Obituaries Longtime arts supporter Michael O’Brian died on Oct. 6. Born in Penticton, B.C., in 1941, O’Brian served as a volunteer director of numerous arts organizations in Vancouver and beyond, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Opera, Museum of Anthropology, the National Art Gallery of Canada, and Emily Carr University. Belgian pianist, composer, and conductor François Glorieux died on Sept. 23 at the age of 91. The honorary professor of music at the Royal Music Conservatory of Ghent and Yale University presented upward of 6,000 concerts, and composed approximately 300 pieces during his career. Russell Sherman, the American pianist and…