François Glorieux

Life & Legacy

François Glorieux (27 August 1932 – 22 September 2023) was a Belgian pianist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and academic teacher who performed internationally. As a pianist, he received the Harriet Cohen International Music Award in 1967, toured in Germany and Austria with conductor André Cluytens, and later focused on improvisation. He conducted orchestras such as the BBC Radio Orchestra, bands such as Stan Kenton's, and four ensembles that he founded. As a composer, he wrote music for his groups, and arrangements for Michael Jackson, among others. He taught as director of the International Piano Master Class in Antwerp from 1972, and internationally, both as a guest at universities and in school concerts.