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Go check out these WONDERFUL recordings of the music of one of our GREATEST BELGIAN COMPOSERS ever... François Glorieux! https://ummpstore.com/search?q=%22Glorieux+-+CD-Recording%22
Onze zeer gewaardeerde componist-pianist Johan Famaey nodigt u samen met de laureaten van de World Piano Day 2023 en samen met viool-virtuoze Marina Martín Maldonado graag uit op hun concert op 25 november 2023 om 15u in de concertzaal van Piano's Maene - Group in Brussel. Allen daarheen! (vrije toegang maar wel registreren via info@worldpianoday.be)
COMPOSER IN THE SPOTLIGHT! De werken van SIGRID SCHUERWEGHS zijn muzikale pareltjes! Je vindt in het uitgebreide repertoire werken voor hobo, klarinet, Engelse hoorn, fagot, hoorn, viool en koor! Ga zeker eens een kijkje nemen op https://ummpstore.com/search?q=schuerweghs
De uitvaartplechtigheid van François Glorieux zal plaatsvinden op zaterdag 7 oktober om 10u in de OLV-Kathedraal te Antwerpen, waarna hij een laatste rustplaats zal vinden op het Ere-perk der artiesten op de begraafplaats van Antwerpen-Schoonselhof.
This hommage by the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides illustrates the very tragic loss of our dear friend and composer, Maestro François Glorieux. Our deepest sympathy to all who loved him and his music…
François Glorieux, born in Kortrijk, Belgium, in 1932, is one of our country's most successful musicians ever. His career spanned Europe, Canada and North and South America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. He was praised worldwide as a composer, conductor, pianist and professor. François Glorieux was at home in various styles and collaborated with many musical talents of his time, including Andre Cluytens, Arthur Rubinstein, Yves Nat, Hiroyuki Iwaki,...