Conferenzieri             Voyage 7: May 26 – June 10, 2005     Dr. Patrick Baton Musician, conductor, professor of conductors at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Liege, Patrick Baton is holder of the aggregation of Philisophy and Letters from the University of Liege.  He is considered as one of the most knowledgeable expert of Jacques Brel’s works.  He has published many works on Jacques Brel (Jacques Brel, L’imagination de L’impossible,   Ed. Labor, Bruxelles, 2003; Brel au Maroc, Ed. La Croisee des Chemins, Casablanca, 2003, Jacques Brel: quelque accessible etoile d’un univers sonore, in Le Carnet et les Instants, Bruxelles, 2003…).   He participated in many events and international colloquiums on the artist.  He directed and recorded the revival of the musical comedy “L’homme de la Mancha”, with the baritone Jose van Dam in the main role, with the French arrangement of Jacques Brel.  He has also been director of 10 radio programs “Brel, aimer jusqu’a la dechirure” for the 20th anniversary of Jacques Brel’s death, for the Community of French Speaking Public Radios (Radio et Television Belge Francophone, Radio Suisse romande, France Inter, Radio Canada).