Bernard Foccroulle
Illustration — Bernard Foccroulle Bernard Charles M. Foccroulle (born 23 November 1953) is a Belgian organist, composer, conductor and opera director.
Bernard Foccroulle
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- Born
- 1953 · Liège.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- organist · composer · conductor · university teacher · musician · opera director
- Fields
- performing arts · opera
- Education
- Royal Conservatory of Liège
- Teachers
- Gustav Leonhardt
- Honours
- Officer of the Walloon Merit · honorary citizen of Brussels · Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold · Officer of Arts and Letters · Officer of the Legion of Honour · honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Bernard Foccroulle Bernard Charles M. Foccroulle (born 23 November 1953) is a Belgian organist, composer, conductor and opera director.
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Bernard Foccroulle studied at Royal Conservatory of Liège. Training under Gustav Leonhardt is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is performing arts and opera. Employment is recorded with Royal Conservatory of Liège and Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Walloon Merit, honorary citizen of Brussels, Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and Officer of Arts and Letters.
He was born in Liège and studied at the Conservatoire de Liège. Initially, he became known as a member of the Ricercar Consort. He was president of the Jeunesses musicales, and in 1992, he was named director of the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie.
Works
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, 1986
Bernard Foccroulle at the organ at the start of his concert of 19-09-2004.
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- 1.Discographie Bernard Foccroulle. 2015-10-19.
- 2.PASSERELLES. Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence. 2015-10-19.
- 3.Académie du Festival d'Aix. Académie.
- 4.enoa.
- 5.Bernard Foccroulle quittera le Festival d’Aix-en-Provence fin 2017. Le Monde.fr.
- 6.Bernard Foccroulle : « Si j’écris un opéra, j’appliquerai toutes les recommandations que j’ai pu faire aux autres ! » Forum Opéra. www.forumopera.com.
- 7.Une reconnaissance unanime de la qualité artistique du Festival d'Aix. Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence. 2015-07-21.
- 8.« Bernard Foccroulle nommé conseiller pour l’édition 2025 du Festival d’Aix » sur ResMusica, 7 mai 2025.
- 9.RESEO. www.reseo.org.
- 10.Opera Europa. www.opera-europa.org.
- 11.Theresa Kachindamoto, docteure honoris causa de l’UCLouvain : 'Je ne veux plus de mariages forcés de filles'. RTBF.
- 12.Bernard Foccoulle reçoit le prix du leadership aux International Opera Awards. Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence. 2017-05-09.
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