged 71)
film actor actor screenwriter
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.
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Louis Soutter

77. Louis Soutter

1871-1942 (aged 71)
violinist painter draftsperson
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.
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Raymond Rouleau

78. Raymond Rouleau

1904-1981 (aged 77)
screenwriter film director theatrical director author film actor
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 immigrated to Paris together and collaborated with a variety of directors at the cutting edge of French...
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Viviane De Muynck

79. Viviane De Muynck

1946-. (aged 80)
dramaturge theatrical director performing artist actor author
Viviane de Muynck is a Belgian actress. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1982.
Sigiswald Kuijken

80. Sigiswald Kuijken

1944-. (aged 82)
music educator conductor composer university teacher violist
Sigiswald Kuijken is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments.
Peter Benoit

81. Peter Benoit

1834-1901 (aged 67)
composer conductor musicologist politician
Peter Benoit was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality.
Dirk Brossé

82. Dirk Brossé

1960-. (aged 66)
film score composer conductor composer university teacher musicologist
Dirk, Knight Brossé is a Belgian conductor and composer. He has composed over 200 works, including concerti, oratorios, lieder, chamber music and symphonic works. Brossé has also composed extensively for stage, cinema, television. His score for the BBC/HBO series Parade's End (2012) was nominated for an Emmy Award. Dirk Brossé is currently music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia...
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Madeleine Ozeray

83. Madeleine Ozeray

1908-1989 (aged 81)
actor
Madeleine Ozeray was a Belgian stage and film actress. She appeared in many films between 1932 and 1980.
Lubna Azabal

84. Lubna Azabal

1973-. (aged 53)
film actor actor screenwriter
Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress. She is known for her performances in Paradise Now and Incendies.
Virginie Hocq

85. Virginie Hocq

1975-. (aged 51)
actor
Virginie Hocq is a Belgian actress and comedian.
Charles-Marie Widor

86. Charles-Marie Widor

1844-1937 (aged 93)
music critic university teacher composer classical composer music arranger
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.
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Wim Mertens

87. Wim Mertens

1953-. (aged 73)
singer pianist film score composer musicologist composer
Wim Mertens is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.
Marianne Basler

88. Marianne Basler

1964-. (aged 62)
film actor actor film director
Marianne Basler is a French actress. She has appeared in more than eighty films since 1980.
Dimitri Mitropoulos

89. Dimitri Mitropoulos

1896-1960 (aged 64)
pianist conductor composer
Dimitri Mitropoulos was a Greek and American conductor, pianist, and composer.
Isaac Albéniz

90. Isaac Albéniz

1860-1909 (aged 49)
conductor pianist virtuoso composer classical pianist
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 that incorporate Spanish folk music idioms and elements. His compositions, particularly those in his suite...
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Alexandra David-Néel

91. Alexandra David-Néel

1868-1969 (aged 101)
explorer opera singer diarist writer anarchist
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...
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Mehdi Dehbi

92. Mehdi Dehbi

1985-. (aged 41)
film actor theatrical director television actor
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...
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Marius Petipa

93. Marius Petipa

1818-1910 (aged 92)
choreographer dancer teacher ballet dancer ballet master
Marius Ivanovich Petipa was a French and Russian ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. He is considered one of the most influential ballet masters and choreographers in ballet history.
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Lara Fabian

94. Lara Fabian

1970-. (aged 56)
actor singer songwriter
Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert, known professionally as Lara Fabian ( Flemish: [ˈlaːraː ˈfaːbijɑn], French: [laʁa fabjɑ̃], Italian: [ˈlaːra ˈfaːbjan]), is a Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter. Having sold over 25 million records worldwide, she is one of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time.
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Adolphe Sax

95. Adolphe Sax

1814-1894 (aged 80)
musician university teacher musical instrument maker inventor music educator
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 in the 21st century. He played the flute and clarinet.
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Pierre Kolp

96. Pierre Kolp

1969-. (aged 57)
composer musicologist
Pierre Kolp is a Belgian composer and music pedagogue born in Cologne, Germany, on 23 March 1969.
Frantz Jehin-Prume

97. Frantz Jehin-Prume

1839-1899 (aged 60)
violinist music educator composer
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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André Rieu

98. André Rieu

1949-. (aged 77)
conductor record producer music arranger actor violinist
André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known as the founder of the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
Eugène Ysaÿe

99. Eugène Ysaÿe

1858-1931 (aged 73)
music educator conductor composer university teacher concertmaster
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as his former student Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".
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Saule

100. Saule

1977-. (aged 49)
singer-songwriter singer
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.
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