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Jan Michiels

Since being a laureate in the Brussels Queen Elizabeth competition 1991 Jan Michiels has been known for his very personal and multi-layered approach to the piano repertoire, combining old and new in always changing perspectives. Numerous recordings testify his activity - to quote a few, 'Lost in Venice with Prometheus', 'The War of the Romantics' or 'Slavic Soul' (all published by Fuga Libera) contain music from Bach till today seen from the position of a performer composing his programs through a continuous dialogue with living music history. Jan Michiels worked indeed closely with composers such as a.o. G.Kurtág, H.Holliger, H.Lachenmann, K.Goeyvaerts, K.Huber, R. Groslot and K.Defoort. One of his main inspiration sources is Luigi Nono, who stood at the centre of his doctorate in the Arts 'Teatro dell'Ascolto' (2011)

He regularly performs in prestigious venues all over Europe and Asia. Apart from the 'ritual recitals' mentioned above he realized several complete cycles such as all Beethoven Sonatas, all works from the 2nd Viennese School, all Debussy, all Bartok, all Brahms (piano solo and chamber music with piano). As a chambermusician he worked with numerous soloists and ensembles - with Inge Spinette he forms the piano duo YinYang. He worked with conductors such as D.Angus, S.Asbury, S.Baudo, S.Blunier, A.Boreycko, S.Edwards, P.Eötvös, P.Herreweghe, H.Holliger, R.Groslot, G.Guerrero, O.Kamu, J.Latham-Koenig, J.Märkl, I.Meylemans, Y.Nézet-Séguin, K.Ono, J.Phillips, L.Pfaff, A.Rahbari, P.Rundl, E.Siebens, M.Soustrot, D.Stern, M.Tabachnik, A.Tamayo, L.Zagrosek and H.Zender with orchestras such as a.o. Brussels Philharmonic, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Berliner Symphoniker, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Ensemble Modern, Prometheus Ensemble, Champ d'Action, Solisti del Vento, Ensemble Recherche, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Besides of that he has been an active collaborator with choreographers such as A.T. De Keersmaeker, Sen Hea Ha and V.Dunoyer.

He studied with A.Matthys (Brussels) and H.Leygraf (Berlin). As a pedagogue himself he conducted numerous masterclasses in a.o. Hamburg, Murcia, Szombathely, Budapest, London, Strasbourg, Montepulciano and Lisbon. He is currently Professor in the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and guestprofessor in the Universität der Künste Berlin. 

Selective discography

	Hommage à R.Sch. (2006) 20th century, romanticism Jan Michiels, Benjamin Dieltjens, Tony Nys, Robert Schumann, György Kurtág		De Boeck - Huybrechts - Wauters (2006) romanticism Guido De Neve, Jan Michiels, August de Boeck, Christian-Adolphe Wauters, Albert Huybrechts
	Diabelli-Variations (2006) romanticism Jan Michiels, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Carl Czerny, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Franz Liszt, Ignaz Moscheles, Simon Sechter (...)		...Quasi una Fantasia... (2005) 20th century Jan Michiels, György Kurtág, Inge Spinette, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert
	Arnold Schönberg - Alban Berg - Anton Webern & Eduard Steuermann (2005) 20th century Jan Michiels		César Franck - Ernest Chausson (2005) 20th century, romanticism Jan Michiels, Ernest Chausson, Spiegel Strijkkwartet, César Franck
	Haydn Joseph - Die sieben letztzen Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (2004) classicism, 20th century Jan Michiels, Joseph Haydn, György Kurtág, Leos Janácek		From the diary of Béla Bartók (2004) 20th century Jan Michiels, Béla Bartók, Girolamo Frescobaldi, François Couperin, Henry Purcell
	George Enescu - Sonatas for Cello and Piano (2004) 20th century Jan Michiels, Georges Enesco		Guillaume Lekeu - Chamber music (2004) romanticism Jan Michiels, Spiegel Strijkkwartet, Guillaume Lekeu

Author of

	Teatro dell' Ascolto (2017) Klassiek Jan Michiels		Pianist Jan Michiels
	Over moderne piano's en post-moderne pianisten

Selectieve discografie als medewerker

	Robert Groslot - Concertos for Piano, Cello and Harp (2019) 20th century Robert Groslot, Robert Groslot, Brussels Philharmonic		Claude Debussy / Marius Constant (2018) romanticism, 20th century Lore Binon, Claude Debussy, Marius Constant, Yves Saelens, Pierre-Yves Pruvot, Tijl Faveyts, Angélique Noldus, Camille Bauer (...)
	Luigi Nono / Paulo De Assis (2018) 20th century Luigo Nono, Peter Rundel, Paulo de Assis, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Léo Warynski		Antonin Dvorák & Leos Janácek: Slavic Soul (2017) romanticism Jan Michiels, Antonín Dvořák, Leos Janácek
	Duo Yin-Yang, Bohemian-Hungarian Rhapsody (2013) romanticism Johannes Brahms, Yin-Yang Piano Duo, Antonín Dvořák		A guide to musical instruments (vol II) 1800-1950 (2013) romanticism, Baroque, 20th century Diverse uitvoerders, Paul Dombrecht, Diverse componisten, Octophoros, Jos van Immerseel, Ricercar Consort, Anima Eterna Brugge
	Monument (2012) 20th century, romanticism, Baroque Johann Sebastian Bach, Yin-Yang Piano Duo, Béla Bartók, György Kurtág		Cara Klara 3 (2006) 20th century, romanticism, classicism, Baroque, early music, opera Diverse uitvoerders, Diverse componisten
	Schönberg Arnold - Verklärte Nacht (2004) 20th century Prometheus Ensemble, Arnold Schönberg

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