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The '''Royal Conservatory of Brussels''' is a [[drama]] and [[music]] [[college]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in [[Belgium]] such as [[Josse De Pauw]], [[Luk van Mello]] and [[Luk De Konink]]. |
The '''Royal Conservatory of Brussels''' is a [[drama]] and [[music]] [[college]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in [[Belgium]] such as [[Josse De Pauw]], [[Luk van Mello]] and [[Luk De Konink]]. |
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Adolfe Sax, inventor of the saxophone also was a music student at the Brussels Conservatory where he came up with the idea of the alto saxophone. |
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In 1967, it was split from the [[Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles]], which continued teaching in [[French language|French]]. |
In 1967, it was split from the [[Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles]], which continued teaching in [[French language|French]]. |
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Revision as of 09:04, 26 September 2010
The Royal Conservatory of Brussels is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink. Adolfe Sax, inventor of the saxophone also was a music student at the Brussels Conservatory where he came up with the idea of the alto saxophone.
In 1967, it was split from the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles, which continued teaching in French.
The Building
The current Royal Conservatory building consists of three wings arranged around a courtyard, the work of architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaer, built to his designs between 1872 and 1876.
The style is neo-Renaissance, influenced by the Lescot wing of the Louvre. The right wing contains an ornate concert hall. The decorative program of the facade is very elaborate, with five separate pediment sculptures (Instrumental Music by Liège sculptor Adolphe Fassin, Orchestration by Charles van der Stappen, Composition by Antwerp sculptor Frans Deckers, Performing Arts by Antoine-Félix Bouré, and Poetry by Tournai sculptor Barthélemy Frison) and other incidental work including garlands, caryatids, palm trees and musical instruments by sculptors Georges Houtstont, Paul de Vigne, Antoine-Joseph Van Rasbourgh, Auguste Braekevelt, and Egide Mélot.
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