Michel Herr

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Michel Herr
Background information
Born	(1949-02-16) 16 February 1949 (age 75)
Origin	Brussels, Belgium
Instrument(s)	Piano, keyboards, composer, arranger
Years active	1970–present
Website	www.michelherr.com

Michel Herr (born 16 February 1949 in Brussels) is a Belgian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. In addition to releasing jazz albums, composing for jazz ensembles and touring widely as a performing musician, he has also composed scores for films. As a bandleader he founded several bands: Solis Lacus, Michel Herr European Quintet, Michel Herr & Unexpected Encounters. He is also a music producer.

In 2020 he was awarded the Prix Sabam for Culture – Compositeur de Jazz 2019 for his album Positive / Music for sextet and string quartet (Igloo Records, 2019).^[1]