Brendan Walsh (5)
Настоящее имя: Brendan Walsh (5)
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Composer, conductor, cellist and DJ born in England (°1979), raised in Belgium, currently residing in Amsterdam. "Born in England, bred in Belgium, trained throughout Europe and now living in Amsterdam, Brendan may well be named borderless. For years he has combined this geographical exploration with a journey through disciplines, genres, audience groups and times, never minding the traditional borders between high and low, old and new, day and night, haves and have nots. It makes of him the perfect broker between the classics, the heritage of the future and those who wish to build it, listen to it or barely dare to look at it. “Brendan opens doors, eyes and ears in a sassy and entrepreneurial fashion by smartly using conventions – mixing them unexpectedly – and breaking them with the same ease. This way he not only contributes to the classical metier but also generates a renewed interest, with the classical music rave as a telling example.” (Maarten van Boven, director of Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam) Brendan is also director of the strategic marketing company BRENDING, connecting Arts to Business and Consumers. Amongst his clients are the European Commission Representation Office, European Choral Association, TEDx, Rabobank, City of The Hague, Netherlands Reisopera, Flanders Philharmonic and Piranha Music. He claims to have no real job, but lots of work as a cellist, conductor, classical music deejay, consultant, lecturer, presenter and producer of events that break with etiquette, such as the Classical Music Rave where audiences dance all night to - indeed - classical music. People call him a music innovator, classical music mutineer, an Indie-Classical expert, a one-man revolution or just ‘professor’ when lecturing about cultural entrepreneurship at various international art and music colleges or in the pub. In 2015 Brendan was awarded a global fellowship from ISPA, the International Society of Performing Arts . In the same year he also received a year-long residency from the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts."