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Program Symphony: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Berlioz (bear-lee-ohz) was a French composer whose father was a doctor; to please his father, he went to medical school, but he spent more time going to concerts and to the theatre than studying medicine. Berlioz played flute and guitar, but is best known as a composer and orchestrator. As a student at the Paris Conservatory, he tried several times to earn the prestigious Prix de Rome, finally winning in 1830. During his medical school days, Berlioz attended performances of an English theatrical troupe. Hamlet was part of their repertory, and Hector became infatuated with the actress who played Ophelia. This was really a fixation on the character as played by Harriet Smithson, since Hector had not yet met the actress. (Imagine your own fantasies about your favorite actor!) Despite this infatuation, Berlioz became engaged to another woman before he went off to Rome to work...

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