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Bram De Looze
Bram De Looze (born 23 January 1991) is a Belgian jazz pianist who trained at the Lemmensinstituut and at the School of Jazz (The New School), New School For Jazz and Contemporary Music (New York), under the tutelage of Uri Caine, Marc Copland, and Reggie Workman. Career Solo projects Piano e Forte (2017) After paying a visit to Chris Maene’s collection of pianofortes, De Looze started a project using three such instruments, approaching their historical position from a contemporary viewpoint. Intrigued by the old pianos, their temperaments and moods, De Looze approaches them from a contemporary musical idiom. Each piano possesses its own unique sound, which is of primary importance in this project. In search of challenges, De Looze effortlessly plays with time and space, evoking different moods in order to eventually form a harmonious whole. Improvisation is one of De Looze's strong suits and is, of course, an important part of this project as well. He keeps in mind the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knokke-Heist
Knokke-Heist (; french: Knocke-Heist) is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heist-aan-Zee, Knokke, Duinbergen, Ramskapelle and Westkapelle. On January 1, 2006 Knokke-Heist had a total population of 34,063. The total area is 56.44 km² which gives a population density of 603 inhabitants per km². Knokke-Heist is located along the North Sea in a polder area on the Belgian border with the Netherlands. It is Belgium’s best-known and most affluent seaside resort. History Middle Ages Originally, the marshy Zwin area was mostly settled by shepherds and fishermen. With the encouragement of the Counts of Flanders, several dikes were built between the 11th and the 13th century and the land successfully dewatered, giving rise to agriculture and further sheep breeding. New parishes were founded and the early settlement of Sint-Anna-ter-Muiden, later made part of Westkapelle, obtained city rights in 1242. The strateg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |