Philip Douglas Broadhurst (26 June 1949 – 24 April 2020) was a New Zealand composer,

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pianist, music lecturer and radio presenter.

Education

Broadhurst has a master's degree from

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, completed in 2007. His thesis examined the music of French jazz pianist

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Career

Broadhurst hosted the ''Art of Jazz'' programme on

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for more than 20 years. From 2000 until 2016, Broadhurst was Head of Jazz Studies at the

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's Albany campus in Auckland. The 2011 album ''Delayed Reaction'' was a tribute to Michel Petrucciani and was reviewed favourably in the ''

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''.

Honours and awards

In the

2001 Queen's Birthday Honours The Queen's Birthday Honours 2001 was announced on 16 June 2001 for the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland), New Zealand (4 June), Australia (11 June), Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sa ...

, Broadhurst was appointed a

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, for service to jazz music. At the

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in 2016, Broadhurst won ''Jazz Tui'' for the third album ''Panacea'' from his Dedication trilogy.

Personal life

Broadhurst lived in

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with his wife Julie Mason. He died on 24 April 2020, aged 70.

Discography

* ''Sustenance'', 1982 * ''Iris'', 1985 * ''Sustenance 3'', 1987 * ''Live at The London Bar'', 1993 * ''Delayed Reaction'', 2011 * ''Flaubert’s Dance'', 2013 * ''Panacea'', 2015

References

External links

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Phil Broadhurst Quartet
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Broadhurst, Phil 1949 births 2020 deaths APRA Award winners New Zealand composers Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Massey University alumni