Alfred Kowalsky (1879-1943)
Alfred Kowalsky est le fils d’un pâtissier, le beau-frère de Pol Clemen et l’oncle de Céline Clemen. Il suit des cours de musique auprès de Gustav Kahnt avant de fréquenter…
Alfred Kowalsky est le fils d’un pâtissier, le beau-frère de Pol Clemen et l’oncle de Céline Clemen. Il suit des cours de musique auprès de Gustav Kahnt avant de fréquenter…
The composer of the national anthem, Jean-Antoine Zinnen (1827-1898) was born in Neuerbourg, a part of the Eifel that the Treaty of Vienna of 1815 had assigned to Prussia.His father,…
Born in 1965 in Tokyo, Osamu Yaguchi began studying the violin at the age of 3. At the age of 10, he obtained the 1st Prize of the Musical Competition…
Jules Krüger was born in Luxembourg, in 1899. After studying violin, piano and harmony at the city's conservatory, he continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Liège with notably…
Born in the Vosges, Olivier Dartevelle studied music in Remiremont, his hometown, then in Nancy before joining the National Conservatory of Paris in the class of Guy Deplus while pursuing…
Détail Raymond Clement René Mertzig was born on August 11, 1911 in Colmar-Berg into a family of musicians. He took piano, violin and music theory lessons at the Luxembourg Conservatory,…
portrait detail Raymond Clement Lou Koster received lessons in music theory, violin and piano from her grandfather Franz Ferdinand Bernhard Hoebich, the first conductor of the Luxembourg military band. According…
Henri Pensis was born in Luxembourg to Belgian-Luxembourgish parents on November 3, 1900. He attended his first violin lessons at his hometown’s Conservatoire. At the young age of thirteen ,…
Edmond de la Fontaine (1823 – 1891), better known by his pen name of Dicks, was a Luxembourgian jurist, poet, and lyricist, known for his work in the Luxembourgish language. He…
Claus Krumlovsky was born in Luxembourg in 1930 where he started to study piano, saxophone, theory, harmony, counterpoint and fugue. He continued his musical studes from 1952 to 1955 at…
Nicolas Schuh was born on March 26th, 1910 in Mertert and received his first music lessons in solfège, piano, violin and organ from his father. He was also taught piano…
Jules Krüger was born in Luxembourg, in 1899. After studying violin, piano and harmony at the city's conservatory, he continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Liège with notably…
Jean-Pierre Schmit was born on September 21, 1904 in Breitweiler. At the age of six he received violin, piano and harmony lessons from his father. Discovered by Dominique Heckmes, he…
Jean-Pierre Beicht was born on 22.4.1869 in the Grund district of Luxembourg-city. Very early the young man was attracted by music and he also decided very early on to become…
Peter Alois Barthel was born on 4.10.1852 in Luxembourg. He was initially a teacher at the boys Normal School in Esch / Alzette, then studied Humaniora in Echternach and Luxembourg…
Jean-Pierre Kemmer was born on December 8, 1923 in Luxembourg, in a family where music occupied a very important place. This certainly explains his early talent, his studies at the…
The Luxembourg cathedral choir publishes, as part of its 175th anniversary, certain musical works closely related to religious services. These works by Pol Albrecht, Pierre Barthel, Jean-Pierre Beicht, Heinrich Oberhoffer,…
Born in 1972 in Luxembourg’s industrial south, Pierre shows an early attraction to music and starts his classical training while still a child. After a short attempt on the violin,…
Born in the Vosges, Olivier Dartevelle studied music in Remiremont, his hometown, then in Nancy before joining the National Conservatory of Paris in the class of Guy Deplus while pursuing…
For its 175th anniversary the Luxembourg Cathedral choir and Luxembourg Music Publishers took the joint initiative to publish a series of important compositions by its successive conductors. The publication of…
Born in Dudelange in 1916, he studied clarinet, violin, harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatory of Luxembourg and at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. In 1937 he joined the Luxembourg…
Martin Folz studied at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken (organ, vocal and choral conducting - diploma with Volker Hempfling). As a member of the Stuttgart Chamber Choir (Conductor: Frieder Bernius) he developed…
