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Joseph Dupont (violinist)

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Joseph Dupont (13 January 1838, Ensival, Verviers - 21 December 1899, Brussels) was a Belgian violinist, leader and theatre director.

Life

He studied the violin at the Liège and Brussels conservatoires and won a Prix de Rome for composition in 1863. After a four-year study trip around Europe, he was made leader of the Warsaw opera house in 1867 and of the Imperial Theatre of Moscow in 1871.

He returned to Brussels in 1872 and settled there as prfoessor of harmony at the Conservatoire and leader of the orchestra at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. He also co-directed La Monnaie from 1886 to 1889 with Alexandre Lapissida, as well as often directing the orchestra at London's Royal Opera House. A few month before his death, he was made a member of the Académie royale de Belgique.

Preceded by director of the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie
1886-1889 		Succeeded by

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