Adolphe Biarent
Born: 16th October 1871, Frasnes-lez-Gosselies, Belgium
Died: 4th February 1916, Mont - Sur - Marchienne, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Adolphe Biarent was a Belgian composer, conductor, cellist and music teacher.
Biarent studied at the conservatories of Brussels and of Ghent, and was a pupil of Émile Mathieu. He won a Belgian Prix de Rome with his cantata Oedipe à Colone in 1901, after which he remained near his home in Charleroi, composing, conducting and teaching (or more accurately, engaging in pedagogy, for example the writing of manuals as well).
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