Joseph Dupont (violinist)

Joseph Dupont
Joseph Dupont
	Violinist & Conductor Joseph Dupont
Background information
Born	3 January 1838; Ensival, Verviers
Died	21 December 1899 (aged 61); Brussels
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	violinist, leader, theatre director (manager) and conductor
Instruments	Violin
Years active	fl. ca. 1863–1889

Henri-Joseph Dupont (3 January 1838 – 21 December 1899) was a Belgian violinist, leader, theatre director (manager) and conductor. The pianist Auguste Dupont was his brother.

Life

Dupont was born in Ensival, Verviers. He studied the violin at the Liège and Brussels conservatoires and won a Belgian Prix de Rome for composition in 1863. After a four-year study trip around Europe, he was made leader of the Warsaw Opera House in 1867 and of the Imperial Theatre of Moscow in 1871.

He returned to Brussels in 1872 and settled there as professor of harmony at the Conservatoire and leader of the orchestra at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. He also co-directed La Monnaie from 1886 to 1889 with Alexandre Lapissida, conducting performances starting from 1872/73 season, as well as often conducting the orchestra at London's Royal Opera House. A few months before his death in Brussels, he was made a member of the Académie royale de Belgique.

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References

Joseph Dupont in La Monnaie digital archives

Preceded by Henry Verdhurdt	director of the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie 1886–1889	Succeeded by Stoumon and Calabresi

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