Paul Danblon, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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composer, opera director and administrator, journalist
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About Paul Danblon
- Paul Danblon (25 July 1931 – 8 February 2018) was a Belgian composer, opera director and administrator, and journalist.
- He was one of the pioneers of scientific journalism on RTBF (Radio télévision belge de la communauté française).
- In 1954, after graduating in chemistry from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Danblon joined the RTBF current events programme, Carnets de l'Actualité.
- He went on to specialize in producing and presenting popular science programmes such as La Bouteille à encre, Connaître, and Le point de la médecine.
- He is the author of two books in the area: 150 ans de sciences (1830–1980) (Paul Legrain, Brussels, 1980) L'espace (Lombard, Brussels, 1964)Danblon has also had a parallel career in the arts.
- He studied composition at the Brussels Conservatory with Jean Absil and Marcel Quinet.
- His first work, a piano concerto, premiered in Moscow in 1954.
- His other compositions include: Les Troyennes (1954) - Oratorio to a libretto by Jean Le Paillot Cyrano de Bergerac (1980) - Opera composed for the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Belgian state, with Gabriel Bacquier in the title role.He joined the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège as a stage director in 1974, and in 1990 wrote the text for a musical entertainment performed by the company, Divertimento doux-amer de Mademoiselle Mozart.
- In 1992, he became the General Director of the Opéra Wallonie, a post he held until 1996. A prominent member of the Belgian Laïcité movement, he is the founder and president of the Centre Laïque de l'Audiovisuel.
- His book, Au bonheur de vivre: libres propos d'un mécréant (Éditions Complexe, 1999), traces the evolution of his religious philosophy which began with devout Catholicism and evolved into agnostic humanism.
- He has also written many articles and essays in this area, including: "La laïcité et les médias", La Pensée et les Hommes, 1985, pp.
- 66–75. "Le rationalisme est-il en crise?", La Pensée et les Hommes, 1991, pp.
- 153–159. "Europe, terre d'humanisme...
- De quel droit ", Espace de Liberté, 1997, pp.
- 17–28. "Des souris et des hommes", Belgique: toujours grande et belle, 1999, pp.
- 219–224.
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