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Royal Conservatory of Brussels

April 10, 2024

The Royal Conservatory of Brussels (French: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) is a historic conservatory in Brussels, Belgium. Starting its activities in 1813, it received its official name in 1832. Providing performing music and drama courses, the institution became renowned partly because of the international reputation of its successive directors such as François-Joseph Fétis, François-Auguste Gevaert, Edgar Tinel, Joseph Jongen and Marcel Poot, but more because it has been attended by many of the top musicians, actors and artists in Belgium such as Arthur Grumiaux, José Van Dam, Sigiswald Kuijken, Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink. Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, also studied at the Brussels Conservatory.

Royal Conservatory of Brussels
  • Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (French)
  • Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Dutch)
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
TypePublic Higher School of Arts (French-speaking entity)
School of Arts under Erasmus University College (Dutch-speaking entity)
Established1813
AffiliationWBE (French-speaking entity)
EhB (Dutch-speaking entity)
DirectorPeter Swinnen (Flemish entity)
Frédéric de Roos (French entity)
Location
Brussels
,
Belgium
Websitewww.kcb.be/en (Flemish entity)
www.conservatoire.be (French entity)

In 1967, the institution split into two separate entities: the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, which teaches in Dutch, and the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, which continued teaching in French. While the French-speaking entity remained an independent public institution of higher education (École supérieure des arts), the Flemish entity integrated into the newly created Erasmus University College as one of its Schools of Arts.

Building edit

The current Royal Conservatory building consists of three wings arranged around a courtyard and is the work of architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar, built to his designs between 1872 and 1876.

The style is neo-Renaissance, influenced by the Lescot Wing of the Louvre. The decoration of the facade is very elaborate, with five separate pediment sculptures (Instrumental Music by the Liège sculptor Adolphe Fassin, Orchestration by Charles van der Stappen, Composition by the Antwerp sculptor Frans Deckers, Performing Arts by Antoine-Félix Bouré, and Poetry by the Tournai sculptor Barthélemy Frison) and other incidental work including garlands, caryatids, palm trees and musical instruments by the sculptors Georges Houtstont, Paul de Vigne, Antoine van Rasbourg, Auguste Braekevelt, and Égide Mélot.

Auxiliary activities edit

Concerts edit

Each year a variety of regular student concerts and performances is organised by the Conservatory, boasting over hundred events and enhanced by two festivals.

The right wing of the Conservatory contains a 600 seats ornate concert hall in Napoleon III style with exceptional acoustic qualities, equipped with a Cavaillé-Coll organ.

 
Concert hall of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) edit

Main article: Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels

Founded in 1877 to provide students with a practical education about ancien instruments, the Conservatory museum, currently referred to as the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) of Brussels displays over 8,000 ancient instruments acquired by the celebrated musicologist François-Joseph Fétis, rare pieces from the initial collection, from the various funds or from new acquisitions.[1][2] Since 2000, the museum, one of the most important ones of its kind, is located in the prestigious Art Nouveau building conceived in 1899 by the architect Paul Saintenoy for the former Old England department store.[3]

Library edit

Initially created with a pedagogic aim, the Conservatory library hosts about 250,000 [citation needed] references, representing a scientific instrument of international resonance.

 
Library of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, c. 1960

It primarily consists of works about music (including more than 1200 musical or musicological periodicals), as well as of autograph, printed or digitized (scanned) scores. There is also an important collection of more than 8.000 libretti of Italian, French or German operas from the XVIIe and XVIIIe s., lute and guitar tablatures, several thousands of handwritten letters of musicians, iconographic documents (over 9.000 pieces), concert programmes and various types of recordings (magnetic tapes, video, 78 and 33 rpm vinyl, CD, etc.).

Next to the core collections, the library possesses several subcollections of historical importance, together forming an extensive patrimony:

The library is open to the general public. In 2015, the library acquired the score collection of CeBeDeM (Belgian Centre for Music Documentation). In doing so it also took over the latter's objectives in promoting Belgian contemporary music worldwide.[4]

Personalities linked to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels edit

Directors edit

 
François-Joseph Fétis, first director of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Directors of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles edit

  • 1966–1973: Camille Schmit (in French)
  • 1974–1987: Éric Feldbusch (in French)
  • 1987–2002: Jean Baily (in French)
  • 2003–present: Frédéric de Roos

Directors of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel edit

  • 1966–1994: Kamiel D'Hooghe (in Dutch)
  • 1994–2004: Arie Van Lysebeth (in Dutch)
  • 2004–2008: Rafael D'haene
  • 2008–2017: Peter Swinnen
  • 2017–2021: Kathleen Coessens
  • 2021–present: Jan D'haene

Notable faculty edit

Notable alumni edit

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ Damscrhroder 1990, p. 85.
  2. ^ State 2015, p. 166.
  3. ^ "Old England – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. ^ "CeBeDeM collection". Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  5. ^ Henri, Vanhulst (2008). "Fétis directeur du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles". Revue Belge de Musicologie (in French). 62: 127–133.
  6. ^ Henri, Vanhulst (2011). "Gevaert directeur du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles". Revue Belge de Musicologie (in French). 65: 9–19.
  7. ^ J.M. Thomson (20 January 2001). "Jennings, Anthony". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42592. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.

