Philippe Boesmans (17 May, 1936 - ) is a Belgian composer. He was born in Tongeren, studied at the Conservatory in Liège, and in 1971 won the Prix Italia for his composition Upon La-Mi. He currently works as a producer for the radio station RTBF and is composer in residence at the La Monnaie opera house in Brussels.
Operas
- La Passion de Gilles (1983)
- Reigen (based on La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler) (1993)
- Wintermärchen (based on The Winter's Tale) (1999)
- Julie (based on August Strindberg's Miss Julie) (2005)
Selected other works
- Violin Concerto (1980)
- String Quartet no. 1 (1988)
- Love and dance tunes for baritone and piano (settings of some of Shakespeare's sonnets) (1993)
- Summer Dreams, String Quartet no. 2 (1994)
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