Famous Belgians - Music

Toots Thielemans, world-famous jazz musician
Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt, inventor of the two-finger guitar playing technique
Helmut Lotti, international pop singer
Plastic Bertrand, punk/rock singer of 'Ca Plane Pour Moi' fame
Herman Schueremans, organiser of the famous annual Werchter Rock Festival
Jacques Brel, legendary chansonnier / singer
Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone
Arthur Grumiaux, eminent violinist
Koen Wauters, leadsinger of the popular band "Clouseau"
Raymond van het Groenewoud, singer
Gilles Binchois, 15th century composer
Jef Denijn, campanology expert
César Auguste Franck, composer and organist
Orlando di Lasso, composer
Ivan Heylen, Flemish singer
Bobbejaan Schoepen, Flemish singer and owner of "Bobbejaanland" (real name Modest Schoepen)
Eddy Wally, world-famous Flemish singer also known as "The Voice of Europe"
Josquin des Prez, composer
Eugène Ysaýe, violinist, conductor and composer
Dani Klein, lead singer of Belgium's most successful band "Vaya Con Dios" (sold 10 million CD's)
Will Ferdi, singer and first Belgian personality to announce he is gay (real name Werner Ferdinande)
Henri Vieuxtemps, violinist and composer
André Grétry, composer
Cyprien de Rore, Belgian composer who produced the first score for voices
Esther Lambrechts, singer better known as "La Esterella"
Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer
Charles-Auguste de Bériot, violinist
Peter Benoit, composer and founder of the Royal Flemish Conservatory
Sandra Kim, youngest ever winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
Will Tura, Flemish singer (real name Arthur Blanckaert)

This list is by no means complete and I am finding more Famous Belgians every week. If you know of any that are not on the list, please send me a brief e-mail message. Thank you.

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