Boulevard
Artist : Michiel Borstlap Date : 2006.07.08
Genre : Jazz Length : 19
About Boulevard:
On the 5th till the 14th of august in 2005 the festival Boulevard took place. This festival is a artistic festival in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and has an international programme consisting of more than 70 different productions. 27 of these will be presented for the first time during the festival, with a considerable number having been created exclusively for the festival. In total, the festival will offer more than 400 performances, concerts, films and visual art projects.
Biography:
Award winner Michiel Borstlap is one of today’s most celebrated musicians, regularly performing on renowned stages across the globe. Over the past decade, the pianist and composer has gained international acclaim for his original music and his highly communicative interpretations of modern jazz piano. Borstlap won the prestigious Thelonious Monk Award 1996, which brought him his first major international audience. Applauded at festivals in New York, Sydney, Beijing, Tokyo, Vienna, CapeTown, London etc. for his musical skills and flamboyant virtuosity of the piano, Borstlap also is renowned for his compositions which has been performed and recorded by artists such as Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter and Bill Bruford. Borstlap composed, commissioned by the Emir of Qatar, the world's first Arabic Opera (Opera Avicenna), which premiered in Qatar, 2003, and was televised for an audience of 300 million viewers. In 2005 Michiel has been invited to compose scores for three movies, all directed by Barry Alexander Brown. www.michielborstlap.com
