Over the past decade, pianist and composer, Michiel Borstlap 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.
The Michiel Borstlap Band has proviously toured with vocalist Trijntje Oosterhuis and Edsilia Rombley and is currently on tour with Gino Vannelli. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.