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- Willem Breuker dies after disease
[posted 23 July 2010]The well-known Dutch musician and composer Willem Breuker has died, 65 years old. He had been ill for some time.
Breuker was an important figure in the international improvised music scene. He founded his own orchestra in 1974. This "Willem Breuker Kollektief" was one of the first ensembles in The Netherlands that brought improvised music for a big audience. The orchestra played around the whole world.
Breuker has won many music prizes,among which the VPRO/Boy Edgar Prize in 1993.
[Source: www.limburger.nl]
- "Ehrenurkunde" for Dutch composer Breuker
[posted 23 October 2005]Dutch composer and jazz musician Willem Breuker has received an "Ehrenurkunde" in Berlin, connected with the "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik". He received that price because, as a composer, record producer, and clarinet and saxophone player, he has contributed to the development of improvised music in Europe.