FRANCIS de BOURGUIGNON plays Grieg "Album Leaf, op. 28 no. 3"

Album Leaf, op. 28 no. 3 (Edvard Grieg)
Chantal de Luxe 1216 (mx C 5217, recorded late 1922)
FRANCIS de BOURGUIGNON, pianist

Francis de Bourguignon (29 May 1890, Brussels, Belgium – 11 April 1961, Brussels) was a Belgian music educator, composer and pianist.
Bourguignon studied at the Royal Conservatory in his hometown Brussels, with such eminent teachers as Edmond Tinel, for fugue, and Paul Gilson, for orchestration. Following his piano teacher, the great virtuoso Arthur De Greef, he pursued a career as a pianist.
He was the accompanist of singer Clara Clairbert and violin virtuoso Eugène Ysaye. From 1915 to 1920, he was regular accompanist to singer Nellie Melba. After numerous tours that took him all over the world, de Bourguignon began composing. He again took lessons from master Paul Gilson and joined The Synthetits group as the eldest member.
Bourguignon taught harmony and counterpoint at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels until 1955 and became director of the Music Academy of Anderlecht. He also worked as a music critic for New York’s Musical Courier. Works for orchestra (several symphonic poems, a symphony, and a concerto grosso), piano works, chamber music, choral pieces and film music soon earned him international renown.