Philippe Boesmans

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Philippe Boesmans (17 May 1936 - ) is a Belgian composer.

He was born in Tongeren, studied at the Conservatory in Liège, and in 1971 won the Prix Italia for his composition Upon La-Mi. He currently works as a producer for the radio station RTBF and is composer in residence at La Monnaie.

[edit] Operas

*La Passion de Gilles (1983)

*Reigen (after La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler) (1993)

*Wintermärchen (after The Winter's Tale) (1999)

*Julie (after August Strindberg's Miss Julie) (2005)

[edit] Selected other works

  • Violin Concerto (1980)
  • String Quartet no. 1 (1988)
  • Love and dance tunes for baritone and piano (settings of some of Shakespeare's sonnets) (1993)
  • Summer Dreams, String Quartet no. 2 (1994)
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