Guillaume Lekeu

[1] He originally studied piano and music theory under Alphonse Voss, the director of the brass band at the local conservatory.

[2] In 1892, d'Indy introduced Lekeu to Octave Maus, then secretary of Brussels-based Le Cercle des XX.

Lekeu's string quartets were inspired by Beethoven, and exposure to Wagner's operas at Bayreuth influenced his approaches to melody.

In general, Lekeu is regarded as a highly talented composer whose death cut short a promising musical career.

Lekeu composed about 50 works and left a number of unfinished compositions at the time of his death.

The first time the Piano Sonata in G minor was completely performed live by pianist Paweł Albiński in Kraków, Poland on 20 August 2014.