Pierre Borel

Pierre Borel is a saxophonist and composer, working in the field of improvised and experimental music. Since 2006 he is residing in Berlin taking part of the high flow of ongoing creativity that is centered there. He has performed in most european countries, Japan, Russia and USA and is a regular playmate of Joel Grip, Hannes Lingens, Derek Shirley, Christian Lillinger, Axel Dörner, Tobias Delius to name a few.
He obtained a master degree at the Jazz Institute in Berlin in 2008, and continues questioning sound and composition through his studies in electro-acoustic music.
Together with Florian Bergmann and Hannes Lingens, he was running the Umlaut Berlin collective that in recent years released a great number of records and organized four festivals of improvised music.

Bands




Albums

Scores

    Presse

    Agenda - Pierre Borel

    01 October 2023
    Umlaut Big Band

    AERI, Montreuil (FR)
    More info 11 October 2023
    Die Hochstapler

    Radio show, SWR2 (DE)
    More info 20 October 2023
    Die Hochstapler : This is just to say

    Die Hochstapler with Mat Pogo, Cristina Vetrone & Antje Vowinckel
    Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen (DE)
    More info 25 November 2023
    Die Hochstapler

    House of Music, Berlin (DE)
    More info 17 December 2023
    Umlaut Big Band

    Théâtre de Chelles, Chelles (FR)
    More info 14 January 2024
    Umlaut Big Band

    Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi, Choisy-le-Roi (FR)
    More info 15 March 2024
    Umlaut Big Band

    L’Hectare, Vendôme (FR)