Après un Master en piano de l’Académie de Musique de Minsk, Tatsiana Zelianko entreprend des études d’écriture et d’analyse musicale au Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, pour devenir compositrice.…
Born in Paris, Françoise Wiltgen-Béasse began studying piano at the age of 10 years. Noticed and encouraged by the pianist Yuri Bukov at the Bach competition where she was a…
Roland Wiltgen was born in Differdange/Luxembourg. He started his musical training at the Conservatoire de musique of Esch-sur–Alzette while at the same time pursuing his classical secondary school education. Next…
Born in 1962 Jeannot Sanavia begins his musical studies at the Conservatoire in Esch/Alzette . He studies Double Bass with Jean Poppe and continues in Brussels in the class of…
Marcel Reuter is a composer and pianist who focuses on chamber music, a genre that reflects his idea of music as an intimate medium of communication. His works have been performed…
Albena Petrovic is a Luxembourgish composer of Bulgarian origin. Born in Sofia in 1965, she got her Master in Composition and music writing and her final diploma as a concert…
French-American musician, born in Paris, he musically grew up in Italy where he studied piano, composition and opera singing but also musicology improving his knowledge of musical paleography and musical…
Born 23.1.1949 in Luxembourg. Studies a.o. at the "Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique" in Paris and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (piano, chamber music, composition). Since 1978 more than 100…
Laurent Menager (1835–1902) was a Luxembourg composer, choirmaster, organist and conductor who is often referred to as Luxembourg's national composer. He founded the national choral association Sang a Klang (1857)…
Claude Kraus was born in Luxembourg in 1988 and began his musical studies at the Conservatoire du Nord in Ettelbruck, where he took piano lessons with Stefano Evangelista. In 2009,…
Camille Kerger first studied trombone, singing and composition at the conservatories of Luxembourg and Metz (France), before concentrating on singing at the Universities of Mannheim and Düsseldorf, where he obtained concert…
Jérôme Kauffmann started to draw his musical path at the age of eight with cello studies at the Conservatory of Esch- sur-Alzette (Luxemburg). After having been trained by André Navau…
Singing - what a wonderful activity! Sing together: even better! As natural as the vocals may be, it still requires a minimum of care and organisation. This is where INECC…
Carlo Hommel received first organ lessons from his father. At the age of 12 he became an organist in his home town of Bissen, with which he remained connected all…
Jeannot Heinen was born on December 25th 1937 in Luxembourg and died on March 6th 2009. His studies led him to the Conservatory in Luxembourg, at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken and…
Luc GRETHEN was born on 1st December 1964 in Luxembourg. There he studied composition, orchestration and conducting at the conservatory in Luxembourg city, as well as oboe and English horn at…
Johny Fritz was born on 14th December 1944 in Aspelt (Luxembourg). He studied music at the conservatories of Luxembourg, Brussels and Nancy (clarinet, chamber music, history and analysis, composition and…
Walter Civitareale is a musician with a very distinct personality; this applies to the beliefs he holds and the direction he has given to his career. He started taking piano…
Edmond Cigrang was born in Diekirch, July 7, 1922. Although the family moved to Remich, a nice and small town of the Luxembourg Moselle, he went back to his native…
Born in Luxembourg on the 25th of August, 1955. Musical studies at the „Conservatoire de Musique“ in Luxembourg (piano and trombone) as well as at the „Conservatoire National de Région“…
Dafydd Bullock was born in 1953 in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Cymru (Wales). A composer, conductor, arranger and teacher, he graduated in Music (University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of…
Nima Azarmgin was born in 1975 in Tehran, Iran. In 1986, his family moved to Luxembourg where Nima grew up. As a teenager, he learned guitar on a self-taught basis…
Nik Bohnenberger was born in Bech/Luxembourg on the 19th of January 1994. At the age of five, he began his musical education by taking up the French Horn. In 2009…
Born in Madrid, November 1983. Spends his childhood in Valverde del Jucar, village of the central provincial of Cuenca in Spain.In 1993 a small school of music is founded in…