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Grand Rapids Symphony
Grand Rapids Symphony
American community supported orchestra in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1
John Ireland
John Ireland
British composer and teacher of music
2
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
German composer
3
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
English conductor and composer
4
Nigel Clarke
Nigel Clarke
British composer and musician
5
Gerard Schwarz
Gerard Schwarz
American conductor
6
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
7
Edmond Dédé
Edmond Dédé
American composer
8
Joly Braga Santos
Joly Braga Santos
Portuguese composer
9
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Canadian orchestra
10
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
American orchestra based in Pittsburgh
11
Peter Maxwell Davies
Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductor
12
Ruth Gipps
Ruth Gipps
English composer, oboist, pianist and impresario
13
Leif Segerstam
Leif Segerstam
Finnish conductor and composer
14
Camargo Guarnieri
Camargo Guarnieri
Brazilian composer
15
John Harbison
John Harbison
American composer
16
Arnold Bax
Arnold Bax
English composer and poet
17
Richard Mills
Richard Mills
Australian conductor and composer
18
Peter Oundjian
Peter Oundjian
Canadian violinist and conductor
19
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber
American composer (1910-1981)
20
Pekka Kuusisto
Pekka Kuusisto
Finnish musician
21
Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène Ysaÿe
Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
22
Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Ginastera
Argentine composer
23
Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt
Swedish conductor
24
Charles Munch
Charles Munch
French musician
25
Hubert Clifford
Hubert Clifford
Australian-born British composer and conductor
26
William Alwyn
William Alwyn
English composer, conductor, and music teacher
27
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
orchestra
28
Henk Badings
Henk Badings
Dutch composer born in Java
29
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
30
David Diamond
David Diamond
American classical composer (1915-2005)
31
Charles Groves
Charles Groves
British conductor
32
André Previn
André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
Désiré Defauw
conductor, violinist

Désiré Defauw

Intro
conductor, violinist
Awards Received
honorary doctorate at the Laval University
Music

Désiré Defauw (5 September 1885, Ghent, Belgium – 25 July 1960, Gary, Indiana, United States) was a Belgian conductor and violinist.

During World War I he became a refugee, working in London where he performed at the Wigmore Hall, performing John Ireland's Violin Sonata No. 2 with the composer at the piano.

He was professor of conducting at the Brussels Conservatory and was the first conductor of the Orchestre National de Belgique from 1937. He left Belgium for North America in 1940 and was music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1941 to 1952 and also music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1943 to 1947. In 1947 he recorded the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the CSO and Mischa Elman as soloist. Defauw, who later served as music director of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 1954 to 1958, also was a composer.