A member of a distinguished musical dynasty, Eugene Goossens studied first at the Bruges Conservatoire in Belgium, then at the Liverpool College of Music, England 1904-6. Later he studied at the Royal College of Music with 'Charles Villiers Stanford' 1907-12. After a brief period as a violinist with the Queen's Hall Orchestra, Goossens turned to conducting. Having conducted both orchestral music and opera while assistant to Sir Thomas Beecham, he went on to conduct the Rochester Philharmonic Orc...
Read more: Imdb