Kris Defoort

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Belgium

Active from

1959-11-30

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

503

Total plays

2,454

Kris Defoort (°1959) is a major figure in the European jazz music and classical Opera scene. He created a highly individual musical language that redefines musical traditions in an original way. His music is characterised by the encounter between classical and jazz music, and between written compositions and improvisation. He studied early music and recorder at the Antwerp Conservatory (Barthold Kuijken, Koen Dieltiens, Jos Van Immerseel, Balderick Deerenberg) and jazz piano <a href="https://ww

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Kris

Gender

male

Citizenship

Belgium

Place of birth

Bruges

Occupation

librettist

Genre

opera

Instrument

piano

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