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Erik Bosgraaf with WROCLAW BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Erik Bosgraaf is generally considered to be one of the world’s leading recorder players, and he is definitely the most adventurous. He improvises, plays jazz, utilizes electronics and likes working with people in other areas of artistic endeavour such as cinematography (Werner Herzog, Paul and Menno de Nooijer). His repertoire extends from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to tomorrow’s music. Bosgraaf’s recording of Jacob van Eyck’s Der Fluyten Lust-hof set a new standard and led to his international breakthrough. Many other hits followed, mainly for the Brilliant Classics label. Around 100 pieces have been composed for him, among which are 12 concertos. In 2011, Pierre Boulez gave him permission to adapt his clarinet composition Dialogue de l’ombre double for the recorder. The world premiere of this new version took place in the sold-out main auditorium of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw; the CD was recorded in 2015. Arvo Pärt allowed him to perform a concertante recorder version of Fratres, which had its world premiere in the composer’s hometown of Tallinn.
In the summer of 2023 he will make his appearance at the prestigious Boston Early Music Festival and the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany. Bosgraaf is a visiting professor at the Cracow Music Academy (Poland), Amsterdam Conservatoire (Netherlands) and Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), and gives masterclasses all over the world. He received the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2009, and the Netherlands Music Prize in 2011.
Founded in 2006 by Andrzej Kosendiak, the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra (WBO) is a resident ensemble of the Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music (NFM), one of the few cultural institutions in Poland boasting its own baroque orchestra playing historical instruments.
In the summer of 2023 he will make his appearance at the prestigious Boston Early Music Festival and the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany. Bosgraaf is a visiting professor at the Cracow Music Academy (Poland), Amsterdam Conservatoire (Netherlands) and Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), and gives masterclasses all over the world. He received the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2009, and the Netherlands Music Prize in 2011.
Founded in 2006 by Andrzej Kosendiak, the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra (WBO) is a resident ensemble of the Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music (NFM), one of the few cultural institutions in Poland boasting its own baroque orchestra playing historical instruments.
Saturday 11 Nov 2023
St Michael & All Angels Blackheath, United Kingdom, London SE3 9JL
6 pm£18-30
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