Julien Ghyoros

Julien Ghyoros was a Belgian composer and orchestral conductor. He was born as Julien Gogos on 18 November 1922 in Liège, Belgium, a son of Jeanne Dehairs and Konstantinos Gogos. He used the name Julien Ghyoros for professional purposes, and in 1969, he adopted it as his legal name. He died on 9 August 1978 in Brussels at the age of 55.

Biography

Early life and education

Born from a Belgian mother and an American father of Greek origin (Alexandria, Egypt), he grew up in his native city where he was a chorister up to the age of 13 at the Liège Opera and studied Cello, Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, and the Art of Conducting an Orchestra.

Family life

In 1958 he married Nora Van Moerbeke (1937-2018); together they had three children: Gregory (1959), Patricia (1961) and Nicolas (1974).

Musical maturity

At the age of 24 he composed the "American Rhapsody" (in memory of his father he never knew) as well as "Rocking child song particularly soft". For many years he conducted the Opera of Liège as well as the International Musical Youth Orchestra. Most of his life was dedicated to Opera and Chamber music.

Teaching

As professor at the Conservatoire royal de Liège and later at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles he taught Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, Orchestra classes, and the Art of Conducting to students from Belgium and other countries.

Final years and death

A few years before dying, he composed the "Sonate d'Irchonwelz", a viola concerto for his wife who was viola soloist at the National Orchestra of Belgium, as well as some piano pieces called "Greg et Pat".

Compositions

• Rhapsodie américaine
• Rocking child song particularly soft
• Greg et Pat
• Conte à l'enfant au berceau
• Concerto d'Athènes: pour alto et piano
• Ballada pour violon et piano
• Sonate d'Irchonwelz: en trois mouvements

External links

• Tour with Mlle Gobert
• Concert in Liège, performance of Conte à l'enfant au berceau
• List of compositions
• http://www2.ulg.ac.be/le15jour/Archives/139/cimi.shtml
• http://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_193381/de/copie-de-cimi-l-orchestre-a-cordes-de-l-universite
• Correspondence with Edmond Kinds
• Julien Ghyoros conducts the National Orchestra of Belgium, music by Francis De Bourguignon and Gaston Brenta
• Julien Ghyoros conducts the National Orchestra of Belgium, music by Marcel Poot
• Julien Ghyoros conducts the Opera of Liège, music by René Barbier
• Julien Ghyoros conducts the National Orchestra of Belgium, music by Eugène Ysaye, Raymond Moulaert
• Julien Ghyoros conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, music by Sergei Prokofiev, René Driesen
• Julien Ghyoros conducts the brass instruments of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, music by Léon Jongen, Raymond Moulaert, Richard Deguide, Gaston Brenta, Joseph Jongen and René Defossez (Album "Fanfares")
• List of concerts, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
• The first concert of the Opera of Liège
• List of concerts in Worldcat.org