Bibliography edit

  • Damscrhroder, David (1990). Music Theory from Zarlino to Schenker. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-918728-99-1.
  • State, Paul F. (2015). Historical dictionary of Brussels (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7921-8.

External links edit

 
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  • Royal Conservatory of Brussels library catalog
  • CeBeDeM
  • Virtual exhibition: La collection de manuscrits de Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) à la Bibliothèque des Conservatoires royaux de Bruxelles (French only)

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Providing performing music and drama courses the institution became renowned partly because of the international reputation of its successive directors such as Francois Joseph Fetis Francois Auguste Gevaert Edgar Tinel Joseph Jongen and Marcel Poot but more because it has been attended by many of the top musicians actors and artists in Belgium such as Arthur Grumiaux Jose Van Dam Sigiswald Kuijken Josse De Pauw Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone also studied at the Brussels Conservatory Royal Conservatory of BrusselsConservatoire royal de Bruxelles French Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel Dutch Royal Conservatory of BrusselsTypePublic Higher School of Arts French speaking entity School of Arts under Erasmus University College Dutch speaking entity Established1813AffiliationWBE French speaking entity EhB Dutch speaking entity DirectorPeter Swinnen Flemish entity Frederic de Roos French entity LocationBrussels BelgiumWebsitewww wbr kcb wbr be wbr en Flemish entity www wbr conservatoire wbr be French entity In 1967 the institution split into two separate entities the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel which teaches in Dutch and the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles which continued teaching in French While the French speaking entity remained an independent public institution of higher education Ecole superieure des arts the Flemish entity integrated into the newly created Erasmus University College as one of its Schools of Arts Contents 1 Building 2 Auxiliary activities 2 1 Concerts 2 2 Musical Instrument Museum MIM 2 3 Library 3 Personalities linked to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels 3 1 Directors 3 1 1 Directors of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles 3 1 2 Directors of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel 3 2 Notable faculty 3 3 Notable alumni 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 Bibliography 5 External linksBuilding editThe current Royal Conservatory building consists of three wings arranged around a courtyard and is the work of architect Jean Pierre Cluysenaar built to his designs between 1872 and 1876 The style is neo Renaissance influenced by the Lescot Wing of the Louvre The decoration of the facade is very elaborate with five separate pediment sculptures Instrumental Music by the Liege sculptor Adolphe Fassin Orchestration by Charles van der Stappen Composition by the Antwerp sculptor Frans Deckers Performing Arts by Antoine Felix Boure and Poetry by the Tournai sculptor Barthelemy Frison and other incidental work including garlands caryatids palm trees and musical instruments by the sculptors Georges Houtstont Paul de Vigne Antoine van Rasbourg Auguste Braekevelt and Egide Melot Auxiliary activities editConcerts edit Each year a variety of regular student concerts and performances is organised by the Conservatory boasting over hundred events and enhanced by two festivals The right wing of the Conservatory contains a 600 seats ornate concert hall in Napoleon III style with exceptional acoustic qualities equipped with a Cavaille Coll organ nbsp Concert hall of the Royal Conservatory of BrusselsMusical Instrument Museum MIM edit Main article Musical Instrument Museum Brussels Founded in 1877 to provide students with a practical education about ancien instruments the Conservatory museum currently referred to as the Musical Instrument Museum MIM of Brussels displays over 8 000 ancient instruments acquired by the celebrated musicologist Francois Joseph Fetis rare pieces from the initial collection from the various funds or from new acquisitions 1 2 Since 2000 the museum one of the most important ones of its kind is located in the prestigious Art Nouveau building conceived in 1899 by the architect Paul Saintenoy for the former Old England department store 3 Library edit Initially created with a pedagogic aim the Conservatory library hosts about 250 000 citation needed references representing a scientific instrument of international resonance nbsp Library of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels c 1960It primarily consists of works about music including more than 1200 musical or musicological periodicals as well as of autograph printed or digitized scanned scores There is also an important collection of more than 8 000 libretti of Italian French or German operas from the XVIIe and XVIIIe s lute and