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Henri Peiffer (born 26 September 1995;
In January 2017, he received the Pure (Belgian radio) Newcomer Award at the D6bels Music Awards. In September 2017, he was honoured by the Walloon Brabant province during the Orchid Ceremony, winning an "Orchid" in the Culture category for having contributed to the profile of the province of Walloon Brabant. In October 2017, he received the International Newcomer of the Year Award at the Fun Radio DJ Awards during the
Brussels
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), known professionally as Henri PFR, is a Belgian DJ, musician and composer.
Early life and career
From the age of six, he spent nine years training in classical piano and studying musical theory. It was around the age of fourteen that young Peiffer first became interested in electronic music. He posted his first mixtape ''Summer Memories'' online on the "La Belle Musique" YouTube channel which, with more than 70 million views, caught the attention ofArmin van Buuren
Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren ( , ; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted ''A State of Trance'' (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40&nbs ...
's Armada label, with which he signed his first two singles, including "Tarida".
He has collaborated with German producer Robin Schulz
Robin Alexander Schulz (; born 28 April 1987) is a German musician, DJ and record producer. On 4 February 2014, he released the first single from his debut album, a remix of "Waves" by Dutch hip hop artist Mr. Probz. This remix later received ...
, for whom he remixed the track "Sugar
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". Together they produced "Wave Goodbye", a song which is featured on Robin Schulz's album ''Sugar
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'', released in 2015. Peiffer's music was later released on Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...
, featuring "One People", "Home" and in October 2016, "Until the End", which remained at the top of the Belgian charts for several months and went platinum in Belgium.
In January 2017, he received the Pure (Belgian radio) Newcomer Award at the D6bels Music Awards. In September 2017, he was honoured by the Walloon Brabant province during the Orchid Ceremony, winning an "Orchid" in the Culture category for having contributed to the profile of the province of Walloon Brabant. In October 2017, he received the International Newcomer of the Year Award at the Fun Radio DJ Awards during the Amsterdam Dance Event
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is a five-day electronic music conference and festival held annually in mid-October. The event, organised by The Amsterdam Dance Event Foundation, offers a full programme of daytime conferences at ADE Pro, ADE Tech ...
.
Discography
Charted singles
References
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* Musicians from Brussels Belgian DJs Belgian electronic musicians Deep house musicians Tropical house musicians 1995 births Living people Electronic dance music DJs {{Belgium-musician-stub