Alie Apper is a Belgian classical saxophonist who is well-known as a former member of the Saxophone Quartet of Belgium ("La Quatuor Belge de Saxophones"). The quartet made its American

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 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.

La Quatuor Belge de Saxophones members in 1970

• Francois Daneels, soprano saxophone
• Alfred Jacquet, alto saxophone
• Elie Apper, tenor saxophone
• Jean Cunche, baritone saxophone

From 1972 to 1974, Apper served as visiting lecturer at the University of North Texas College of Music

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. He also was once a faculty member of the Flemish Conservatory and a soloist with the Flemish Radio and Television Orchestra and the King's Royal Guard Band

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of Brussels.