World Music 
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Barend Schipper was raised in a postmodern,
intercultural family which placed a high value on music composition, theatre
and philosophy.
His mother is born in Curacao, the Dutch Caribbean, and lived there till
the age of 20. She received her piano lessons from the national composer Sjon
Jacobo Palm, a friend of Arthur Rubinstein. So, from early childhood on, Barend
heard the joyous and melancholic piano and dance music of the Caribbean.
In 1983 he composed the Suite
Polynésienne, integrating original Polynesian music with postmodern orchestra
and soprano.
He studied composition in Brussels, Amsterdam, Helsinki and Budapest.
During his period in Turku, Finland (1984-1987) and his period in
Budapest (1988-1990) he studied the shift from ancient Asian music to ancient
European music, which occurred in the Byzantium within Eurasian cultures.
Throughout the years he studied musical styles from various cultures and
made these styles his own.
Music fragments:
Some examples are the following (click on the title to
listen):
For optimal expression, please use head
phones or connect your PC with your hifi set.
Polynesian music: Suite Polynésienne
(fragment)
02:30 min. / 3,44 MB / MP3
Antillean music: Curacao Waltz (with his
Trio Bernardo)
0:47 min. / 3,13 MB / MP4 Video
Latin American music: Rumba Wawanco (with his
Trio Bernardo)
2:26 min. / 9,98 MB / MP4 Video
Spanish music/ Andalucian music: Variations de Flamenco (fragment)
01:36 min. / 1,75 MB / MP3
Asian music (Chinese, Japanese,
Balinese, etc.): Chinese fragment
01:41 min. / 1,54 MB / MP3
Hungarian music: Kletzmer Ungarica
(fragment)
01:27 min. / 1,32 MB / MP3
Russian music: Danse Russe de Nijinski
(fragment)
01:29 min. / 1,36 MB / MP3 [page up]
African music:
Piano solo: Chansons africains (fragment)
01:07 min. / 1,02 MB / MP3
piano and vocal: African scatting
song
02:28 min. / 2,25 MB / MP3
02:17 min. / 2,09 MB / MP3
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