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Dirk, Knight Brossé is a Belgian conductor and composer. He has composed over 200 works, including concerti, oratorios, lieder, chamber music and symphonic works. Brossé has also composed extensively for stage, cinema, television. His score for the BBC/HBO series Parade's End (2012) was nominated for an Emmy Award. Dirk Brossé is currently music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and of the Ghent Film Festival. John Williams chose him as Principal Conductor of the Star Wars in Concert World Tour. Brossé is also professor of composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. Dirk Brossé has conducted international orchestras, both at home and abroad. Amongst them, the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic orchestra, Vancouver Opera, Opéra National de Lyon, BBC Concert Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Basel, Madrid, Porto, Birmingham, Ulster, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Queensland, St Petersburg, Los Angeles and Boston. In 2008, he made his first appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2010, at the request of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, he wrote The Hallow-e'en Dances. This Halloween-inspired work is especially written for age-old, traditional Chinese instruments. Brossé recently composed Haiku Cycle 1, written for Jessye Norman and based on Haiku by Herman Van Rompuy.
Top Tracks
- 1
Twilight (Bella's Lullaby)
Carter Burwell - Music For Film
- 2
Motion (Live with ONL)
L(oo)ping (Live with ONL)
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O Verona (From "Romeo + Juliet")
Craig Armstrong - Music For Film
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The Hanging (From "Plunkett & Macleane")
Craig Armstrong - Music For Film
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Balcony Scene (From "Romeo + Juliet")
Craig Armstrong - Music For Film
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Bora Vocal (Live with ONL)
L(oo)ping (Live with ONL)
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Vous Aimez Ces Couleurs? (From "À l’origine")
Cliff Martinez - Music For Film
- 8
The Green Head (From "The Underneath")
Cliff Martinez - Music For Film
- 9
Lissa’s theme (From "Best Laid Plans")
Craig Armstrong - Music For Film
- 10
The Man Who Wasn't There (The Trial of Ed Crane)
Carter Burwell - Music For Film