guitar tablatures several thousands of handwritten letters of musicians iconographic documents over 9 000 pieces concert programmes and various types of recordings magnetic tapes video 78 and 33 rpm vinyl CD etc Next to the core collections the library possesses several subcollections of historical importance together forming an extensive patrimony the Johann J H Westphal collection bought by Fetis manuscripts of C P E Bach and G P Telemann the Richard Wagener collection acquired by the librarian Alfred Wotquenne German music from the XVIIe XVIIIe and XIXe s including 40 autograph manuscripts from three sons of J S Bach the Jean Lucien Hollenfeltz collection documents of Constance Mozart and her youngest son Franz Xaver Amadeus Mozart the Maria Malibran collection documents and objects from the cantatrice and her close family the Edmond Michotte collection pieces from Rossini s private library the Jozef Wieniawski collection autograph scores from the pianist the Laurent Halleux collection the Joseph Jongen collection The library is open to the general public In 2015 the library acquired the score collection of CeBeDeM Belgian Centre for Music Documentation In doing so it also took over the latter s objectives in promoting Belgian contemporary music worldwide 4 Personalities linked to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels editDirectors edit nbsp Francois Joseph Fetis first director of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels1833 1871 Francois Joseph Fetis 5 1871 1908 Francois Auguste Gevaert 6 1908 1912 Edgar Tinel 1912 1925 Leon Du Bois 1925 1939 Joseph Jongen 1939 1949 Leon Jongen 1949 1966 Marcel PootDirectors of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles edit 1966 1973 Camille Schmit in French 1974 1987 Eric Feldbusch in French 1987 2002 Jean Baily in French 2003 present Frederic de RoosDirectors of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel edit 1966 1994 Kamiel D Hooghe in Dutch 1994 2004 Arie Van Lysebeth in Dutch 2004 2008 Rafael D haene 2008 2017 Peter Swinnen 2017 2021 Kathleen Coessens 2021 present Jan D haeneNotable faculty edit Charles Auguste de Beriot violin Daniel Blumenthal piano Lola Bobesco violin Francois Daneels saxophone Luc Devos piano Paul Dombrecht oboe Francois Fernandez baroque Bernard Foccroule organ Julien Ghyoros direction Katarina Glowicka computer music Philippe Graffin violin Yossif Ivanov violin Barthold Kuijken baroque Jacques Leduc direction composition Jacques Nicolas Lemmens organ Jean Louel piano Jan Michiels piano Norbert Nozy brass band Igor Oistrach violin Philippe Pierlot baroque Marie Pleyel piano Eliane Reyes piano Adolphe Samuel composition Adrien Francois Servais cello Andre Souris direction composition Annelies Van Parys form analysis Henri Vieuxtemps violin Boyan Vodenitcharov piano Henryk Wieniawski violin Eugene Ysaye violin Juliusz Zarebski piano Notable alumni edit Isaac Albeniz Elie Apper Atar Arad Oskar Back Peter Benoit Fabrizio Cassol Claire Chevallier Alain Crepin Francois Daneels Lara Fabian Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara John Giordano Edwin Grasse Mansoor Hosseini Albert Huybrechts Anthony Jennings 7 Desire Magnus Alma Moodie Norbert H J Nozy Andre Rieu Charlotte Ruegger Elsa Ruegger Noel Samyn fr Adolphe Sax Celia Torra Jose van Dam Carl Verbraeken Aimee Wiele Alfred Wotquenne Eugene YsayeReferences editCitations edit Damscrhroder 1990 p 85 State 2015 p 166 Old England Inventaire du patrimoine architectural monument heritage brussels in French Retrieved 24 November 2022 CeBeDeM collection Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles Retrieved 15 February 2024 Henri Vanhulst 2008 Fetis directeur du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles Revue Belge de Musicologie in French 62 127 133 Henri Vanhulst 2011 Gevaert directeur du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles Revue Belge de Musicologie in French 65 9 19 J M Thomson 20 January 2001 Jennings Anthony Grove Music Online 8th ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 42592 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 Bibliography edit Damscrhroder David 1990 Music Theory from Zarlino to Schenker Stuyvesant NY Pendragon Press ISBN 0 918728 99 1 State Paul F 2015 Historical dictionary of Brussels 2nd ed Lanham MD Rowman amp Littlefield ISBN 978 0 8108 7921 8 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal Conservatory of Brussels Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles Erasmus University College Arts Platform Brussels http www lacambre be http www insas be Royal Conservatory of Brussels library catalog CeBeDeM Virtual exhibition La collection de manuscrits de Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 1767 a la Bibliotheque des Conservatoires royaux de Bruxelles French only 50 50 20 N 4 21 21 E 50 8390 N 4 3558 E 50 8390 4 3558 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Royal Conservatory of Brussels amp oldid 1207754055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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