Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles

Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles 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. Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, also studied at the Brussels Conservatory.

In 1967, the institution split into two separate entities: the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, which teaches in Flemish, and the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, which continued teaching in French.

Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles

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.

Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles

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.

Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles

Courses Offered

• Undergraduate Programs
• Graduate Programs

Contact Details
Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
Rue de la Régence 30
Brussels
1000 Brüssel
Tel: +32 (2) 511 04 27
Fax: +32 (2) 513 95 50
Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles official Website: http://www.conservatoire.be/