Eugene Goossens

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Eugene Goossens was a prominent 20th-century British conductor and composer known for leading major orchestras and championing contemporary music.

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Eugene Goossens canonical 4
Goossens 1

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instanceOf British person
composer
conductor
human
citizenship United Kingdom
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1893-05-26
dateOfDeath 1962-06-13
educatedAt Royal College of Music
employer New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
familyName Goossens
linked to: Eugene Goossens
father Eugène Goossens II
fieldOfWork classical music
contemporary music
genre chamber music
choral music
orchestral music
givenName Eugene
instrument violin
memberOf Goossens musical family
movement 20th-century classical music
notableFor championing contemporary music
conducting premieres of modern works
notableWork Concertino for Double String Orchestra
Oboe Concerto
Phantasy Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
The Apocalypse
Variations on a Theme of Purcell
occupation composer
orchestral conductor
violinist
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Hillingdon
positionHeld chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor of the Queen’s Hall Orchestra
conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music
residence London
linked to: London, England

Rochester, New York
Sydney
sexOrGender male
sibling Léon Goossens
Marie Goossens
Sidonie Goossens
studiedUnder Charles Villiers Stanford
Lucien Capet

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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra notableConductor Eugene Goossens
subject linked to: CSO
Eugene Goossens familyName Goossens
linked to: Eugene Goossens