Pirly Zurstrassen

In addition to being an accomplished jazz pianist, Pirly Zurstrassen is also a Professor of jazz piano, harmonic dictation, and reading interpretation at the Royal Brussels Conservatory (since October 1990). Almost entirely self-taught, Zurstrassen was awarded a Saxe award by the Belgian Jazz Press in December 1988 for his CD H. Further releases followed -- 1989's Life's Circle, 1992's Hautes Fagnes (H Septet), 1993's Duo (Zurstrassen and Daniel Stokart), 1995's Horizons Azur (H Septet), and 1999's Schaller, List, Zurstrassen, as Zurstrassen also composed music for television ...