Michel Bisceglia

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MICHEL BISCEGLIA trio ”Michel Bisceglia’s artistry, prowess and vocabulary at the piano delivers a well versed slant on the traditions of modern jazz. He has taken an astute look at all the masters of his instrument and developed a uniqueness, all his own. I highly recommend the Michel Bisceglia trio. Our audience loved him.”
- JOHN NUGENT Rochester International Jazz Festival
Pianist, composer and arranger Michel Bisceglia is one of the most important and most vigorous musician from Belgium. He worked with the greatest Belgian and a serial of international artists. Rarely we can hear him with his own pure jazz trio with his own music. However the Michel Bisceglia trio is pure lyrical style and great class. On their first cd “About Stories” he had the privilege to work with Randy Brecker and Bob Mintzer. Michel Bisceglia took his time to develop its most personal project. Since 1997 he recorded only three cd's with his trio, but they played on world-famous jazz festivals as the Rochester International Jazzfestival (USA), and the Guimaraes Jazz Festival (Portugal) with Dewey Redman, Ulverston Music Festival in UK. The three CD’s are one after the other masterpieces, exercises in subtilized meditations on intangible melodies.
The latest trio CD "INNER YOU" reduce the so typical inner playing to a profound simplicity. With ingredients lend to film music, the arrangements are homogeneous and melodious, whereas they remain rooted in the jazz. An environment which brings about on the one hand a serene rest and on the other it speaks to a strong imagination. The adult inner game between the virtuosity and the musical roots of Michel Bisceglia, accentuates the character of its music.
A typical characteristic of Michel Bisceglia is working with artists outside the jazz world. In a coproduction with DJ Buscemi a new album was recorded with live ensemble. This album release is planned in September 2008 on Blue Note Records
Michel Bisceglia, born in Belgium on January 4, 1970 to a family of Italian origin, was introduced to music very early in life by his brother, who was a musician as well. Although, he began playing the keyboard by age 6, his formal training began at age 12 on classical piano. A few years later he switched to modern piano and by his second year in high school, Michel knew that he wanted a life dedicated to music and began an intense daily practice regimen at the piano. Early on in his development, Bill Evans, Lennie Tristano and Keith Jarrett were important piano influences. While access to the music of Mozart, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky he inspired his compositional and orchestral instincts. After few years of extensive self-study he began working as an composer, arranger, conductor and producing records.
ALBUMS
MICHEL BISCEGLIA trio - 'About Stories' featuring Randy Brecker and Bob Mintzer (BMG/rcaVictor 1997)
MICHEL BISCEGLIA - 'The night and the music' (Culture Records 2002)
MICHEL BISCEGLIA trio - 'Second Breath' (Prova Records 2003)
MICHEL BISCEGLIA trio - 'Inner You' (Prova Records 2007)
BUSCEMI featuring MICHEL BISCEGLIA ENSEMBLE - 'Jazz Works' (Blue Note 2008)
WORKS
- 1993 soundtrack: The Lost (short film directed by Jaco Groen).
- 1999 soundtrack: Symfollies 32 episodes (3D animation directed by Ives Agemans).
- 2005 musical: Our people makes the difference (directed by Stan Colders).
- 2005 soundtrack: Nutros (3D animation directed by Zooom).
- 2006 concerto: Play Concerto (3 part Concerto for DJ and symphonic orchestra).
- 2008 musical: Ik ben op jou (written by Wally De Doncker, directed by Hugo Segers).
- 2008 soundtrack: Vertov, the man with the movie cam. With DJ BUscemi.
- 2009 soundtrack: La Vita Di Marina (feature film directed by Stijn Coninx).
FACTS/OTHER
- Nominated for a ZAMU MUSIC AWARD (best musician) in 1997 and 1999.
- Formed his own symphonic orchestra in 2004 PROVA SYMFONICA
- As a producer worked on more then 35 full album recordings.
- Written about 300 works for symphonic orchestra, big bands, choir, and string quartets.
- Conducted the orchestras
Prova Symfonica (Belgium)
The Royal Flemish Filharmonic (Belgium)
Japan Symfonia Orchestra (Japan)
Orquestra Nacional do Porto (Portugal)
Limburgs Symfonisch Orkest (Netherlands)
Dogus Cocuk Senfoni Orkestra (Turkey)
MORE INFORMATION...
http://www.michelbisceglia.com
http://www.provarsymfonica.be
http://www.biscegliamusic.com
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