The Flagey building and the Queen Elisabeth Music Contest
On 9 May 2022, the Queen Elisabeth Music Contest starts at the Flagey in Brussels. Due to a number of cancellations, a total of 66 of the 68 selected candidates will appear in the first round. In this recital, each cellist will perform a Boccherini sonata with cello accompaniment, the first movement of Ysaÿe's Sonata for solo cello and a modern work with piano accompaniment, chosen by the candidate from Phantasiëstuck by Paul Hindemith, Nocturne by André Jolivet and the first two movements of Pohádka by Leoš Janáček. The Flagey building The Flagey Building, designed by Joseph Diongre after winning a competition launched in 1933, was opened in 1938. The competition was launched to create a building to house the first national broadcaster in Belgium, the National Institute for Radio Broadcasting (French: Institut National de Radiodiffusion or INR, Dutch: Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep or NIR) (1930–1960). Famous architects Henry van de Velde and Victor Horta were member