Dirk Brossé
Category: | dirigent, componist, docent, hedendaagse componist, hedendaagse muziek, repertoire |
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Gent, 18.02.1960 | |
Genre(s): | 21ste eeuw / hedendaags, 20ste eeuw, filmmuziek |
Biography
Dirk Brossé, an internationally acclaimed conductor and award winning composer, is currently Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and Music Director of the Ghent Film Festival. He is also professor of composition and conducting at the School of Arts / Royal Conservatory of Music in his hometown Ghent, Belgium.
Dirk Brossé has guest-conducted many top orchestras, all over the world, among them, the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Vancouver Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Philharmonic Orchestras of Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Basel, Madrid, Birmingham, Ulster, Liverpool, Glasgow, Stavanger, Goteborg, Prague, Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Queensland, St Petersburg, Caracas, Hiroshima, Osaka, Munich, Dublin, Krakow, Budapest, Vancouver, and Los Angeles. In 2008 he made his first appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2016 he made his debut at the Carnegie Hall, New York.
Maestro Brossé is also a highly-regarded, award-winning composer, whose body of some 400 works includes concerti, oratorios, lieder, chamber music and symphonic pieces, as well as scores for cinema, television and stage, such as the Emmy-nominated score for the BBC/HBO series, Parade’s End. Other scores include Prince of Africa, Daens, Sacco & Vanzetti, Tintin, Rembrandt, Ben X, Pauline & Paulette, 14-18 and Scrooge.
Maestro Brossé’s versatility is evident in the works he has composed for age-old instruments from around the world, an enthusiasm that has led him to champion variety in repertoire and to integrate broad cultural traditions in his programmes for the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. His Pictures at an Exhibition, inspired by a series of paintings on display in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, was commissioned by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in 2015 and had its world premiere in Perelman Hall, followed by a performance in New York City’s Carnegie Hall.
Maestro Brossé is a versatile and creative performer with a keen interest in cinematic music; he is an early advocate of bringing movie scores to orchestral venues. He was chosen by John Williams to conduct the Star Wars in Concert World Tour in 2009, the first world tour of its kind. He is also director of The World Soundtrack Academy at the prestigious Ghent Film Festival.
He has made more than 100 CD recordings and has collaborated with world-class artists such as José Van Dam, Barbara Hendricks, Julia Migenes, Claron McFadden, Julian Lloyd Webber, Sabine Meyer, Alison Balsom, Salvatore Accardo, John Williams, Toots Thielemans, Gabriel Yared, Hans Zimmer, Elmer Bernstein, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Randy Crawford, Lisa Gerrard, Mel Brooks, Sinead O’ Connor, Maurice Jarre, Michel Legrand, Youssou N’Dour, Marcel Khalifé, John Malkovich. He has worked with directors Stijn Coninx, Frank Van Laecke, Susanna White and Roland Joffé, and with writers Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Seth Gaaikema and Didier Van Cauwelaert.
Dirk Brossé has been awarded the title Cultural Ambassador of Flanders, the Flemish Parliament’s Gold Medal for Merit, the Achille Van Acker Prize, the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award and the Global Thinkers Forum Award for Excellence in Cultural Creativity.
In 2013 he was elevated to Belgium’s hereditary nobility, with the personal title of Ridder (Sir). He is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts and, since 2018, also a Fellow in Arts & Humanities at the Brussels University VUB. His Majesty King Filip of Belgium recently awarded Dirk Brossé the Belgian Monarchy’s highest honour: Commander in the Order of Leopold.
Selective discography
Best Original Film Music Scores - Dirk Brossé (1995) soundtrack, Popular / light classical music Dirk Brossé, Dirk Brossé, Diverse uitvoerders |
Belgian Composers from West Flanders (1994) 20th century Henry Raudales, Het Nieuw Vlaams Symfonie Orkest, Roland Coryn, Willy Carron, Frédéric Devreese, Dirk Brossé |
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La soledad de America Latina (1992) 20th century, World / Ethnic BRTN Filharmonisch Orkest, Dirk Brossé, Dirk Brossé |
Demokratie - toekomst (1991) 20th century, Populair, Dutch folk & chanson Johan Verminnen, Tars Lootens, Ivan Meylemans, Dominique Vanhaegenberg, Dirk Brossé, Tars Lootens, Bert Candries, Dirk Brossé (...) |
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Musica Barocca per tromba e organo (1982) Baroque Dirk Brossé, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jo Van Den Durpel, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Michel Richard Delalande, Dietrich Buxtehude (...) |
Vlaamse Hedendaagse Muziek 20th century, 21st century / contemporary Claude Coppens, ChampdAction, Rolande Van der Paal, Vlaams Radio Orkest, HERMESensemble, Apsara, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Jan Michiels (...) |
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Live performance - Willy Soenen 20th century Henk Soenen, Brussels Philharmonic, Willy Soenen, Dirk Brossé |
Selectieve discografie als componist
Echoes (2011) 21st century / contemporary, 20th century, romanticism, classical crossover, Jazz Peter Verhoyen, Marc Matthys, Marc Matthys Trio, Eddie Daniels, Dirk Brossé, Georges Auric, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
From Belgium with love (2011) 20th century Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Dirk Brossé, Dirk Brossé, Jean Louel, Silveer Van den Broeck, Brussels Philharmonic, August Verbesselt, Wayne Bailey (...) |
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Transatlantisch Vriendschapsconcert 2011 (Red Star Line) (2011) classical Diverse uitvoerders, Dirk Brossé, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Georg Friedrich Händel, Luigi Boccherini, Bedřich Smetana, John Corigliano |
Dirk Brossé - A Portrait in Music (2010) 20th century Dirk Brossé, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dirk Brossé, Philharmonisch orkest van de BRT, Fernand Terby, Nieuw Belgisch Kamerorkest |
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Earth tones (2009) 21st century / contemporary Arco Baleno, Peter Verhoyen, Dirk Lievens, Kaat De Cock, Stefaan Craeynest, Jan Verheye, Ann-Sofie Vande Ginste, Annelies Boodts (...) |
Crazy diamonds - Claron sings Brossé (2009) 21st century / contemporary Claron McFadden, Dirk Brossé, Brussels Philharmonic, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dirk Brossé, Dirk Brossé |
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Berglicht (2009) 21st century / contemporary Musikkorps der Bundeswehr, Oliver Waespi, Karel Deseure, Leroy Anderson, Menno Bosgra, Dirk Brossé, Jan Rypens, Walter Ratzek (...) |
Daens - Na de film nu de musical (2008) musical Dirk Brossé, Dirk De Caluwé |
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From Io to Dandi (2008) 21st century / contemporary, 20th century Belgian Brass, Dirk Brossé, Jan Van Landeghem, Jan Van Der Roost, Wim Henderickx |
De Kavijaks - Originele muziek door Dirk Brossé (2007) soundtrack Dirk Brossé, Prima La Musica, Dirk Brossé |
Selectieve discografie als medewerker
Transatlantisch Vriendschapsconcert 2011 (Red Star Line) (2011) classical Diverse uitvoerders, Dirk Brossé, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Georg Friedrich Händel, Luigi Boccherini, Bedřich Smetana, John Corigliano |
La soledad de America Latina (1992) 20th century, World / Ethnic BRTN Filharmonisch Orkest, Dirk Brossé, Dirk Brossé |