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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

	Goeyvaerts Karel - amor[t] (2000) 20th century Jan Michiels, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Prometheus Ensemble, Vlaams Radio Orkest, ChampdAction, Ilse Duyck, Koen Kessels, Jan Michiels (...)		Bartók Béla - Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1999) romanticism Jan Michiels, Béla Bartók, Inge Spinette, Gert François, Bart Quartier
	Debussy Claude - Préludes, Images, Children's corner (1998) 20th century Jan Michiels, Claude Debussy		Brahms Johannes - Klavierstücke & Intermezzi opus 116 - 119 (1997) romanticism Jan Michiels, Johannes Brahms
	Goeyvaerts Karel - Works for piano (1964-1990) (1996) 20th century Paul De Clerck, Carlos Bruneel, Jan Michiels, Karel Goeyvaerts		Etudes pour piano I-XIV György Ligeti (1996) 20th century Jan Michiels, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Claude Debussy, Leos Janácek, Béla Bartók
	von Weber - Debussy - Benjamin - Poulenc (1994) 20th century, romanticism Jan Michiels, Henri De Roeck, Carl Maria von Weber, Claude Debussy, Arthur Benjamin, Françis Poulenc		Beethoven, Von Lannoy, Poulenc - Kamermuziek voor blazers (1992) 20th century, classicism Jan Michiels, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Quintessens, Eduard Freiherr Von Lannoy, Françis Poulenc
	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 (...)

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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