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Birth: Aug 5, 1966 in The Hague, The Netherlands
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 a broad musical scope between pop, jazz, dance and classical music..
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, Berlin, Umbria, Chicago, Cape Town, 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.
CD's, DVD's, Concert-tours, Miscellaneous & Awards
1966: Born in the Hague 1985: NOS composition prize for scholars 1992: Cum Laude graduation at the Hilversum Conservatory 1992: Winner of the Europe Jazz Contest, and Prize for Best Soloist 1992: First CD Michiel Borstlap Sextet "Day Off 1994: First concert at North Sea Jazz Festival, than 12 years in a row 1995: CD Michiel Borstlap Sextet "The Sextet Live 2CD 1996: Winner Thelonious Monk Award, Washington DC USA 1997: Composition Michiel appears on CD Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter 1997: CD Michiel Borstlap Trio (Residence) 1997: Bird Award Nomination 1998: CD Bennink/Borstlap/Glerum (3) 1999: Michiel signs with VERVE (Universal) 1999: Bird Award Nomination 1999: CD Michiel Borstlap (Body Acoustic) Edison Nomination 2000: CD Michiel Borstlap (LiveLine) feat. Jimmy Haslip Edison Nomination 2001: CD Michiel Borstlap 'Gramercy Park 3CD' Edison Nomination 2003: Commissioned by the Emir of Qatar, Michiel composed the first arabic Opera ('Avicenna') in World History 2003: Gig at North Sea Festival with Pat Metheny 2004: CD Michiel Borstlap 'Piano Solo | Standards' Edison Nomination 2004: Concerts in Vienna, Tokyo, France, & Chicago 2004: Back catalogue reissues in Japan by 55 Records (fall 2004) 2004: DVD & CD Bill Bruford/Michiel Borstlap (Live in Holland) 2005: CD Michiel Borstlap Trio "COFFEE & JAZZ" (GPM), also in Japan (55 Records) 2005: Score for 3 movies of American Director/Editor Barry Alexander Brown 2005 Sponsor-contract with Cadillac, renewed sponsor-contract with United Airlines 2005: Sponsor-contract with Dutch fashion designer Hans Ubbink 2005: Two songs of Michiel are selected to appear in the legendary New Real Book 2005: Nominated for Esquire's 'Best Dressed Man 2005' 2005: Founder and President of Gramercy Park Music (Record Label & Production House) 2005: Regular guest at Dutch TV show 'Goedemorgen Nederland' 2005: Concerts in US, Tanzania, Turkey, & Hungary 2005: Concerts in Canada, & Russia 2006: Release of his first book, Opera in Qatar 2006: Formation of a new Dance project HUBBA,together with Reinder van Zalk (EARFORCE) 2006: Concerts in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Norway, Mali,, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Germany, France, & The Netherlands
www.michielborstlap.com/
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