Philippe BALESTRIERI was born on the 28th January 1967 in Remicourt a small village in the east of France.
Since his tender age ,philippe has always been fascinated by the great musicales of Vangelis and Elvis Costello.
His musical backgound is very original, this songwriter, composer and singer had not discovered his talent until his arrival in paris in 1993. On his arrival in paris his friend Stephane BATIGNE was his first musical contact. Stephane being a proffesional guitarist and keyboard player on seeing the musical potential in philippe, he was able to convince him in to getting himself serious in piano playing of which Philippe fitted easily.
Philippe then met Arnaud de BUCHY a professional sound engineer, songwriter and composer with whom he colaborated in a project of five Lounge albums which were then edited by Le Regard Sonore in the year 2002.
During this same period the duo finally became a trio with the presence of a kenyanne artist SOLIA GRACE, the musical touch of soul in Solias voice gave philippe a new vision, as in composing in a totally different style: Soul, jazz and trip hop music, and thus composing her first album AFTER MOMENT with the participation of Arnaud de BUCHY.
Currently Philippe is working on Solias second album and at the same time he composes for other artists namely; Mark Kruguer, Romaric Horde, Max Yala and Ras Naya amongst others.
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CLIP: "All this time"; COMPPOSER: Philippe Balestriéri; WRITER: Solia Grace & Philippe Balestriéri; REALISATION & MONTAGE CLIP: Philippe Balestriéri
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CLIP: "Kenya my land"; COMPOSER: Philippe Balestriéri; WRITER: Solia Grace; REALISATION & MONTAGE CLIP: Philippe Balestriéri
