Paul Lebrun

Composer Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun[1] (21 April 1863 – 4 November 1920)[2] was a Belgian composer and professor at the Ghent Conservatory, who won the Belgian Prix de Rome for music in 1891.

In 1891, in his late twenties, he won the Belgian Prix de Rome for music, with his cantata Andromeda.

In 1890, he had become a professor of music theory at the Ghent Conservatory and conductor of the "Orphéon" at Cambrai.

Works include: the opera La Fiancée d'Abydos (Ghent, 1897), orchestral compositions, and choruses.

Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun died on November 4, 1920, in Louvain (Leuven, Belgium).