Elie Apper (born 1933) is a Belgian classical saxophonist who is well known as a former member of the Saxophone Quartet of Belgium ("Le Quatuor Belge de Saxophones").[1] The quartet was founded in 1953 and made its American debut December 9, 1970, in Fort Worth with the Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth. The Quartet was founded by Francois Daneels, who was a professor of saxophone at the Brussels Conservatory.[2]
Elie Apper and Norbert Nozy, saxophones; Helene Luyten, piano and organ; Brussels Youth Orchestra; Hendrik Rycken (1928–2003), conductor; OCLC682026940
Recorded at the Brussels Academy, November 1975 and July 1976
François Daneels, soprano saxophone; Clovis Liénard, alto saxophone; Elie Apper, tenor saxophone; Jean Cunche, baritone saxophone
Récital de clarinette; Récital de saxophone; Quatuor Belge de Saxophones,Alpha DB-94 (LP) (1973); OCLC20397506
Pierre de Leye, clarinet, Renée Stoefs, piano (in works 1-3); Cappelle Claudine, piano (in works 4-5)
Belgium Saxophone Quartet (in the last work): : François Daneels, soprano saxophone; Clovis Liénard, alto saxophone; Elie Apper, tenor saxophone; Jean Cunche, baritone saxophone
Belgium Saxophone Quartet (in the last work): : François Daneels, soprano saxophone; Alfred Jacquet, alto saxophone; Elie Apper, tenor saxophone; Jean Cunche, baritone saxophone
Side A
Fantaisie Caprice, for saxophone and piano, by Jean Absil (1893–1974)
"The European International Saxophone Symposiums," by Elie Apper, The Saxophone Symposium (journal of the North American Saxophone Alliance), Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring 1980; pps. 18–19; ISSN0271-3705
Elie Apper writes on his experiences and the history of the International Saxophone Symposium
