Royal Conservatory of Brussels

The Royal Conservatory of Brussels (French Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, Dutch Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) is the most important Academy of Music and Drama in Belgium. It exists since 1813 and received in 1832 its present official title.

The Royal Conservatory of Brussels was founded as École Royale de Musique by a decree of King Wilhelm I.. After the Belgian revolution organized François -Joseph Fétis, who had been commissioned by King Leopold I in 1832, a college of music along the lines of the Paris Conservatoire.

The Conservatory in Brussels was originally housed in the palace of the Thurn und Taxis family. The present building in neo-Renaissance style, consisting of three wings, arranged around a courtyard, is the work of architect Jean -Pierre Cluysenaar and was built in 1872-1876.

In 1967, the division between the French-speaking " Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles " and the Dutch-speaking " Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel " was completed. The two institutions operate autonomously, the authorities are, however, in the same building. The Dutch-speaking part is connected since 1995, the Erasmus School of Brussels ( " Brussel Erasmushogeschool ").

In 1877 it was decided to affiliate the Conservatory a musical instrument museum, which developed the current musical instrument museum in Brussels.

Directors

Teachers and graduates of

Jean-Pierre Cluysenaer Marcel Poot Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
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