Born in London, May 26, 1893
Died in Hillingdon, Middx, June 13, 1962
- Sir Eugene Goossens was a conductor who began his career as an assistant to Sir Thomas Beecham.
- Goossens was a prominent conductor of opera in England, he directed the Cincinnati SO, Rochester SO and Sydney SO, and was instrumental in planning the Sydney Opera House.
- Goossens was of Belgian extraction. Both his father and grandfather were also named Eugene Goossens and both were conductors in Belgium.1
Sources
- Stephen Banfield, “Goossens, Sir (Aynsley) Eugene,” Grove Music Online (2002), accessed October 10, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000003511.