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The Choeur de Chambre de Namur (founded 1987) is a choir based in
Namur Namur (; ; ) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is the capital both of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namur stands at the confl ...
, which is sponsored by the Communauté française de Belgique. Since 2010 the artistic director has been Leonardo García Alarcón and conductor of the instrumental ensemble is Guy Van Waas. The choir has worked with many visiting conductors: Louis Devos,
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, Simon Halsey,
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, Michael Schneider,
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Christophe Rousset Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conducting, conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on Authentic performance, period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and ...
, and Eduardo López Banzo. The choir has a baroque instrumental ensemble,
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which works exclusively in session under the direction of invited conductors or the current chief conductor Guy Van Waas.Robert Wangermée, ''Guide du chant choral en Wallonie et à Bruxelles'' Conseil de la musique Communauté française de Belgique. 2003 "Les Agrémens (Orchestre Baroque de Namur) Conçu initialement comme un complément indispensable au Chœur de ... Il travaille exclusivement en sessions, sous la direction de chefs invités ou de son chef principal, Guy Van Waas."


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Belgian choirs Musical groups established in 1987 {{Belgium-band-stub