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Bernard Charles M. E. T. H. Foccroulle (born 23 November 1953) is a Belgian

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

, composer, conductor and opera director.

Biography

He was born in

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

and studied at the Conservatoire de Liège. Initially, he became known as a member of the

Ricercar Consort The Ricercar Consort is a Belgian instrumental ensemble founded in 1980 together with the Ricercar record label of Jérôme Lejeune. The founding members were violinist François Fernandez, organist Bernard Foccroulle, and viola da gamba player ...

. He was president of the

Jeunesses musicales Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) is the largest youth music non-governmental organisation in the world, created in Brussels, Belgium in 1945, with the mission to "enable young people to develop through music across all boundaries". JMI ha ...

, and in 1992, he was named director of the

Théâtre royal de la Monnaie The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National O ...

Works

* Resonance (for pipe and electronic organ), 1976 * Acousmie (for organ and synthesizer), 1980 * Tiento de diversos modes, 1982 * Sinforuen (for organ, bells and percussion), 1984 * Capriccio, 1986John Henderson - A directory of composers for organ1996 "Foccroulle B. b.1953 Belgium Bernard Foccroulle, writer and teacher, is director of the Brussels Opera. His compositions include Resonance 1976 (for pipe and electronic organ), Acousmie (for organ and synthesizer) 1980, Tiento de diversos"

References

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