Palle Mikkelborg
Biographie Palle Mikkelborg
Palle Mikkelborg
is one of Denmark’s most influential and original jazz musicians. As a child, he received lessons in playing trumpet, but apart from that he is self-taught. He has been inspired by jazz musicians such as Miles Davis, George Russell and Gil Evans but also by composers such as Ravel, Messiaen and Charles Ives.
Since the 1960s he has challenged the musical conventions with his personal trumpet playing, ambitious orchestrations and compositional crossover projects. Mikkelborg has his own both lyrical and dramatic style. A lot of his music has a very spacious character, which is also reflected in his use of unusual orchestrations and electronics. Furthermore, his compositions have a spiritual quality to them, as can be heard in Going to pieces without falling apart (2002) or My God and my All (1991).
Mikkelborg’s name is known far beyond Scandinavia, and his international co-operations include the famous Aura, written for and recorded with Miles Davis.
Mikkelborg is characterized by, among other things, his very personal trumpet playing, his use of electronics in his playing and his many cross over projects. And not least his insistence on the spiritual dimension not only in music, but in life.
Mikkelborg was appointed honorary Professor in connection with the AWARENESS concert in Musikhuset Aarhus on 31 August 2013, where Mikkelborg played together with top musicians from Denmark, Iran, Mali and Syria – and with a huge selection of academy students in all musical genres.
