Fernand Terby - Performer

Fernand Terby (1928–2004) was a Belgian conductor and cellist, born in Brussels on 13 April 1928 and died there on 30 September 2004. He studied music theory, cello and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, winning a first prize for cello in 1948, and a chamber music prize and the Henri Van Cutsem Prize for cello in 1950. In the 1950s he gave cello recitals in Paris, Copenhagen, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, The Hague and Antwerp, and played tenor viol with the early music ensemble Pro Musica Antiqua on tours of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. In 1953 he won the conducting competition of the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie and became conductor of the orchestra of the Alhambra theatre in Brussels. He joined the Belgian public broadcaster in 1956 as conductor of its radio orchestra, took charge of its Variety and Festival Orchestra in 1963 and became first conductor of the BRT in 1966. In 1978 he was appointed permanent chief conductor of the BRT Filharmonisch Orkest (today the Brussels Philharmonic), a post he held until 1988, when he was succeeded by Alexander Rahbari. He also led the Koninklijke Harmonie Sinte-Cecilia 1807 in Halle (1959–1979) and taught orchestral conducting at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp (1972–1980). His repertoire ranged from classical music to operetta, musicals, jazz and light music, and he made many radio and television recordings of works by Flemish composers such as Frits Celis, Marc Matthys and Lodewijk Mortelmans. Source: Rondo DB


Usual Name	Fernand Terby
Ensembles	Brussels Philharmonic from 1978 to 1988
Links	Discogs , Wikipedia (Dutch) , BnF , Ronny De Schepper blog

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