# Fernand Quinet

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**Fernand Quinet** (29 January 1898 - 24 October 1971) was a Belgian cellist, conductor, and composer. A native of [Charleroi](/source/Charleroi), he studied music theory in the city of his birth prior to enrolling in the [Brussels Conservatory](/source/Brussels_Conservatory); there, his instructors included [Edouard Jacobs](/source/Edouard_Jacobs) for cello and Léon Dubois for composition.[1] He also studied under [Adolphe Biarent](/source/Adolphe_Biarent).[2] Much of his career was dedicated to teaching and conducting; from 1924 until 1938 he led the conservatory in Charelroi, and in the latter year succeeded [François Rasse](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rasse) as the director of the [Royal Conservatory of Liège](/source/Royal_Conservatory_of_Li%C3%A8ge), in which role he remained until 1963. In 1948 he founded the [Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège](/source/Orchestre_Philharmonique_de_Li%C3%A8ge), whose principal conductor he was until 1965.[1] From 1916 he was a member of the [Pro Arte Quartet](/source/Pro_Arte_Quartet), but he ceased playing the cello in 1923.[3] As a composer, Quinet produced relatively little music; his output consists mainly of songs and [chamber pieces](/source/Chamber_music), but includes some orchestral music as well.[1] His cantata *La guerre* received the [Prix de Rome](/source/Prix_de_Rome_(Belgium)) for 1921.[3]

## References

1. Nicolas Slonimsky (1988). [*The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians*](https://books.google.com/books?id=6Og6AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1007). Schirmer Books. p. 1008. ISBN 978-0-02-872411-9.

1. ["Adolphe Biarent | Connaître la Wallonie"](http://connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be/fr/wallons-marquants/dictionnaire/biarent-adolphe#.YCrPU3lOmUk). *connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be*. Retrieved Feb 15, 2021.

1. Vanhulst, Henri (2014). ["Quinet, Fernand"](https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000022708). *Grove Music Online*. [doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.22708](https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.22708). ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved Feb 15, 2021.

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