Paul Lebrun
Composer Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun was a Belgian composer and professor at the Ghent Conservatory, who won the Belgian Prix de Rome for music in 1891. Life and work. Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun was born on April 21, 1863 in Ghent, Belgium. He studied as a pupil at the Ghent Conservatory. In 1891, in his late twenties, he won the Belgian Prix de Rome for music, with his cantata "Andromeda". He also won first prize of the Belgian Academie, for a symphony. In 1890, he had become a professor of music theory at the Ghent Conservatory and conductor  of the "Orphéon" at Cambrai. In 1895, Lebrun also became conductor of the "Cercle artistique" at Ghent. He was an officer of the Legion of Honor. Works include: the opera "La Fiancée d'Abydos" (Ghent, 1897), orchestral compositions, and choruses. Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun died on November 4, 1920 in Louvain (Leuven, Belgium).